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May 13 2005 11 Comments

Empty Eden

Women-only carriages seem to be here to stay, and after their initial introduction during rush hour in Tokyo, more train operators have jumped on the single-sex bandwagon.

The women-only promotional poster below shows just how stress-free and quiet early morning commutes can be. As there’s plenty of room to move around, read a book, or simply smile serenely at the wonders of the world.

women only trains

Poor old salary man Suzuki however is still having a torrid old time.

Categorized: General, Travel

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  1. Toni says

    5/14/2005 at 6:41 am

    I read recently that the men are complaining about the women’s only train cars because now the regular train cars are more crowded.

    Oh, cry me a river.

    I know that not all Japanese men are groping perverts, but if only more of them made a greater effort to understand that HEY! Molesting women and girls is a BAD THING, they wouldn’t be in this predicament.

    Besides, I bet some of the complaints are coming from chikans themselves since they have less women to attack now.

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  2. quaisi says

    5/14/2005 at 11:53 am

    Sardines in a tin.

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  3. melina says

    5/15/2005 at 12:54 pm

    they don’t look very japanese. looks more like a page from the “Madeleine” book series…

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  4. Kallun says

    5/15/2005 at 11:29 pm

    It gets a bit ridiculous sometimes, doesn’t it.

    Last time I was living here, I had to catch the Toukaidou-sen every morning to work from Yokohama into Tokyo. One day, right in the middle of summer, the train decided that it wanted to stop between stations, and I was delayed there for an hour. I went through 7 stages of insanity that day… good times, good times…

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  5. debx says

    5/17/2005 at 7:25 am

    hilarious! haha. keep up the good work… i think you’re doing a fabulous job with the site 😉

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  6. Keith says

    5/25/2005 at 6:01 am

    Oh salary man Suzuki! Will you ever win?

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  7. Eran says

    10/25/2005 at 7:26 am

    Well the basic idea isn’t the ideal solution to the problem of molesting ( after all the seperation of man and woman doesn’t look good) but until a better one arrives I will have to say that it is by far the best solution to be enfourced I have seen 🙂

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  8. elaine says

    11/16/2005 at 8:34 pm

    Oh my God! Why don’t you wait for next train.

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