{"id":287,"date":"2016-03-24T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/2016\/03\/24\/getting-to-work\/"},"modified":"2018-04-27T19:20:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T18:20:59","slug":"getting-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/2016\/03\/24\/getting-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things I was most reticent about when coming to Japan was the Tokyo Metro. I&#8217;d heard of over crowding and people being pushed onto trains so that the doors can close. I have to say that I haven&#8217;t experienced anything like this although it can get very busy.<\/p>\n<p>This is the train I get to work each day. This train is an express so it misses lots of stops and I can get door to door in 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-159\" src=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/metro_train-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"340\" \/><\/center>It is quite long with 10 or so carriages so off peak there is a lot of space. The interesting part is during peak-hour however. People line up behind the door markings on the platform.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-158\" src=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/metro_platform-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/metro_platform-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/metro_platform-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/metro_platform-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/center>Therefore there is no need to form a scrum to get on. Just join the queue. Allow people off first. Then allow anybody who has temporarily stepped off to re-board. Then squeeze yourself in. If you get to the front of the queue and don&#8217;t think you can fit in just wait. Another train will be along shortly and you will be at the front of the queue for that. It can get a bit tight in at peak hour but you will get off. Just say <i>sumimasen<\/i> and people will allow you to push past them. In fact, getting off is a little more aggressive than getting on as other people who are getting off will shove in front of you but if you&#8217;re all headed in the same direction that&#8217;s less of an issue.<\/p>\n<p>People are a bit close together on the trains. In fact, on one train I saw a sign stating that people should sit close together (which they do). However, during rush-hour there are women only carriages as indicated on the platform.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161\" src=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/metro_women-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/metro_women-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/metro_women-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/metro_women-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/center>Note that the trains have 2 people in the cab. The guy who isn&#8217;t paying very much attention to what is infront of him is not the driver (thank God!).<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W9PxreQudQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things I was most reticent about when coming to Japan was the Tokyo Metro. I&#8217;d heard of over crowding and people being pushed onto trains so that the doors can close. I have to say that I haven&#8217;t experienced anything like this although it can get very busy. This is the train&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/2016\/03\/24\/getting-to-work\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imnotasaint.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}