After leaving Tallinn I went to Helsinki, Finland by sea.
Not only being famous for Moomin and Marimekko, I found the town of Helsinki clean, safe, and anything huge.
Buildings were much bigger, and sizes of parks, stations, open spaces, and even the holes for subway trains were much larger than those of Japan.
When I took subway (or, underground railway), I realized why the station had so much space.
They should become shelters when something happens.
The TV news on Kiev occurred to me.
When attacked, Helsinki people would seek evacuation into those subway stations.
And the hole for trains were superfluously large because some other means than train were supposed to go through them.
Subways/ underground railways in Japan and other peaceful countries are only for transportation.
They are made as small as possible to reduce the cost.
The news of Russian invasion to Ukraine have surprised many people, while it should be a threat, or a menace for people in neighboring countries.
The tour guide lady in Tallinn, who was an Estonian and spoke Japanese fluently, said that Estonia has no such natural disasters as earthquakes and tsunamis but it is always under possible man-made disasters.
The same thing can be said for other countries neighboring Russia.
I wish the day never come when the subway/ underground stations are used as shelters.
Followed by peaceful Helsinki scenery I saw and experienced.
