Super-practices: Transport and urban planning

SUMMER studies in Tokyo brought me to “one of the world’s most efficient public transportation systems. Spotless, quiet and nearly always on time,” Tokyo’s network of buses, taxis, bullet and city trains, and tube/sub-ways are comfortable. Japanese cartography and accurate schedules provide commuters a safe guide to destinations. No need to understand/read Nihonggo for a new arrival. The numbers posted on buildings coincide with those on the map. (Read more: https://www.lonely planet. com/ japan /tokyo travel-tips-and-articles/77060 #ixzz3wNS4GF2t)

Unexpected perhaps by Filipino visitors to Germany is the fact that majority of the malls close on weekends following the Monday to Saturday rule. For most stores, Saturday closing time is at 3pm. However a law relaxed the strictly regulated store hours more a matter for the state rather than of the Federal Government, thus triggering varying store hours among the states. A certain number of Sundays are allowed for malls to open. Recently legislated is Christmas shopping on Sundays beginning November with less restricted hours.