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Learn Japanese with podcasts and Videocasts! Yes, Japanesepod101.com videocasts are back and better than ever. Today we introduce you to the Japanese taxi, which we covered in Survival Phrases #5. This is some rare footage that you don’t want to miss!

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This entry was posted on Saturday, January 28th, 2006 at 1:21 pm and is filed under Just For Fun . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

15 Responses to “Just For Fun #3 - Taxi!”

Muriel-san says:

Arigato for that neat video, Peter! Are *all* taxis automatic in Japan? Or does that driver have a nice investment for his car? :wink:

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bbest says:

My expectation was to learn a little vocabulary on the way. It is a bit charming but I can see hockey clips elsewhere no?

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Vahid says:

こんにちは,

Great video! Been in Tokyo for 10 days this past summer, but never took a taxi, so it was cool to see the inside, good job Peter!

V

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Emiko says:

This is great, just have one question. How would you ask for a taxi?

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Mayumi says:

Emiko-san,
We would raise our arm on the street or call a taxi company to pick you up at a certain place.

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Kobukuro says:

Wow, what a useful view “inside” the Taxi-Business in Japan! :grin:

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Mayumi says:

Kobukuro-san,
Great to know that you learn many things about Japanese Taxi from this video! :dogeza:

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Julie says:

That was really interesting. Unless you read up on it you wouldn’t know about the automatic doors. The only place I’ve ever taken a taxi was in Paris. The door didn’t close well, the guy drove extremely fast, I couldn’t understand his French at all with the heavy Cambodian accent and I prayed for my life the whole way. I never took a taxi again.

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Alex says:

Hi friends! I think there is a little wrong interpretation of the taxis…the doors do not open automatically ….they open mechanically through the mechanism operated by the taxi driver. Automatically would be like the doors in the department stores, that have some kind of sensitive cell that would detect your presence, and opening automatically.

Thank you!
Alex

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Jaymes says:

Can we get the words to put into flashcards?

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Jessi says:

Hi Jaymes,
If you go to MyFlashcards (http://www.japanesepod101.com/learningcenter/flashcards/flashcards), you will be able to add some of these words manually and make flashcards out of them. Click on Create a New Deck, and then search for the words you want to add under Search Flashcards. I hope this helps!

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Amber says:

80 yen for 200???
馬鹿高い!!! :razz:

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Amber says:

I meant for 200 “meters”!

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Amber-san,
:lol: :lol: :lol:
It is! I agree! :mrgreen:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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