Hate Yamanote? Love Beer ★ ? Halloween will reconcile you again with crowded Japanese trains - at the world-famous Yamanote halloween party, this year on Saturday Oct 27th! The party is organised by no one - people just gather on the same platform in IKEBUKURO and then just everybody hops on the same train and parties.
Sounds crazy? This party has been a major hit for years - last year alone, there were 500 people, half of them Japanese, half Gaijin, going round and round for hours on a butt-normal Yamanote train, see pics and videos at <http://www.flickr.com/photos/hekireki69/sets/1263795/>
Although police might come in later to clear the wagons and make space for those well-behaving, sober students and businessman normally filling late night trains, don't worry: Nobody will arrest you for drinking and singing on a train - just keep your ticket!
This year's train leaves from Ikebukuro station at 9.06 pm on Saturday night, October 27th. Gather from 8.45 pm on platform #7/8 in JR's Ikebukuro station (the "outbound" trains in direction to Ueno) and just get on the train when it arrives. Don't be late! Come in costumes, bring your friends and your own drinks - don't count on those kiosks. And tell everybody else > the more, the partier! P.S. Note that this year's starting location is Ikebukuro, not Shinjuku.
(Japanese) YAMANOTE 嫌い? Love Beer ★ ? 今月27日土曜日にはまた、あなたが電車と仲直 りするチャンスがあります。