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I lost a mitten!
This is a serious call to all Tokyoites. I lost a matching blue mitten during my Wednesday (February 8, 2006) morning commute. If you see it anywhere, please pick it up for me and let me know! Thanks!! :)
Being that I commute on three lines, Marunouchi, Saikyō and Mita, each of these on a different public transport company, I got to try each of their "lost and found" system.
Mita line (Toei)
I went to the stationmaster's office of my arrival station, closest to my destination where I noticed that I had lost a mitten. The office was located inside the station's gates. I gave a description of the lost item and I was asked what train I rode, and then the man in charge called by phone the line's terminus station, and also all stations from where I got on, one by one. He also made sure that the train I rode was searched carefully, but that also came back with a negative answer. The process took 5-10 minutes, but no luck.
I was told to call back to this very station in a day or two in case it would have turned up, and gave me a paper with information about lost and found procedures and phone numbers.
Saikyō line (JR)
On my way back at night, I stopped at Itabashi station to ask. There was no sign indicating a lost and found or stationmaster office, so I asked the guy at the gates. All the information I gave was that it was lost in the morning, and I showed the remaining matching mitten. While he was also taking care of people entering or leaving the station, he searched on a computer nearby for a few minutes and came back with a negative answer. I asked if there'd be any difference asking at Shinjuku, and he said "no".
He told me that I should call JR's telephone center in a few days, and gave me a bilingual sticker with phone numbers.
Marunouchi line (Tokyo Metro)
I went to the stationmaster's office, located near west exit of Shinjuku station where there was only one man. I showed him the mitten, he looked in a cabinet and told me there was nothing like it. Then I asked "how about if it was lost on the train and went to the end of the line?", and he told me to sit down and wait a few minutes. He went to a computer and came back with a sheet holding a list of stuff that had been found on that day, unfortunately no blue mitten.
He told me to call the lost and found center on the next day, giving me a sheet with the phone number and times.
Today I called up the Tokyo Metro and JR call centers, with still no luck. I'll check with Toei tomorrow just in case, but it may well have been lost in the streets between stations, or in Shinjuku station.
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Good use of the blog.
Are you sure you didn't leave it in the dryer or something?
Posted by Roy on February 9, 2006 at 22:34
Haha :)
Nope, I had both for sure when I left home...
Posted by Patrick on February 9, 2006 at 22:58
Any luck yet?
Posted by Roy on February 11, 2006 at 20:37
Nope, still have to check with the Mita line station. I'll do that on Monday! Thanks for the reminder. :)
Posted by Patrick on February 11, 2006 at 20:44