Hello Tokyo’s had a facelift, new voiceovers and some updated details. I ended up doing the voiceovers for the transportation section while I was still stuffy. I did my best, but my voice sounds a little strange.
If you’d like to see it, all 11 minutes are available now for free via Google Video:
Despite a few remaining flaws, I premiered it to an audience of 48 newcomers at Tokyo Here and Now this morning, followed by a presentation about some other basic Tokyo bits and bobs, and a long Q & A session. The fun thing about presenting such a general topic is that I always learn something. Did you know that there’s a dog taxi service in Tokyo? It’s called Angel Buggy
Or that the subway wickets marked with the bright pink labels will accept two Passnet cards at once? I thought they were only for commuter passes + Passnet, but I was wrong. They let you use up the spare change on your Passnet cards, or you can insert a regular ticket and a Passnet card so you don’t have to fare adjust. It works great; I tried it this afternoon.
So now I have even more updates to do on Hello Tokyo. Watch for a new version in…2009?
