Japan Documentary

Lost in Tokyo Station (2018x9)

Fecha de emisión: Oct 29, 2018

At the station you drive off or arrive, and what else? But the Tokyo Station (by the way only at number 5 of the most frequented train stations in Tokyo) is a world of its own. Jump into the crowd with Jörg! In German cities there is usually a central station, and that is then also the largest, most frequented, liveliest station of the city. Hamburg has the highest daily passenger volume of German "Hbfs", with over half a million travellers (arriving and departing) every day, followed by Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin. Tokyo Station is, according to this comparative figure, a good deal larger - but only number 5 among Tokyo's stations. But Tokyo Station is much more than a series of railway tracks with attached kiosks. It is Japan's most important Shinkansen railway station, a shopping centre for travellers and the surrounding banking and business district, a major hub for bus travel. The Tokyo Station does not contain one, but a dozen miles of food, which should make Neuschwanstein Castle cry in souvenir shops. From the Marunouchi Building it has a clear view of the imperial palace (or rather its outer walls) and is quite a maze - not only for first-time visitors. Jörg Langer introduces you to the Tokyo Station, opened in 1914, takes you into its labyrinth of (wide) corridors - and tries not to get lost in the process.