Ekiben Podcast

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Even though YOU have known what our podcast is named for some weeks now, we just figured it out! Also, Cara talks a LOT about airports, considering that this is a train podcast. And Jared tells us about 大回り乗車 (that’s oomawari jousha), AKA Around Japan for 140 Yen.

Cara's sources:

https://www.wired.com/2007/12/four-best-airpo/

https://www.wired.com/2007/11/four-worst-airp/

https://www.finavia.fi/en/newsroom/2016/pimp-my-ride-4-facts-about-new-escalators-helsinki-airport-train-station 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q82CyVlosCg (no longer the longest escalator in Finland, that’s now Koivusaari Metro in Helsinki. If only there were a way that I could research these things ahead of time...)

Jared's sources:

https://tokyocheapo.com/travel/tokyo-train-140-yen/

https://tripnote.jp/kanto/train-travel-with-omawari-ticket (in Japanese)

https://skaoverlander.wordpress.com/2018/02/13/大回り乗車-oomawari-jousha-another-way-to-look-and-explore-tokyo-as-cheap-as-140-yen/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koLfWU5SUjw

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Ekiben PodcastBy Cara Gerard and Jared Peterson

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