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The Daily Life Of a Japanese Businessman

How to survive a 4-hour, crowded train commute 6 days a week - for forty years... Each day over a million people pour into Japan’s three major cities, and almost all of them arrive by train. Few can afford the rent in downtown Tokyo, so when they get hired by a company at the age of 21, they know they’ll be commuting two hours every day for the next forty years. How on earth do the Japanese manage to survive a situation that would drive a Westerner insane? In a densely crowded society, etiquette is everything. In Japan, most of those rules developed to maintain harmony despite the lack of space. That people almost never touch each other, no matter how tight it gets. And when contact is unavoidable, nobody takes it personally. But most of all, the Japanese know how to create a space inside themselves. When necessary, they just withdraw into their own world. Where Westerners waste a lot of energy fighting off the crowds, they hardly seem to notice them at all. Even the train station eateries need only a token drape to make their clients invisible. But every once in a while the tactic backfires, turning into every mother’s nightmare: three small children lost in the underground subway. Everyone’s in such a hurry that nobody stops to help. But then again, this is Japan, and these stories almost always have a happy ending. But there is ONE place where all bets are off. In Tokyo station, at half past midnight, these guys will do anything to get on the last few trains. If they don’t make it, it’s a $200 cab ride home. It’s no-holds-barred – and the women push just as hard as the men. But where I see a Westerner trying to force the issue, the Japanese just seem to laugh it off. Either way, the train doesn’t leave until all body parts are on board. And the ones who didn’t make it have to call their wives after a hard night’s drinking and beg a ride home. SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/2V4LsRa Tune in for a new video every week from the far corners of Our Human Planet!    / ourhumanplanet   Want to see all of our Japan stories? Download Japanland, the complete 4-hour PBS documentary series on Japan at http://www.japanlandonline.com/ (There’s also a book, reviewed by the New York Time and translated into 8 languages.) LET’S CONNECT! • Say hi on FB:   / ourhumanplanetcom   #Travel #Adventure #Japan Category: Travel