B wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
> 
>> Paul Blay wrote:
>>
>>> "Declan Murphy" wrote ...
>>>
>>>> Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Use public transport.
>>>>
>>>> And if there is no suitable public transport? 
>>>
>>> It's not _America_.
>>
>> Indeed. Though car is still the only way I can get to/from/around 
>> work. Same situation for most people outside large Japanese cities.
> 
> You can't walk 1 kilometer?

I can walk 1 kilometer. It will get me to the edge of the pond if I go 
downhill, and the old battlefield if I walk the other way. What should I 
do then? Flag down a passing shinkansen? Or call a cab and head home?

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various areas inclusive of studying Japanese" - Masuda Nobuya, Director 
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