Comments on: Mind your Manners in Tokyo http://www.thetokyotraveler.com/2008/09/mind-your-manners-in-tokyo/ About Tokyo for travelers, visitors, and residents. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tori http://www.thetokyotraveler.com/2008/09/mind-your-manners-in-tokyo/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Tori Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:15:41 +0000 http://www.thetokyotraveler.com/mind-your-manners-in-tokyo/#comment-265 Thanks! hmmmm. Maybe I should suggest it to Thomas over at NihonHacks. Thanks!

hmmmm. Maybe I should suggest it to Thomas over at NihonHacks.

]]> By: Shane http://www.thetokyotraveler.com/2008/09/mind-your-manners-in-tokyo/comment-page-1/#comment-636 Shane Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:18:35 +0000 http://www.thetokyotraveler.com/mind-your-manners-in-tokyo/#comment-636 Tori, that's a great tip about the extra space in the last car - thanks! Tori, that’s a great tip about the extra space in the last car – thanks!

]]> By: tori http://www.thetokyotraveler.com/2008/09/mind-your-manners-in-tokyo/comment-page-1/#comment-607 tori Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:46:20 +0000 http://www.thetokyotraveler.com/mind-your-manners-in-tokyo/#comment-607 "Taking large packages on the train is not only disruptive to the other riders but is very frustrating and is something that is best avoided, especially during busy hours, as even packages from a day of shopping can be very hard to manage on a crowded train." Definitely agree with you about the busy hours. For some people (by some people I mean yen-less college students), though, sending everything bigger than a backpack by post is not an option. A trick we used to use was to get on the very last car of the train (not the rush hour train). Usually there are less people there, so you can be the first to get on and you can set your items in a corner at the end of the train and stand in front of them. Also this area is usually more spacious, so you will not cause as much meiwaku (discomfort toward others). “Taking large packages on the train is not only disruptive to the other riders but is very frustrating and is something that is best avoided, especially during busy hours, as even packages from a day of shopping can be very hard to manage on a crowded train.”

Definitely agree with you about the busy hours. For some people (by some people I mean yen-less college students), though, sending everything bigger than a backpack by post is not an option.
A trick we used to use was to get on the very last car of the train (not the rush hour train). Usually there are less people there, so you can be the first to get on and you can set your items in a corner at the end of the train and stand in front of them. Also this area is usually more spacious, so you will not cause as much meiwaku (discomfort toward others).

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