Just got home....

I was on a Yamagata Shinkansen train this morning heading back after a couple of nights spent in Tokyo.  As I gathered my bags (yes, I had bought a fair amount of stuff) I decided I'd take a taxi home.  The thought occurred to me then that I've seemingly always gotten a driver who knows where to go when I request to be driven to my apartment building.  Thinking of the sheer number of places one could go, even in this small city, I realized it's quite surprising that so many drivers would know the building.  This morning when I got in a cab it wasn't any different.  I gave the neighbourhood name and the building name.  The driver confirmed she had heard.  Before we pulled out from the station though she turned and asked to confirm where exactly it was I wanted to go.  "There's so many apartment buildings", she remarked afterwards.  The ironic quality of the moment had me laughing quietly to myself....