I was going to try to post something substantial today, to make up for yesterday’s post which meant something to only one person, but it’s now late and I’m tired. Yesterday we went to Kamakura but our plans were somewhat curtailed by the weather. It was rainy and cold–quite cold. We made our usual visit to the Great Buddha anyway.<\/p>\n
We’ve been on crowded commuter trains a couple of times recently. While I haven’t actually seen the much publicized phenomenon of station personnel packing people into trains with their white-gloved hands, we have been on trains that are so crowded that people (myself included) have to briefly hop off at station stops to make enough room for other passengers to exit.<\/p>\n
While on these trains, I’ve been struck by how quiet everyone is. There’s essentially no noise at all in the train, aside from the sounds generated by the train itself. Very few people talk; those that do speak in hushed voices. It’s one of many examples of how people here instinctively strive to respect each other, or at least avoid annoying each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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