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People stuffed onto a train in Tokyo, Japan (train stuffing Tokyo)

train stuffing tokyo · 5.5M views · 2009-05-11 · 1:06

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Overview

Short 2006 footage of station staff in white gloves pushing commuters onto a packed morning train at a Tokyo station on the Toyoko Line.

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Linked as the standard illustration of Tokyo's rush-hour crowding whenever commuting and density come up.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2017–2021

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Transit, cities & urban planningSocial issues & culture
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iszomer · 2021-12 · Reference

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. [VIDEO]

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taeric · 2020-03 · Reference

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: [VIDEO]

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anabis · 2018-04 · Reference

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. [VIDEO]

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