[llevrok]

How about the trains? You neglected to mention train behavior during rush hour.

It's a crush. But very orderly. No stampedes or fights, EVER. That would be embarrassing and embarrassment in JPN is avoided at all costs.

Reminds me of driving in China. Looks like total chaos but some how it works.

[dsc]

“It’s a crush. But very orderly. No stampedes or fights, EVER.”

Sometimes there are.

[TXnMA]

It helps that they know they can line up on a mark, and that the train operators are so skillful that the door stops exactly in front of where they're standing -- every time...

I rode the Yamate-sen and changed to the Chuo-sen at Tokyo-eki during rush hour many times. The precision of schedule and operation never ceased to amaze...