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Apr 23 2012 12 Comments

Tokyo train drunk

It’s not unusual at all to see train travellers in Tokyo either utterly worn out from work, or worse for wear from one too many. This fella, however, was so tired after a tipple or ten that even the seat was an unsteady step too far.

drunk Japanese salary man on a train

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  1. AussieOnTheIzu says

    4/23/2012 at 10:02 am

    Simply awesome. I’ve seen some disorderly behaviour on trains in my lifetime but it seems Japanese people wont bother you even in a completely plastered state.

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    • Lee says

      4/23/2012 at 4:13 pm

      Yeah, he was simply left to sleep where he was — the odd glance the only reaction. In fact it’s hard to see anyone bothering him ’til he reached the end of the line, when the staff would have had to try and wake him up.

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  2. Haakon Guttormsen says

    4/23/2012 at 7:28 pm

    面白い酔った猫

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wgK4JJrGck

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  3. Lizzy says

    4/24/2012 at 2:18 am

    I can’t imagine that was terribly comfortable. Poor guy will be nursing a sore neck and back in addition to his hangover. Hopefully a lesson learned.

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    • Lee says

      4/24/2012 at 7:42 am

      Yes, it’s hard to imagine the following day being anything other than painful.

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  4. Rafael says

    4/24/2012 at 2:31 am

    And no one seems to care.

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    • Lee says

      4/24/2012 at 7:43 am

      No, not in the slightest.

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  5. Gabriele says

    4/24/2012 at 6:44 am

    I just saw a similar scene!!

    http://pdf34.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/riposino-powernap/

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    • Lee says

      4/24/2012 at 7:44 am

      Yes, there are a lot of them about!

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  6. winnie says

    4/24/2012 at 7:31 am

    Such a uncomfortable position to sleep! I think he able to sleep is so much better than those who make extreme intolerant behaviours like shouting etc….

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    • Lee says

      4/24/2012 at 7:45 am

      Yeah, apart from taking up a few seats, he wasn’t causing any bother at all.

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  7. Joe Dolan says

    4/24/2012 at 8:32 am

    When my daughter was a toddler she would regularly sleep like that. Maybe he’s been reborn?

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