Mar 6, 2011

Tokyo Flaneur (4): Bus to/from Asakusa

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Also today I "labored" at Nishi-sugamo, Toshima ward (豊島区西巣鴨) and kept standing from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. except little rest time; I worked as a proctor (試験監督官) for the national examination of pharmacist (薬剤師国家試験).
Of course my legs, waist and back hurt deadly because of 2 days' standing and making an attentive inspection on examinees (受験生).

In the morning about 7:30 a.m. I went to Nishi-sugamo from Sugamo station (巣鴨駅) by walk in order to skimp on ticket fare (170 yen) between Sugamo and Nishi-sugama station on Subway Mita line (地下鉄三田線) while yesterday I went there by Mita line.
It was very refreshing for me to walk in such an early morning but at the same time I felt tired because the fatigue of yesterday was still left on me.

It took me about 20 minutes to go by walk to my place of labor at Nishi-sugamo.

After the labor I went back home by bus; from Nishi-sugamo I took Toei Bus Kusa 63 line (都営バス草63系統) which is operated from Ikebukuro to Asakusa via Sugamo, Hakusan (白山), Sendagi (千駄木) (Bunkyo ward [文京区]), Nishi-nippori (西日暮里) (Arakawa ward [荒川区]), Minowa (三ノ輪) (Taito ward [台東区]) and so on (see here*)
And I transferred to Toei Bus Kusa 39 line (都営バス草39系統) which runs from Asakusa to Kanamachi, Katsushika ward (葛飾区金町) through Sumida ward (墨田区) at Asakusa-Kotobuki-chou Bus stop (浅草寿町バス停) which is the terminal of Kusa 63 line and Kusa 39 line (see here*.)
It took me about 1 hour and 40 minutes to go by bus to Kanamachi from Nishi-sugamo (about 30 minutes by train with 2 transfers) but very attractive and I, being very tired, was able to have a rest on the seat.

By the way, a pair of man and woman who both were short of stature were sitting on the seat just before me when I took Kusa 63.
I was not able to tell whether they were adult (that is, dwarfism [小人症] adult), children or persons who were phisically handicapped and mentally retarded (知的障害の身体障害者).
I thought so because their faces looked old though they were short and they (especially the woman) kept on chattering about what I was not able to understand.
They took a bus at Asakusa as well as I and got it off at a bus stop in Katsushika ward.
(Pics will be added later.)

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