ANA begins rickshaw service at Haneda airport

Monday 17th August, 04:37 AM JST

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Sarge at 03:06 PM JST - 17th August

"to carry passengers chosen by lot"

Some passengers will be denied rickshaw service?

"retro atmosphere"

I was going to get rid of my old beat-up couch until someone recently called it "cool" and "retro."
the_harper at 08:57 PM JST - 17th August

Wouldn't this service be better offered to foreign tourists at Narita? Or do ANA think only Japanese people would be interested in a piece of Japanese history? :-7
KyotoChris at 11:23 PM JST - 17th August

Maybe they think the rickshaws wouldn't do well with foreign (mainly western) tourists and their mode of thinking. Plus Narita has a lot more intl. traffic and more/larger baggage (not to mention weight) per person.
OssanAmerica at 04:07 AM JST - 18th August

a 9-year-old primary school boy from Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, said he >enjoyed the ride as it was cool while riding. Hideo Yaguchi, head of >ANA’s branch at the airport, said ANA started the rickshaw service >to ‘‘go back to grass’’ as the vehicle is a starting point of public >transportation.

I think whoever translated this had enough grass.
cow76 at 10:33 AM JST - 19th August

Nothing says 'poor country' any more clearly than rickshaws. A sign of things to come, maybe?
Altria at 10:40 AM JST - 19th August

The ride's free, but you have to pay a fuel surcharge, departure tax and baggage charge.