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Originally Posted by pimenta
Shinjuku station is a nightmare 
I lived in Tokyo for a whole year and by the end of that period I still wasn't able to figure out the right exit every time I went there. I usually just decided to chose the first exit I found and figured out where I had to go from outside, which worked because I knew Shinjuku well, I just couldn't understand that station  |
My problem wasn't trying to find the right one, it was trying to figure out how to escape from ANY of them! I had the Japan Rail Pass, where as everyone else had reloadable cards. I tried to exit like everyone else and the little gates would just close on me and start yammering in Japanese. I circulated about 3 exits before I finally discovered a pictogram that demonstrated showing the JRP to a booth attendant. It was so simple but excruciating to try and figure out.