Which of Tokyo's commuter rail lines have the best babes and worst habits? Spa

[gmat]

Apologies to women, but that's the title of the article. But I must confess that's what probably made me read it. But what it says about 'train manners' and the character of various lines in Tokyo might be interesting.

 

http://www.japantoday.com/category/kuchikomi-shukan-post/view/which-of-tokyos-commuter-rail-lines-have-the-best-babes-and-worst-habits

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[bikkuri bahn]

Ah, the successor to WaiWai (of Mainichi fame)??  Well it was posted on Japan Today, what do you expect.  Anyway, the article rang true about the worse lines- specifically the Keihin Tohoku.  Had the unpleasant experience of seeing drunks depositing "platform pizzas" the last two times I used that line.  If you need to travel the Tokaido Line south of Tokyo towards Yokohama, try to take the Tokaido Line trains, a better type of passenger in general on those.

[gmat]

One of the more interesting examples of the denizins inhabiting trains was experienced riding the Koumi line from Komoro to Iwamurada Station. The rich kids or the in crowd of students would monopolize the seats, forcing the rest of the kids to stand. I was based at Iwamurada SHS and often commuted with the morning students. As the line started at Komoro, there would be a rush to find a seat. Some flunkies would rush in and claim the best seats and the privileged would saunter in at their leisure and claim their seats. They would have empty seats left over. One day I took one of these seats, to the displeasure of the other occupants. What was interesting was during the ride, to make a point, the leader took out a wad of 10,000 yen notes and fanned it out and made a show of counting them. A little embarrassing for me, but I thought more money than sense, breeding.

[bikkuri bahn]

An interesting story, recalls to me like something you'd see on an eighties Japanese TV high school drama, with "yankees" and bosozoku.  Alot of that stuff no longer exists (well at least here in Sapporo), teenagers nowadays aren't into the gang/clique thing with the rigid hierarchy and posing.

[Guest ___]

“densha otaku” (train hobbyist) I don't even knowwhere to begin.

 

Now as to the article, I'd live to seethe Washington Post write an article like this on Metro.