Hatchōbori and other Tokyo Metro Stations I can’t pronounce

I used to consider myself a somewhat experienced subway rider. From Boston to Buenos Aires, Santiago, London, Rome, and that shuttle at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport (you know the one), I thought I had just about seen it all.

I was wrong.

Just a simple, easy-to-read subway map that, believe it or not, doesn’t even show all the lines in the region.

Japan’s rail system is truly something to behold. It’s elaborate, the type of system that makes no…