Tokyo Travelers Have The Worst Commute In The World
A new photo series captures Japanese commuters in the most hauntingly uncomfortable positions.
Riding the subway sucks. Just ask commuters in Tokyo, who experience one of the most daunting — and suffocating — commutes in the world.
Haunted by the intensity of this dense, booming city, German photographer Michael Wolf took to the “subsurface insanity” of Tokyo’s notoriously crowded subway system to capture these insanely uncomfortable images of commuters in various stages of morning agony. In his latest book, Wolf releases never before seen photos from his “Tokyo Compression” series. Check out the full collection.
(H/T Slate)
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esperanzarubiot 5 months agoThey’ve obviously never been on the green line in Mexico City, or any line in Mexico City during peak hours. Nightmare.
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Lolhelper 6 months agoI had the bad luck once when I had to go to Tokyo in the rush hour (8:00AM) to do some documents stuff. OMG the train!! I couldn’t breathe (both from being almost crushed and the fact that I couldn’t stop laughing, it was so unreal for me hahaha!). I even hit (not on purpose) the head of a man, hahahaso when I go to Tokyo I always try to avoid such hours!
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michaelk28 6 months agoeeeewwwwww …… o_0’ …… Makes me want to take a shower in hand sanitizer
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stevephengb 6 months agoThey were all cramped but at least the door was still shut close anyway. In Indonesia, all doors are still opened while some people still forcing their way to travel
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prairiehunter 6 months agoThe Japanese don’t take kindly to strangers taking photos of them - hence the reaction in the last image. This link explains how a person can sue you if they appear in a published image without their consent: http://tonymcnicol.com/2009/01/26/photography-in-japan-what-are-your-rights/
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Earl H. Kinmonth 6 months ago
Bollocks. Go to YouTube search on “commuter train india” or “commuter train indonesia.” Tokyo is not even close to being “worst.” And, speaking from 40-plus years of experience, you can easily avoid the peak by getting up 30 minutes earlier than most people do. EHK
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murexmuris 6 months ago
Looking at these makes me feel uncomfortable…which is the point, I guess. Also that last one.
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