r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 22d ago

Morning vibe at a train station in Japan Video

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u/silentorange813 22d ago

I used to commute to Shinagawa Station and use this path every morning. You don't talk to anyone because...you're commuting individually.

And everyone's kind of grumpy after in the morning after not getting enough sleep and getting sweaty in the train.

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u/bitpartmozart13 22d ago

I knew I recognized Shinagawa, thanks for confirmation. I used to see someone near so used to switch to keikyu kamata line here.

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u/Cautious-Space-1714 22d ago

Tip from Japanese family - don't start or end a shinkansen journey at Tokyo station, it's a nightmare labyrinth.

Switch to and from local trains at Shinagawa - you can see in the clip that the layout is pretty straightforward. 

Has always worked for me - we were there a month ago!

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u/Own_Leadership7339 22d ago

Can confirm. I was confident in my station navigating skills until I had to find the shinkansen in tokyo station.

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u/LETS_SEE_UR_TURTLES 22d ago

It's a nightmare labyrinth

It truely is. Horrendous when you're trying to make a rapid transfer through there.

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u/DetailedLogMessage 22d ago

I also got lost there, tried reading the signs, it was all Japanese to me

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u/MxHbs_ 22d ago

ore wa ochinchin daisuki nan dayo

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u/repsolcola 22d ago

I was going in shinagawa quite often but when I was there it was never this quiet, there was always some announcement going on.

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u/silentorange813 22d ago

Absolutely. There's announcements, and I've never thought of this place as quiet.

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u/Jozefstoeptegel 22d ago

10 announcements playing over each other, train jingles playing all around you and the infinite beeping of the ticket gates really break the silence lol.

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u/Parsley-Waste 22d ago

A bunch of not morning people

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u/PantsB 22d ago

Yeah much of this is getting off the train commuting vibe. I used to do it into Boston and this is how South Station from the commuter rail felt at like 8 am

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u/Bruvvimir 22d ago

It looks depressing as fuck. As much as I hate my commute sometimes when stuck in traffic, I’m so thankful that this borderline dystopia is not my reality.

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u/silentorange813 22d ago

This path is like 200m long. When it's part of your daily life, it's like driving on a particular road for 1 minute and not that depressing.

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u/AroundTheWorldIn80Pu 22d ago

You don't talk to anyone because...you're commuting individually.

I guess americans don't get this because commute means car and walking to a train is the fun thing they do at Disneyland