Nobody is able to avoid traffic jam in big city but Tokyo is horrible when it comes to transportation. Subways and trains are running everywhere in Tokyo, but still there is a big problem.

If you have ever been to Roppongi in night, you probably know certain number of people running into subway around 24:00. Last train.
Train and subway are main transportation in Tokyo. But it closes operation around 24:00, starts running around 5:00. It is no good. And this is the reason why I stopped hanging out in Tokyo area anymore. I don’t want to stay up all night at bar or whatever. I want to sleep when I need to sleep. People living in Tokyo area is fine because they can take a cab to home. But if I take taxi to home, it costs over 20000JPY. It’s insane.

Second, trains are always crowded. Especially morning and evening, all cars are super packed. I hate commute but there is no choice. I think it is a part of the reason why people jumping in railtracks everyday. (and train will be late, and it brings another packed train).

In suburb, car is a popular transportation. as you might already guess, traffic jam in everywhere:P
Highway is just a highway, not express way. Toll is very expensive (from my home to Mt.Fuji, toll costs about 3000JPY for one way) and gas is expensive too. I really don’t understand why I have to pay so much.
Also parking is A big problem in Tokyo. It is almost a mission impossible to find a place to park with no/small cost. Literally, it is impossible. Even you pay, it is still difficult.
Everytime friend come to my place, me and friend have to drive around to find a parking. It is not actually parking, we have to park on street anyway. Parking ticket is very expensive then, we have to check the car every 30mins. It is a big mystery of Japan. We sell a bunch of cars but we don’t have parking. Why don’t they build parking lot?

Me and friend agreed that we would build a tower of parking lot if we get lottery win so we can make more money!