Eating on Japanese Trains (Commuter/local trains)

[gmat]

Article in Japan Today on a survey in News site Netallica.

Eating on trains: Survey asks 'How much is too much?'

http://www.japantoday.com/category/lifestyle/view/eating-on-trains-survey-asks-how-much-is-too-much

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[Kabutoni]

Thanks for noting us on this article. I've always wondered how the eating/drinking etiquette is in Japan in public. On commuter type trains eating and drinking is pretty much a no-go (stations offer enough options like ramen and rice bowl dishes to eat on the spot for that matter), but on other local trains (in rural areas) eating in public is much more common.

 

Here in the Netherlands eating smelly foods is usually not-done, but some don't care about that. A funny thing that one can notice on trains here is that between 18:00 and 19:00 a lot of people are eating on the train. This results to most compartments smelling of foods (ranging from cheap döner rolls to more sophisticated foods). I think in this small gap there is some sort of tolerance (or general concensus) regarding eating on the train. This is mostly only on long distance IC trains (where people travel +30 min. between stations).