in article 1116001701.525447.231670@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com, John W. at
worthj1970@yahoo.com wrote on 5/14/05 1:28 AM:

> kuri wrote:
>> "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> 
>>> Inaka? Have you *been* to Osaka?
>> 
>> I'm starting to wonder.
>> 
>>> Granted it's not quite as sprawling as
>>> Tokyo, but it's nowhere near inaka.
>> 
>> How do you recognize inaka in matter of women-only train ? We have had those
>> thema-cars months after the fashion started in Edo. Brett explained that in
>> the mega-big city, they have guards checking the boarding. You've seen many
>> guards like that  in Osaka ? In most stations, no station staff would prevent
>> you from boarding with women.
>> 
> Nope. But that doesn't make Osaka inaka. It's still one of the world's
> major cities.

Not only is Osaka one of the Japan's largest cities, it is a whole lot more
interesting than the mess that they call Tokyo.