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Jan 30 2012 9 Comments

An angry or contemplative Tokyo commuter?

An extremely large number of Tokyo commuters sit utterly expressionless on the train, their eyes — if they aren’t firmly shut — invariably fixed on a phone or game. But this lady was different. For starters she wasn’t looking down, rather up and off somewhere in the distance. And then there’s her expression, although whether it is one of vexation, or simply contemplation, it’s hard to say.

Tokyo commuter

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  1. Domitoro says

    1/30/2012 at 5:16 pm

    eyes … fixed on a phone ? I thought in Japan people don’t use phones in buses and trains.

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    • Lee says

      1/30/2012 at 5:46 pm

      Talking on the phone is still very much frowned upon, but phone mail, gaming and internet usage is rampant on the trains. Tough sometimes to find somebody not staring at a phone.

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  2. winnie says

    1/30/2012 at 9:15 pm

    Maybe she saw someone in the train wear too little in this Cold and freezing weather? 🙂

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    • Lee says

      1/31/2012 at 9:26 am

      Maybe. I saw someone in shorts the other day, although my expression was much more one of surprise!

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  3. Wunibert Wüllenweber says

    1/31/2012 at 2:28 am

    Probably Korean?

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    • James says

      1/31/2012 at 8:25 am

      Sigh…..That was the first thing I thought.

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      • Lee says

        1/31/2012 at 9:28 am

        Interesting, that wasn’t something I’d even thought about.

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  4. Hans ter Horst says

    1/31/2012 at 5:15 am

    Is this what they call an オバタリアン?

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    • Lee says

      1/31/2012 at 9:30 am

      She is indeed!

      Reply

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