酔っぱらいPublic drunkenness is not considered a shame in Japan and is viewed with indulgence. Every day thousands of drunken office workers, mostly males, can be seen slumped in the carriages of subway trains or on station platforms. Some of them m... ...full story at Japan Visitor
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Speed Trains in Japan »
YouTube video Train Station scene in Japan at Shin Osaka station. Lots of speed trains can be seen. |
| 30 Jun 08 |
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Women Only Subway Carriages » Japan Visitor 女性専用乗車Women-only carriages on Japan's subway and urban rail routes have become the norm in recent years.Set up to counter the growing menace of male perverts (known as chikan) groping women in packed commuter trains, many railway companies operate women-only carriages on morning and evening rush-hour services.Tokyo's subway introduced women-only carriages in 2005 and now has women-only carriages for the morning rush-hour on the Chiyoda, Fukutoshin (Yurakucho New Line), Hanzomon, Hibiya, Tozai and Yurakucho Lines. Nagoya followed suit in 2007 with a women-only carriage on weekday mornings on the busy Higashiyama Line in to Nagoya Station and extended the practice for evening trains this year.The Keio Line in Tokyo was the first railway company to introduce special carriages for women back in 2000. It is estimated that over 60% of Japanese women travelers in their 20s and 30s have experienced some sort of harassment on public transport in Japan.The idea has caught on in other countries and there are now gender specific carriages in Brazil, Egypt, India, Moscow and Taiwan.Look out for the (usually pink) signs on station platforms.Yahoo Japan Auction ServiceBook a hotel in Japan with BookingsTokyo Serviced ApartmentsBudget accommodation in JapanHappi CoatsJapanese For Busy PeopleTagssubway Tokyo women-only transport |
| 12 May 08 |
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Cosmetics on Tokyo Subway » Japan Visitor 家でやろうI recently came across this sign (below) on the Tokyo subway urging women not to apply their make up on the trains.Women (I have yet to see a man) applying their cosmetics on trains is a common sight in railway carriages up and down the c... |
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Got Locked in the Train Station last night » Happy Hills Stumbled home drunk last night on one of the last trains home, and arrived at Hakata Station, the big central train station in the middle of the city. Hakata is connected to an underground network of malls, the subway, etc...its a pretty complex affair... |
| 20 Mar 08 |
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Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks » Japan Today Japan marked the 13th anniversary on Thursday of the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system, with subway workers and families of victims offering silent prayers and flowers at stations that were targeted. A moment of silence was... |
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Using Trains in Japan? Easy! » Mottekaero Japan is a Rail Commuters Paradise.The trains here are famous for their reliability. You can literally set your watch by the arrival & departure times of the trains.Despite accidents, over crowding and natural disasters - they have a staggering... |
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