Trivia: Japanese “Pushers” Squeeze People Into Overcrowded Trains

• the robot child
  April 25th, 2008 at 11:42 pm

  what an awesome job, you even get a cool uniform.

• otterly
  April 26th, 2008 at 12:03 am

  I’d rather walk than ride a train like that.

• drukus
  April 26th, 2008 at 12:09 am

  I really enjoyed the one man who really thought he could get in there after they finished pushing the people in.

• Jess
  April 26th, 2008 at 1:03 am

  A train that crowded has to be against SOME sort of health and safety regulation somewhere???

• J of The Sandhills
  April 26th, 2008 at 1:08 am

  Move ‘em on, head ‘em up
  Head ‘em up, move ‘em on
  Move ‘em on, head ‘em up
  Rawhide
  Count ‘em out, ride ‘em in
  Ride ‘em in, count ‘em out
  Count ‘em out, ride ‘em in
  Rawhiiiiiiiiiiiiide

• cosmo
  April 26th, 2008 at 1:41 am

  i guess it all depends on who you’re crushed up against…

• fz
  April 26th, 2008 at 2:04 am

  Ah the Japanese.

• matt
  April 26th, 2008 at 3:16 am

  only in japan

• CheeseDuck
  April 26th, 2008 at 6:23 am

  Are the trains seriously that crowded?

• ted
  April 26th, 2008 at 7:06 am

  I’ve been on buses and subways like that in Italy. It’s perfect for pickpockets and perverts.

• J
  April 26th, 2008 at 7:51 am

  Yeah, but… who pushes the pushmen?

• the robot child
  April 26th, 2008 at 8:17 am

  Ted - That’s why travel books tell tourist to stay away from the Japanese trains and go for the private ones. You can get groped over and over again and the Japanese find it proper to ignore it.

• Henry V.
  April 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am

  So by adding 90 seconds, they managed to push rougly 15 more people inside per wagon. If they train stops every 5 minutes, this makes it crazily inffeficient. Why don’t they have a train more, thus having a tighter schedule, less waiting for the others, and more comfort?

• bean
  April 26th, 2008 at 9:44 am

  Ah japan, the world’s most peaceful, environmentally conscious utopia.

• jessleigh
  April 26th, 2008 at 10:00 am

  I hate subways. I’m glad I live in a small town.

• SenorMysterioso
  April 26th, 2008 at 10:29 am

  Its a small island, Ill walk

• Jen
  April 26th, 2008 at 10:46 am

  Humanity is doomed.

• Thomas
  April 26th, 2008 at 11:11 am

  that’s awesome

• chaymation
  April 26th, 2008 at 11:48 am

  we experienced it once when we visited tokyo (and it was an interesting experience!) nothing quite that extreme, but as we were the biggest (tallest) people in the carriage it was a mad squeeze, the guys on the platform kept gesturing for more people to get one, it was crazy!

  It was only during rush hour so the rest of the holiday we were fine. The guide book said that every visitor should experience it once!

• Lore
  April 26th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

  I just claustrophobic just looking at this video.

• Sheldon
  April 26th, 2008 at 2:00 pm

  The problem is too many people on the subway and that’s the solution they come up with?

• nickelking
  April 26th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

  Yet as the train passes by there are parts of each car where you can see through to windows on the other side… I’m gonna be a skeptic.

• definitelyme
  April 26th, 2008 at 6:51 pm

  @nickelking: don’t be sceptical - this is for real. Only really during rush hour though. I live in Tokyo and experience this every day to an extent. It’s worst when it rains.

• Alannah
  April 26th, 2008 at 10:20 pm

  There is no way I could do that. I wonder if any uninformed foreigners start getting pushed around by these men and react with violence?

• nerdkiller
  April 27th, 2008 at 12:51 am

  I am the pusher robot. I am here to protect you from the terrible secret of space.

• Dean Venture
  April 27th, 2008 at 7:55 am

  off to the grainlots with ya’s!

• fool
  April 28th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

  This is a pretty psychotic way of life.

• Hirudin
  April 29th, 2008 at 6:57 am

  HAHAHAH!! That’s unreal.

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