katoftw Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR2BgEipUrY&feature=youtu.be Link to comment
katoftw Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/event/12735/Tokyo-Station-100th-Anniversary-Bento Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 The station master must be proud to be Tokyo station master during the 100th birthday! The 100th anniversary bento box kinda reminds me of Chinese New year... Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Scenes of chaos apparently as 9000 (!) people queued up to buy the memorial Suica cards: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20141220-00000527-san-soci Link to comment
houari Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I was actually there trying to get one. At around 7.30 am the queue was still in order but very long and did not move at all. The line was from south Marunouchi gate to the north one, down to basement then going up again and back to the south gate. Around 8.30 or 9, somehow, the order was broken, people in line were rushing to the south gate, even the people who just came from south gate were went directly to the gap caused by the rush. The rest were as in the news. And of course, I did not get the card. >.< Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 They're making them available online from January for anyone who wants one (up to 3 per person IIRC). Link to comment
cteno4 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Houari, Sorry you had to go thru all that, or was it an adventure/experience sort of thing in the end? At least you will be able to get one, but no longer something rare... Profit of the way on jrforum has an extensive report on the fiasco. Sounded like a super sized version of the kato emporer's car at JAM, but I think that one got a little physical at one point! Cheers Jeff Link to comment
bikkuri bahn Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Look at the prices at auction: http://auctions.search.yahoo.co.jp/search?auccat=&tab_ex=commerce&ei=utf-8&p=%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AB+%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E9%A7%85 ...for something that people will be able to get at list price with a little patience... Link to comment
houari Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Looks like they finally make the Suica card available for normal sale: http://www.jreast.co.jp/aas/20150120suica100_hatsubai.html/ as bikkuri-san says, with a little patience... :) Link to comment
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