5.5M views · May 11, 2009 · 1:06 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2017–2021
Short 2006 footage of station staff in white gloves pushing commuters onto a packed morning train at a Tokyo station on the Toyoko Line.
Why Hacker News points people here: Linked as the standard illustration of Tokyo's rush-hour crowding whenever commuting and density come up.
“the morning commute is something foreigners consider particularly wacky”HN comment, 2018
“Can you imagine the lawsuits if we were to have staff push people here?”
Shows staff pushing commuters onto crowded Tokyo trains
Can you imagine the lawsuits if we were to have staff push people here? this video By the way, as bad as things are in New York MTA, I find it much better than the stupidity of the path train (panynj). We have like four routes to manage and we can't do that properly.
“the morning commute is something foreigners consider particularly wacky”
Shows Tokyo's packed morning commute
Most people commute by train. We are improving, but the morning commute is something foreigners consider particularly wacky, and not something that they want to repeat everyday. this video
Shows crowded Japanese trains in a debate about mask usage
It would need testing to show they don't have a prevalence of "mild" cases. Not to mention we should have numbers on how often they wear masks. Last I saw, it was not everyone that did that. Edit for reference: this video
“Japan has also been known to cram passengers into trains during rush hour.”
Example of Japan cramming passengers into trains at rush hour
Japan has also been known to cram passengers into trains during rush hour. I imagine this practice has probably been fervently deprecated due to covid19. this video
