„In Japans überfüllten Zügen kann ein auf dem Rücken getragener Rucksack unbeabsichtigt mit anderen kollidieren und Unannehmlichkeiten verursachen, aber selbst die mittlerweile übliche Praxis, ihn auf der Brust zu tragen, hat sich alles andere als als perfekte Lösung erwiesen.“
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260703/p2a/00m/0na/021000c
17 Kommentare
Please just move out of Tokyo lol. We don’t need to micromanage every problem when we know that it’s just too crowded.
never really understood why backpacks are so popular here. they look juvenile and take up too much space.
an attache case, messenger bag, crossbody, or tote is much more reasonable.
Slow news day, eh.
No, the ones who carry in their front do the opposite of being considerate, because they use it as a battering ram to violently push into others and cause pain, rudely shoving people out of their way. This is far worse, because they can claim deniability for shoving others.
Backpacks are not such a big issue as the shoulder bags that poke out from the armpit and stab you in the ribs.
Kind of agree backpacks take up some space, but holding a bag by hand for 30 minutes at a time is tiring. People should use the overhead racks more.
Those people with backpacks stuffed so full that they look like they’re about to go camping instead of work though; really wonder what they have in there sometimes
Worship the true religion of Sardinism. We pray as we are packed to be even closer to one-another. /S
As a tall person, I honestly don’t know how short people find it. I am a head above everyone else and next to me a woman whose head is closer to my belly button than my face. She must be discomfortable. I don’t understand how she accepts whatever work she’s doing as important enough to endure a train trip during rush hours. And she’s probably doing that every day. My daily commute is away from Chuo, so the train is often completely empty as I enter it.
I remove it before enterin and I put mine between my legs
Some guy leaned against me wearing a gigantic bag not realizing I was there. Luckily, I wasn’t elderly or a child. Took him a couple stations to realize I was there.
I can handle a bulky backpack or two.
Tourists with a full family and suitcases during peak commute? Come on. Have some sense
What’s the issue with it being on your chest ???? What is this rubbish
The true solution is better public transport. Tokyo has stopped really building new lines that remove some pressure off the busiest ones, thinking demographic decline would make them less necessary, as well as suffering increased investment costs, then covid killed some of the remaining plans off temporarily.
No commuter cares about a train extension to Haneda, they want a new arterial line and more lines southwest and east. Or higher frequencies.
Just put it on the ground between your legs if it’s too packed
This is an XY problem. The problem here is the overcrowded train, which gets worse each year.
It’s almost as if objects take up the same amount of volume no matter how you carry them.
If companies allowed people to work from home more then this wouldn’t be as big of a problem
So flexible work / school hours, work from home, more branch lines and adding double decker trains for higher capacity.