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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

What Not To Do On Japanese Trains

Above, the interior of a shinkansen car. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

This one is for first-timers or even as a refresher for experienced Japan visitors.

In Tokyo and other places, the main mode of public transportation are trains and subways. Japan Today has an article list 15 things not to do on trains in Japan.

They begin with:
TOKYO - Just about every visitor to Japan is impressed by three things about Japan’s trains: they’re clean, they’re punctual, and their passengers are extremely polite. However, it’s not like everyone in Japan has impeccable manners, and the high standards for public transportation etiquette mean that there are plenty of times when Japanese people feel like one of their fellow passengers is doing something inconsiderate. 
Japanese travel provider Air Trip recently conducted a survey asking its users what sort of behavior they think is impolite while riding public transportation, so let’s take a look at the 930 responses for trains (multiple responses were allowed).

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