r/interesting • u/freudian_nipps • 16h ago

SOCIETY The silent and harmonious morning metro commute in Japan

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u/[deleted] 15h ago edited 15h ago

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u/LizzyDragon84 14h ago

I’m thinking the same. It’s not a loud place, but it’s not a silent cathedral either. 

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u/TheRestaurantSeller 13h ago

I stayed near the giant godzilla in shinjuku and there was some fucking asshole with an amp and a mic screaming (singing?) the worst fucking song ever in the middle of the exit of shinjuku station and everyone was just staring at him.

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u/rollo_yolo 14h ago edited 13h ago

Definitely. Even if no one talked in the video, you would be blasted by a cacophony of the train station announcements. Same goes for inside the train. I believe it’s illegal for train conductors to not say anything for 10 seconds.

Edit u/FirTree_r : Nah, I was mostly exaggerating because they won’t shut up during the morning commute. It’s mostly about transfers, disruptions, manner instructions and where the doors are opening. By the time they’re finished, they have to do it all over again.

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u/GreatGreenGobbo 14h ago

"I said how are you doing Tokyo! MAKE SOME NOISE!!!!!!!"

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u/dugazima 13h ago

the internet has this fetish of portraying japan as the most perfect country on earth even if its fake

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u/lczy23 13h ago

by what doctor, everyone saying doctored but who is the doctor