Japan Public Sleeping
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Sat 2007/09/08 00:00
One thing that I never saw when living in London or Seattle - people sleeping in public. My guess is either because of the fear of waking up to find all their belongings going missing - or because people just aren't that tired enough to sleep in public. Its very likely that when you visit Japan that you will see these tired beings lying around here n there.
If you are going to relocate to Japan and dont want to end up like them from overworking, then make sure you land yourself with the job that suits your working style best.
Update: Apologies to JJ San for using his photos - I will remove them as soon as I fix the rest of the server.
These are mixed with photos taken by Hector, JJ San and by this search query at Flickr.
Oh, and if you are eating breakfast/dinner - and especially if its curry/porridge/stew/mash potatoes - then don't look at the last photo.
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Director/代表取締役
This was the post that got dugg and killed my server!
(ID #56511) Posted on 2007/09/11 09:00
Director/代表取締役
And forgot to mention that all previous comments were lost with the crash ToT
(ID #56529) Posted on 2007/09/11 14:14
M Wilson in Texas
Looks like the whole country could do with a nap....come to think of it...so could I! :)
(ID #56538) Posted on 2007/09/11 14:52
Its was a pretty funny post. Especially the guy that looks like he fell down the stairs to his death. Funny uh-oh.
(ID #56556) Posted on 2007/09/11 16:29
Well it seems that Digg is the web's mass destruction weapon! I Hope that your website will stay up now Danny. ;) By the way these pictures are really funny. That's a good collection you sharing with us!
(ID #56584) Posted on 2007/09/11 21:13
Wow! It looks like the whole country was put to sleep by a spell or something. Funny pictures too! XD
(ID #56585) Posted on 2007/09/11 21:27
Games addicted
Congratulations Danny for run up the site again! OO What a post! The last pic is quite...yaaaack! Is it so easy to find subject like this around Tokyo by night? .:G:.
(ID #56587) Posted on 2007/09/11 21:33
Looks like people there party way too hard. Party party party! So many hentai mangas to read! So little time! :D
(ID #56594) Posted on 2007/09/11 22:44
they r too tired.. lol
(ID #56717) Posted on 2007/09/13 07:58
A君
Danny, you obviously never rode route 36 (Downtown to Beacon Hill/Rainier Valley) with me >.>; ...and I realized after C72 was over that I left my passport in my bag the whole time I was sleeping on a bench behind Family Mart...
(ID #56794) Posted on 2007/09/13 22:07
they really seems dead.. with their beautiful posture..
(ID #56939) Posted on 2007/09/15 12:39
it'd be so nice if we should sleep freely in america like that and not be weird though i do things like that on buses and stairs already..
(ID #57054) Posted on 2007/09/17 03:08
Jun in Tatooine
Is the last guy lying there in his own vomit? @_@;
(ID #57093) Posted on 2007/09/17 19:25
either that or someone vomited on him
(ID #304943) Posted on 2008/09/18 03:10
Programmer, Student
lol, never thought 'bout that, but it would suck to wake up to find someone vomited on you >.<
(ID #305125) Posted on 2008/09/18 06:04
radical anime fan in Singapore; start of a new year. Start of a new slew of global "tings" as well. (Registered on 2007/01/25 22:08)
Polytechnic Freshman. Mmm... fresh.
If memory serves me correct, Danny mentioned that the dude was probably a salary man after a night of hard drinking. XD
(ID #315491) Posted on 2008/09/28 01:47
Im also going to be doing this when I go to Japan. Its going to be so awesome, I know I will feel ssafe because I wont be carrying around anything important a lot of times, except when I need it, and when Im tired, I can just fall on the ground and take a snooze
(ID #57189) Posted on 2007/09/19 02:05
Arthur in Brazil
You help this people after take a picture, right?? @.@
(ID #57218) Posted on 2007/09/19 13:39
Back after a long absence! What's with the last pic?? Did some guy vomit on him or he slept with his vomit?? Funny post! I love the photo where the guy slept near the stairs.. Like a murder scene XD
(ID #58595) Posted on 2007/10/06 14:00
Defender Of Justice (or whatever secutiry guards defend)
It looks like clips from a B movie, some nefarious neuro-toxin has been released into the air
(ID #66848) Posted on 2007/12/13 11:56
Wow can't wait to do that when I visit Japan, I first would be in the middle of a doorway, then jam a revolving door, then an automatic door, then against a window wear people on the other side eat.
(ID #74135) Posted on 2008/02/29 15:06
U.S. Army Officer
I wish I could have sleepy time when and where ever without the police bothering me, breathalysing me and people trying to write stuff on my face while the other stuff is happening.
(ID #174042) Posted on 2008/04/23 03:09
Student, Producing videos and draw sometimes
Whou, that must be some sort of Paranoia Agent effect! Almost everyone sleeps in every ending credit. O.O
(ID #191784) Posted on 2008/05/20 03:59
student, nerd, gamer
if onli we cud sleep in skool lik that :]
(ID #258425) Posted on 2008/08/06 18:07
these people should take my approach to life at least once a week. Sleep while at work, for small bursts of about 20 minutes. That way you get payed to sleep :)
(ID #296041) Posted on 2008/09/10 01:53
you wonder why there's no food
thats soo funny xD i luv the 5th last one~ hes like sinking into the plants =] some of the places these people sleep i dun fink i wouldd even think of~
(ID #304649) Posted on 2008/09/17 22:17
Meimi132 in Leicester of Leicestershire of England of Europe of THE WORLD!!(in Canada) (Registered on 2007/12/04 05:05)
(University)Student
Oh wow.... we have homeless sleeping in public. But not regular people lol.
(ID #304660) Posted on 2008/09/17 22:24
wow they shouldn't work so hard. why is it they push salary men or (workers in general) out there to work so hard? the guy in the plants is being one with nature.
(ID #304715) Posted on 2008/09/17 23:18
part-time professional part-timer
That last pic... yeah.... that guy has too much alcohol in his blood. :))
(ID #304716) Posted on 2008/09/17 23:20
student
Wow its that really old post that I read last year~ No wonder it seemed so familiar. The pictures never fail to make me laugh XD
(ID #304751) Posted on 2008/09/17 23:42
I liked the girls with identical hairstyles, sleeping in an identical way. Twins?
(ID #304759) Posted on 2008/09/17 23:50
You know whats creepy. I was eating breakfast when I came across this... "Oh, and if you are eating breakfast/dinner - and especially if its curry/porridge/stew/mash potatoes - then don't look at the last photo." the thing is, why did I scroll down to the last image then?
(ID #304800) Posted on 2008/09/18 00:29
i knew danny would pull that last pic back out again! i just knew it! so disgusting...argh
(ID #305269) Posted on 2008/09/18 09:33
Lol at the one sleeping near the staircase.. Looks like he just fall down :p
(ID #304820) Posted on 2008/09/18 00:45
Hey, eave the sleeping people alone! I'm one of them. lol When you have the time and money to go to Japan, you'd be sleepy all day from partying all night! I made it the time of my life, that's for damn sure.
(ID #304824) Posted on 2008/09/18 00:46
Student & Authorized Chicken Slapper
Sleeping like this is a certified way of getting mugged...at least here anyway. Some of these are understandable like on the train but others were a little bold. Crime must be very low in Japan is what I am thinking according to some of the locations these people pass out at. The last one looks disgusting, did he go to sleep and end up having someone throw up on him??
(ID #304828) Posted on 2008/09/18 00:51
http://animenlife.blogspot.com
The last picture....Ewwww!!... That guy's sure had a big hangover... Ok, I can understand young people being tired in the bus.. (probably they did a long journey and are very exhausted), but, its this for real with the people in the park??
(ID #304855) Posted on 2008/09/18 01:13
Interesting post Danny! Hey, I have actually done this when I was in Orchard Rd. Singapore a few years back, slept for like 2 hours!
(ID #304891) Posted on 2008/09/18 02:12
Engineer-wannabe
hmm,maybe some of them miss the last train,n just sleep in the park. one bad thing in tokyo is,no more train after 12or so, places u can spend the nite: park,manga kissa,or karaoke box XD
(ID #304916) Posted on 2008/09/18 02:40
Programmer, Student
yeah, the early ending trains kind of suck, especially when you lose track of time with friends and end up walking for an hour to get home; mind you I'm kind of lazy, so maybe it's just me ^^;
(ID #305132) Posted on 2008/09/18 06:10
Wannabe Designer
Something tells me that last bloke isn't sleeping, someone should roll him on his side before he chokes... Wasn't there a similar article awhile back?
(ID #304937) Posted on 2008/09/18 03:06
Software Developer / Programmer
damn right
(ID #304973) Posted on 2008/09/18 03:30
1st year Civil Engineering Student
yeah very familiar post... did danny dug this post up? people do sleep in public here, but only in public transports since commuting here can take quite a bit of time. those who sleep outdoors here are usually beggars and the homeless. ^^;;
(ID #304979) Posted on 2008/09/18 03:33
It is not safe to do this in my my region...
(ID #304965) Posted on 2008/09/18 03:24
Too back...Didn't see any when i was there a couple months back....Wanted to take of picture of them...That guy fell down and slept right?
(ID #304967) Posted on 2008/09/18 03:26
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Ressurected? Yeah, I remember making a comment to this post.... Anywyas, still hilarious... that guy by the stairs looks like he fell down or something. I also remember commenting that here in Brazil only bums do stuff like that. People with wallets, bags and other stuff to care of would have all their stuff stolen in a few minutes.
(ID #304969) Posted on 2008/09/18 03:28
people sleep here not really in the streets (the homeless do of course) but on transit I do, and other people do
(ID #305070) Posted on 2008/09/18 05:08
Programmer, Student
what's with the guy passed out at the bottom of the stairs, looks like he's dead O.O
(ID #305129) Posted on 2008/09/18 06:06
The last pic looks like someone puked all over the guy:p
(ID #305163) Posted on 2008/09/18 07:02
College student, Software Engineer, Otaku
some of these are a bit funny, some looks like they tripped and went unconscious
(ID #305199) Posted on 2008/09/18 07:42
the guy in the 4th picture down in front of the stairs that is just too hilarious!
(ID #305208) Posted on 2008/09/18 07:50
I can understand some of the places but the stairs sleeper just...wow...don't bother me, I'm napping...
(ID #305239) Posted on 2008/09/18 08:32
So this is what happens when you try to watch Kaze no Stigma while walking around...
(ID #305258) Posted on 2008/09/18 09:07
Did I log in several months ago? I don't think this is what Danny posted today.
(ID #305307) Posted on 2008/09/18 10:14
lol those are somthing laugh about.
(ID #305343) Posted on 2008/09/18 10:45
Pretty funny to see people sleeping in the middle of nowhere in Japan. I wouldn't be surprised if a person suddenly slept in the street.... But hey, may not be great for most, but it's good for thieves I guess.
(ID #305349) Posted on 2008/09/18 11:04
System Design Engineering (UWaterloo)
I sleep thruogh class, does that count? I tried once on a sofa couch, woke up with like a line along my face cuz my head was sleeping on the arm rest.
(ID #305406) Posted on 2008/09/18 12:12
Uhh....is it me or is the guy in the last picture look like he puked all over himself? >.>....
(ID #305494) Posted on 2008/09/18 13:58
lover of games, artist
thats what i thought too
(ID #305630) Posted on 2008/09/18 15:54
HAHA, this was a funny post. The staircase photo reminds me of Death Note for some reason. I think Kira fell alseep X3
(ID #305849) Posted on 2008/09/18 21:01
Part trooper, part santa, 100% loser
I agree, that guy looks like Raito Yagami for some reason...
(ID #305893) Posted on 2008/09/18 22:06
radical anime fan in Singapore; start of a new year. Start of a new slew of global "tings" as well. (Registered on 2007/01/25 22:08)
Polytechnic Freshman. Mmm... fresh.
I got that same weird feeling...
(ID #315498) Posted on 2008/09/28 01:53
sh!tty wannabe mecha musume artist
Some people need to get some sleep, they'd try get get sleep whenever they can. Some shots look like Crime scene btw~
(ID #315476) Posted on 2008/09/28 01:29
radical anime fan in Singapore; start of a new year. Start of a new slew of global "tings" as well. (Registered on 2007/01/25 22:08)
Polytechnic Freshman. Mmm... fresh.
I once saw a lady sleeping on the floor in the void deck of a block of flats. The only thing that kept me from going closer was that she had her back propped against the wall, unlike some of those in the pics who looked as though they were pistol-whipped from the back by the Master Chief. XD
(ID #315497) Posted on 2008/09/28 01:52
system garbage collector
probably I'll also do that if I'm in Tokyo to save money from lodging XDD heheh
(ID #369672) Posted on 2008/11/13 17:50
Actually, this DOES happen in America, though I guess only in a few places. My university is unique in the sense that the student unions and many of the academic buildings have couches and armchairs, sometimes whole areas of them. Roughly half of the second floor of the main union is couches. Just walking through these areas every day, you see loads of people sleeping sprawled across these couches, sometimes having pulled multiple chairs together. It took me a while to realize that this wasn't something that happened everywhere.
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