Train Updates

A collection of short random semi-disturbing thoughts, photos & ideas whilst travelling on trains, mostly in Japan.

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Traveling in a giant metal transport containment system with random strangers with low levels of hygiene for an extended period of time and I want to fucking scream.

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327: Caught between a rock and a hard place.

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326: BRACE BRACE.Feels like an emergency airplane landing.

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325

Traveling alongside another train. Looking at the passengers also pushed up against the glass, the palm of their hands stretched out on the door's window pane to prevent them being squashed into oblivion. The solemn look of disdain on all their faces. It's like a zombie transport system into the abysmal metropolis.

Then there's the guy in front of me. Constantly talking to himself, pushing himself up against the glass voluntarily, sometimes holding his own ass and constantly looking at his watch, reciting the time every few minutes at an audible level to all. A well dressed salaryman who should have been on the zombie express.

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324

I saw a JP girl no older than 10, rocking a WuTang Clan shirt. Really wanted to throw up the dub and shout "WuTang Clan ain't nuttin' to f*** wit!" But I'm sure that 1) it would go over her head 2) it's a valid reason to call the police for disorderly conduct

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323:

National Sleep Awareness Day: First get on the bus, old guy falls asleep after only just boarding, snores so loud I can hear it through my headphones, secondly after changing to the train, passenger next to me is doing karate or something in his sleep, first a sideways knee into my leg, then an elbow.

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323

Sitting in a cafe, hardcore rap song comes on with the most expletives I've ever heard in a song: f*ck that n*** I do it all for the p***y f*cken live for the s*x f*cken die for the s** all the other s*it f*cken f*ck f*ck what? Everyone else is Japanese, no-one bats an eye. I'm like, wert? #iftheyonlyknew #itranslate

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322: Wasn't a foghorn, jiji and baba KO'ed midstore, on the massage chairs. Why don't I stretch out?

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321: Sometimes makes sense

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320: Mother, mid 20s-30s with a 1-2 year old girl in the car, driving around with a sticker on the back that read: INSTANT P*SSY More like INSTANT BABY

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319

Had a full breakfast. After the mask charade, changed trains. Youngish guy having a dig in his nose knuckle deep, pulls it out looks at it longingly before putting it in his mouth. Looks sheepishly up at me. The dry reach motion I made may have led to his stoppage but not for long and went back for 2nd course. Stomach queasing I look to my right, there's a guy eating an ice cream on the train which is somewhat unheard of in Japan.

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318

Offended when someone puts on their surgical mask after sitting down? Quite used to it these days, actually I Time how long it usually takes them to pull one out. Today's time new record! 4:30!!! I think 4 of those minutes was being too shy to turn their head to realize there was a foreigner next to them.

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317: Balance Level: Ninja Tandem makeup applicators mid ride. Easier to look at then sleeping salarymen

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316: Everyone else looking enthusiastic, with a static train. Why TF does a train stop for strong (not that) wind??? How heavy is a train? Has a train ever been blown over? I'm googling that now, and WTF is that smell?

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#315: "And IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII will always love youuuuuuuuuuuu" 🎵

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#314: Angry sleep

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#313: Catching the last train or shuden is an adventure. Almost got a free standing lap dance from this guy, after his buddy left, he was holding for life and gyrating dem hips almost into me. Eventually he put gravity in the too hard basket and opted for some horizontal.