October 26, 2023 · 10:39 pm
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a moment’s respite

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  1. OnWingsofSaffron
    October 27, 2023 at 1:08 am

    Good gracious! Are the Japanese letting the reins slacken?

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    • ginzaintherain
      October 27, 2023 at 10:30 pm

      Actually this is a pretty common sight ( though this man’s shoes were extra fastidiously neat here, which is probably why I felt compelled to take the quick and surreptitious photograph ).

      On some commuter lines especially, those that link the heart of Tokyo with residential areas / cities an hour or more away, the thinking seems to be along the lines of look I’ve had a long and exhausting day, I have found my perch, and now I am going to marinate in my own private world until I get home so don’t even THINK about trying to sit next to me

      It’s a curious and very relatable aberration !

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  2. Brian Buchanan
    October 27, 2023 at 4:45 pm

    Wow!
    It’s so clean, if you did that in the Paris Metro you’d probably catch foot and mouth disease.

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