What better place to save your yen than this adorable bank in the shape of Japan’s iconic Yamanote subway train? Each deposit triggers the bank to play a melody from a randomly chosen Yamanote station.
The Yamanote line carries an estimated daily ridership of 3~5 million passengers. That’s comparable to the number of people that use the entire New York subway system. If you put a penny in for every person who got on the line each day, you’d have a crapload of pennies… and probably a completely empty bank account. The price for “train”ing you to save is $US90. [Gizmine]
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Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 8:45 AMI think you’ll find that the Yamanote line isn’t a subway, but an above ground trainline. Check out the tracks on google earth/maps at Ueno, Harajuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Shibuya, Shinagawa stations (there are others, but I can’t remember them all). They’re all above ground. Just thought I’d give you a heads up.