Japan Train Commute

O_O? I thought they weren't allowed to use phones in the trains or sit on the floor... Lol polishing rifle XD
I usually hear songs/watch anime on iPod while travelling. Not much scenery to look at her in Sg orz... Now that I got my psp might wanna try playing games while travelling ^^

Oh, It happen in Indonesia too.

I usually watch the scenery, play with DS or browse web with laptop.
Its good that I live near the terminal station, there is always empty seats.
And no one ever sits on the train floor here.

I practically live in my itouch when i'm out ^o^, i'm etither listening to music, browising through photos or watching anime ^^. oh and once in a while i also polish my rifle ^^

Right now my commute is 1.5 hr by car, 1.5 hr by plane, 2.5 hr by car....obviously I don't do that every day, but twice a week ^^
In the car and in the plane I usually listen to tech podcasts on my phone.

Question for Danny: Do you never run into a situation where people have a problem with you taking pics ?

i listen to music or sleep

So is that an airsoft rifle or something?

There isn't any public transportation in my area so I'm forced to drive if I want to go someplace so I don't really want to mess with my cellphone or anything while driving (even though it seems so many people do).
The last time I flew across the country I just brought a book along with me so that I had something to read, and the airline also showed a movie as well as some random television episodes.

On the bus ride to and from school I talk with friends, unless they're gone, then I play around with my phone

i drive to work and i try to memorize kanji while driving to work...
well at traffic lights and at long empty highways =p.

Rifle polishing? What the heck^^;;
As for me, I just close my eyes and hibernate.
And whenever the train is packed and smelly, sweaty people are everywhere, I just bury my face in my shoulder (as I hold on to the handholds). I smell a lot better lol
I suppose this sounds a little narcissistic, but it sure helps preserve my sanity^^;;

When I take the train to the casern I always take my IPod with me and I always check the Kiosk for some Asterix & Obelix or Clever & Smart comics or some trade journals.

BTW, this guy polishing his rifle... That's a photoshop, right? Oo

Rifle on the train?!!! here in the philippines, you won't see that...
Amazing!

I drive a bus..... but when i'm on one now, I'm more focused on if the engine sounds ok.... then nap listening to bgms :D

Mostly I will sleep on the bus or train but sometimes if I am in the mood, I will on my on my mp3 when I sleep.

i'd polish my rifle in the train, if you know what i mean

ipod for me, looking out the window mostly.
that rifle is freaky though it looks doctored, btw whats with the corporal stripes on the uniforms?

Holy shit. I laughed when I saw the rifle!

Btw, are the girls in Japan not afraid of accidentally exposing themselves from the way they sit and stuff?

Rifle on the train!! wow!! I would like to see

I think that unusual scene is good experience for life's

What I like about this picture is the lack of reaction from the other passengers.

Oh I see, they're more concerned about that schoolgirl with the rocket launcher just off screen.

There is a wide range of different people on that train! lol

what's polishing rifle if you see a trooper dancing inside the train? *hint hint*

wait, isn't eating in densha forbidden?

I have to drive to work, so the best I can do then is listen to music. When I'm not driving I usually sleep or space out staring at scenery while listening to music. I have the misfortune of not being able to read or play games in a car for very long before I start getting carsick.

sleep ftw?

I get to school in a matter of minutes, so I dont really need to do anything to waste time.

Huh? Huh? Rifle? Best not to wonder about that too much...

Oftentimes I just look out the window while listening my iPod, especially when I'm on the bus. I'm a huge bookworm, so I'd love to read, or play my DS, but alas, I get car sick really fast >m< How can people read in a moving vehicle, I say? Everything's too bouncy, and you try to focus on the words but you just wind up with a huge headache...

That Rifle Dude seriously freaks me out.What freaks me out even more is that noone seems to care 0.o

I've usually got the iPod going in the car when I'm going to work/gigs, which means at any time I've either got death metal or J-pop blaring from the speakers, and my car has SYNC, so I can keep up with Twitter via the SMS.

Wow the girl crouching is just inviting some lolicon school principal to take photos up her skirt with a PSP camera!

LOL at the Riffle. ^^

I seldom ride ones back in KL. But will ride it a lots once I reach there. Think I'm probably will be watching anime through Iphone.

look through the window and listen music.
Study a bit if we have an exam

Wow! This just shows the difference in culture. Take out a rifle in a public place in the US and you'd have panic. You'd definitely attract the interest of law enforcement. With our history of violence, most folks would assume the worst; a guy about to go "postal".

there's no public transportation in my area so I have to drive everywhere. I have to pay attention to the road and watch out for idiot drivers.

And I thought I was the only one who polished my rifle during my commute. ;)
Nah, I just play DS games, mobile games, or just read a book.

I pass time by driving to school. Haha

Its too far to walk or even ride a bike to school and Im too far out for metro and trains are only in the center part of the city... ;;

How come I don't find interesting sights like that in Toronto... instead, I find unappealing riders talking loudly, no interesting phones or gadgets out and most of all, no rifle polishing. Interesting picture though ^^;

i read the newspaper, listen to music, get some shut-eye or look at the nice girlies. ('~')

I drive to work, but on the occasions when I do commute, listening to music and staring out the window is what I normally do. It's nice to see the world outside the window when you're travelling.

Is this for real?

i take the bus to school and it's usually crowded so I don't get to do alot..and it's like a 5minute drive sucks for me..

LOL! polishing rifle on the train~~~~

I usually close my eyes & defrag my brain memory.

Oh I would be polishing my rifle too. ROFL. Speaking of which, it doesn't look as gun blue as it should..

If I was on a train I would be looking for the doors or windows I could get out of. Though I don't like heights when un-tethered, I think spider man had a better idea by sticking to the outside or back of the train and not going inside. Gimmie some magnet gloves and knee pads, I'll stick on the back... /curses aluminum.

mostly fidgeting with my mobile and listening to my ipod

I'm close enough to walk to class but I do occasionally take the bus to go places ^^ I usually just play games on my phone since I don't usually go that far.

On the occasions that I can take public transportation, I read a book.

Japan lets people walk outside with their airsoft guns?! That's sick (in a nice way)! Here in the Philippines, one will be put to jail if one carried an airsoft gun openly. Here, one needs a license to own an airsoft gun and a "permit to transport" to take it outside (outside as in hidden in the trunk of your car and not outside as in polishing it in a train).

BTW I would love to sit at the same spot as the rifle boy. The way that girl in front of him is sitting, I'll definitely see something nice! XD

Whenever I take the train, I pass the time by looking at the passing scenery. I also spend the time looking at people. But most of the time I'm too busy being alert because almost everytime I ride the train, it's pack. Chances of your belongings getting stolen is high O_o

Wow, in Germany show a rifle in public (doesn't matter if air or not) and you will definitely meet some maybe not so friendly men in uniforms.

When I driving around I look out of the window, read a book or magazine and listening to fine tunes provided by my MP3 player.

i drive to my campus, or when i'm sleepy, i'll use my driver, so either i'm driving, i'm sleeping :P

both while listening to anime songs :D

Hahahahah thats funny....

I usually listen to music, read, play the DS or... draw. lol.

I call shenanigans. The gun isn't really there, it was just edited in. The shadows look wrong to me, and he isn't holding the gun right. Initially it looks like he is playing with the scope, but if you look closer, the gun is too far off to one side to be doing that.

I know Japan sounds like a crazy place, but I don't think they're crazy enough to allow someone to carry an air soft gun outside it's case without good reason. Especially if it looks as much like a real gun as this.

I just listen to music and gaze out at the passing scenery too.

I wonder if that guy with the rifle attracted any attention from the security staff or police when he's carrying it out in the open like that...

Stare blankly into the air while organizing my brain on school work, planning, or anything else that happened during that day.

I'm usually on my NDS/PSP while listening to music...
Some Time I read the free newspaper to catch up on some of news...

If I have more time converting anime, I'll properly watch more of it on my Vision W.
(I have a rather slow computer, so converting is kinda 1:1, which is quite sad...=_=)

I usually do nothing since It's always packed when I ride the train can't even move a bit.

My school is near my house so just watch the scenery, if my house is far like them I rather listen to music or do something else ^^

Oh, gun otaku, will you ever learn?

I look at scenery, indulge in my thoughts, observe people, read, listen to music...

If I managed to get a seat, I'll probably doze off. XD

Somedays I read books (novels), other days I watch anime on my Creative Zen.

I do the same Danny, looking out the window or trying to solve something in my mind. If i'm feeling tired, i listen music on my PDA or play Ghost n' Goblins :)

I usually listen to my music player and look at the scenery when I'm on a commuter train, but I only do commuting once or twice a week. Hate the commuter trains here, crowded and sometimes faulty. And they don't even bother upgrading their service.

I usually watch over the window brainless..., or sleep, or study japanese :D

But many ppl polish their 9mm or 45.. just that, they're not BB nor Air Guns :(

I lately use a car and don't take long trips in trains or buses. But if I do I usually listen to some podcast or watch something from my computer.

now what i do is to track the average speeds of the train using my gps unit. always been wondering what's the maximum speed.... ;)

discovering the surroundings that i pass by on the train tracks is another thing that i'm curious about. singapore is a small place - but to find out other interesting stuff are just so close by makes me feel i'm part of this nation... rather than aloof.

I get by with my PSP on the train. Just playing a game and listening to music. It helps time past...nothing much...

Before I started driving I would take the bus or train to school. Sometimes I would bring my IPod but most of the time just looking out the window and thinking was my choice for passing the time.

That's probably why I have a rather vivid imagination...too much thinking going on in my life.

Hmmm...that guy should ask the girls to help him polish his rifle. He'd get done faster. Though if it were me I probably would have cleaned it at home or at school then just spent the train ride getting to know my peers better.

That's nice to know, sometimes I tend to polish my dolphin when the ride is long, though bothers the co passengers.

iPod touch + Shure SE 110 + anime music + 2hrs of my life gone in the bus (thru and fro) well, generally thats it. X_X

show us the picture when the little fella flipped put and started the shooting

That airsoft rifle needs to be in a rifle case. And pantsu FTW!

Air soft rifle, right?

lol, epic picture ! >.<

lool thats a first. Polishing his rilfe that a great way to get people to look at you. lol. Me i just sleep while listening to music.

I listen to my music on my music player when I commute. It's not safe to be pulling out your iPod here and watch some anime for it could be swiped in a matter of seconds XDDD

I drive to school so really the only thing I can do is listen to music ^^; (and hope that I can get a decent parking spot at school...)

Wow trains must be clean there. I certainly wouldn't sit on the floor in a MAX train. Bringing a rifle on would probably freak people out and I'd have the cops on me. Even if it was a fake or air gun.

Country differences!

Oh and the rifle guy is probably getting a good pantsu shot of the girl.

I usually listen to podcasts in the subway.

Listen to my PSP, chat with friends or sleep

Is it just me, or does that kid sitting down have a weapon?!?!

I usually polish my ipod and listen to my rilfe.

Come on, he has a rilfe and still doesn't have a seat... I wonder what is in the back pocket of the guy with a mobile... ^_^"

I drive to school so... that's involved...
I do blast music from my car though. hehe

Lets hope to God that this picture was doctored cause it completely doesn't make sense if its real.

Well first of all I have my headphones on with my ipod. Then again I almost never take them off, the only time I'm ever without them is when I'm at home and even then I'm still wearing them half the time.
But other then that I'll either play a portable game if I have one with me or I'll just stare out the window and think about whatever is on my mind.

I always listen to music with my noise canceling headphone while on my way to school taking the train. I close my eyes and listen to my japanese music while trying to translate everything they are saying ^^.

while on public transportation, i usually listen to music to kill time. Get sleepy on buses too, so i close my eyes

The way I pass time on the school bus is by listening to my Ipod or watching anime. ^^ Still though polishing a rifle on the train is not something you see everyday.

I cycle so now i dont do much, sometimes i daze out thinking about what i learnt in Japanese, which happens alot. Oh there a Car!

Never seen somebody with a gun except a solider, wonder what i'd do?

Don't actually commute or work, but it would probably consist of listening to music.

Caption:

Japanese survey say: Men on trains like to polish their rifles when sitting next to schoolgirls.

Thats a hell of recoil pad on a airsoft or BB gun.

::blinks a few times:: Nope not Airsoft.. or BB gun.

Thats a Left hand bolt action.. rifle!! Can't tell the caliber.. but, last time I checked bb and airsoft.. Are bolt action!

Watching anime on the iPod? Way too small hehe.
I watch anime on my Macbook when I'm in the train to work (and lately also in bus). But sometimes it's too noisy or ride is bumpy or no suitable seat left (sun orientation). When walking or waiting, the earbuds are connected to iPod instead.
This way, I don't really mind using public tranportation.

..sniper rifle? lol

I would read a book. More specifically, manga.

"Polish their rifles..." that totally could mean something else altogether...

For me, when I go on train trips, I like listening to my iPod and playing games on my DS. Sometimes I'd read a book or a comic book but that would be a trip that's longer than 30 mins.

don't have a rifle to polish, so i just put on the headphones.

I pass the time by driving. Cuz if I spazz out then I'll die. xD Miss the atmosphere of trains though. It can get lonely driving alone. :3

Considering that my commute to work happens during the 3am hour theres not much to see except darkness followed by advanced darkness and the occasional shooting star. I generally listen to the radio on the AM band for a strange talk show call Coast to Coast AM or I listen to the local college radio station on the FM band.

for some reason i read that as "there are some who polish their dolphins" so I had to look back at the pic and read it again.

been here far too long ... :)

If I'm alone, I listen to my music and stare out the window. If with a friend, I chat with him/her.

Hahaha… “polish their rifles” sounds like a euphemism for something else.

I usually try to sleep or study.

i have hardly ever taken public transportation, but i always wanted to sleep in my car lol especially in traffic

listening to music from my ipod, or watch PVs from my ipod also :D

well, but sometimes I do a lil bit of stare when spotted a cutie :X

The trains are SOOOoo clean in Japan. It always amazes me, especially since I'm from Chicago and the trains here are disgusting and filthy. I try to avoid touching any part of the train except in the winter when I'm wearing gloves. I don't even like holding on to the handles/bars; if there are no seats, I use the stances that I learned during my gung-fu training to steady myself.

...polish their rifles? :S Okaaaayy...? @!@

I stare out the window and let my brain rest.

I had no idea it was legal to polish your rifle there O_o

I spend a lot of time reading books as I don't have anything else to do. It means I now know a fair bit about useless topics such as military history

I listen to music and podcasts. I can never get into games or books on trains since time flies so quickly when I get into them, feels like I've barely given them any time when I arrive at my stop ^^"

I SEE A RIFLE!!!
lol
that's weird enough to attract everyone if that's in my country!!!

anyways
my house is near my school so i don't ride trains just jeep >_< too crowded to do anything and too dangerous to play psp >_>

I listen to my ipod while sketching

I used to take the train back and forth to my university every couple weekends to go back home. I usually played DS or listened to music. I was always afraid of sleeping and missing my stop -_-

Except in summer, I can't sleep in train so I use the precious time to study =)

It's obvious that the schoolgirls and the rifle boy are friends. Rifle boy is hentai control.

Since I stay far away from Tokyo, I usually use my one hour of time in train reading books, doing homework which I sometimes lazy to do at home(^^;;), listening to music and sleeping which is common activity and is needed while sitting on the looooong hour of train.

Always end up daydreaming or catching up on DS games. It's a lot better/nicer to daydream in Tokyo transit though ... nicer scenery than the underground tunnels here. ^^;;

Am I the only one who is REALLY worried that one guy has a gun...? Could have sworn most public transit doesn't allow firearms lol.

rifle? lol?!

schoolgirls!! hmmm. I could get used to commuting in japan. hahah!

as for me, i listen to my podcasts or audiobooks when commuting. Its only a 5-10minutes commute though

In my day polishing your rifle was tatta no euphemism datta.

wait a second. I know its extremely hard/impossible to obtain a firearm in japan. but im still surprised they let people brandish their airsoft guns like that in public. Tanaka M700 w/adjustable stock? I wish I could do that in public lol.

Well... haven't taken the bus in a while now, but I used to just listen to my MP3s and close my eyes.

And uh... What about you, Danny? Don't you have a (blaster) rifle to fiddle around with when you're on the train? ^_^

polishing their rifles, LOL!!!

What the hell is that guy doing? XD

Aside from Rifle polishing, Assembly and Loading.
I just Listen to music and pretend that everyone else don't exist. :D

Aside from Rifle polishing, Assembly and Loading.
I just Listen to music on my PSP and pretend that everyone else don't exist. :D

Sleep...definitely just sleep...

is this real? haha wouldn't carrying a "rifle" in a train cause misunderstandings?

Got my PSP for music, takes about 2 hours between busses and trains for me to commute from university to home each weekend.

sad part is, it's only a 45 minute drive...

awww...man this pic is full of win.........its such obvious ironic paradox if i ever saw one.........kudos to the photographer

wow i am loveing japn more and more ever time i see and hear about it polishing a rifle on a train not haveing to hide your guns bad ass

I usually find myself knocked out because its rare that I have a day off and I'm exhausted. Always seem to hear when Shinagawa comes up though. Other times, I will stare out the train window, not really looking at anything in particular, and think about random things.

Here in San Francisco I take one of the busiest buses, and so I try to listen to music or watch videos on my ipod, though sometimes I can't hear my music, or my cord gets caught of someone backpack while passing me.

That boy may back from 大逃殺 game ~~ www

I always do the exact same thing as that kid, sit as close as possible to the girls and play with my rifle... haha. Not really I guess, most of the time I listen to music and daydream, but if there's a table where I sit I sometimes play with my MacBook!

usually I just listen to my mp3 player or watch anime or dorama
or read a book
if it's really early in the morning
I'll just sleep
because personally I think it's pretty disturbing to look at everyone's tired face in the morning
and this reminded me of my experience taking the trains in Tokyo
on my first day in Tokyo...
I arrived in Narita around 7.00 am...then went straight to my hotel to put my stuff
and the first thing I did was...
circle the whole Tokyo through all 29 stations of the Yamanote line
I strongly recommend this to anyone who wants to see the whole Tokyo in less than an hour
:D...

Woah...won't want to get in his way on the train...

Nice airsoft rifle there ;P I usually spend my time on the way to school by listenning to music or talking to my buddies.

In the morning, I sleep (in a way quite a rat race kind of thing to do in some places).

In the afternoon/night, I listen to music or try to find some time catching up on the Shakugan no Shana novels.

i jus take a nap. well wenever im in a car/bus/train/plane/gundam, ill jus take a nap. :]

I must be boring, when i'm on the bus/train in the morning i'm reading newspaper, ipod or have my eyes closed..

For me it's usually reading and listening to music...And also people watching.

And I am assuming that is an airsoft rifle? lol

That dude has a sniper rifle in the train!!! People would flip out and go bonkers about stuff like that over here in the US. I daydream or people watch to pass the time. For some reason you can't eat in the metro over here in the California.

Why do you all find the rifle so surprising? I thought everyone polished their rifle on the train to kill time. I certainly do, especially if it's gonna be used at my stop to take down some giant mechs. Yoko-sensei always told me to be prepared after all. XD

sleep on the way to work
PSP on the way back (TOTW2 or music)

haha I have yet to see that happen here

I don't think so though...during peak hours anyway

Listen to music or change wallpapers on my iPod Touch (which I bought recently) on the way to work/back home and going out to do errands. (helps me get away from them billboards and advertisments)

Is that Sagara Sousuke?

I uusually go off into lala land (clearing up my head) whenever I'm commuting on public transportation. I sometimes almost miss my stops because I get so deep into my thoughts ^^;

Where I stay you don't need to take transportation to work, I usually walk to work.

Hmm..

I looks out the window, trying to spot and changes.
But when the train goes underground, I stare into the blank and start to think about things.

If I can get a seat then I'll sleep.

Polishing a rifle!?
Thats new.

I mostly go as a standee, so I cant really have the chance to see outside the window.

I will usually pop out my music player then play the music away in my ears and start to look outside of the trains to check out the scenery but to be honest it's noting much to see.

The boy is bring a rifle around? GTA?

Y'know, I work around guys in camo carrying various implements of projectile weaponry, and even I did a double-take at the rifle there. This place never ceases to surprise me, even six months along.

I tend to either watch the scenery pass by outside, or catch up with news/Twitter/etc on my iPhone. I don't do the daily train commuting thing (my apartment complex has a home-to-work shuttle to the base at Yokosuka), but I do ride up to Tokyo every so often. It's definitely a sharp contrast to my last public transit experience in San Diego; much more efficient and timely.

We can't eat on the trains here... Such a shame...

I usually just look out the windows and enjoy the scenery but recently I've been listening to songs on my phone...

Are you kidding me. That is quite possibly one of the craziest things I have ever seen.

When it comes to the commutes I prefer to just listen to music and close my eyes. Pretty simple, but quite relaxing to me.

I looked out of the window most of the time and listen to my psp.
Nice sniper rifle.

I usually watch anime or read manga on my PSP.

I wonder what would happen if someone set up to polish their rifle on a train in the states. They'd call in a swat team.

When I take the train I often bring a very long book or my nintendo ds.

The last train ride I took was with two other friends and we all played mariocart vs.

Do I hear bike? yeah...I don't think I could do much else on my way to school...

Can't really do much on my way to school; just a 5 minute walk~ I just look around the scenery`

i....stone on the train. Stand there like a statue of sir stamford raffles with the ultra cool "hand-on-pole" pose.

i miss my days as a small kiddou where i can run around the train carriages like a playground...

and often my mum would grab me and give me a tight spanking xD

t'was fun though, the runing part not the spanking :D

oh god i side tracked so much =o

Yeah, like I would try to carry a weapon down the street here in America. I'd be in jail faster than the speed of light if I flashed a gun around here, no matter what it was.

Well, usually i just listen to anisongs on my phone. I'm too poor to afford an iPod. maybe danny would buy me one?
Either that or i find a space on the ground near the other door that doesnt open and sit down to read manga/ polish shoes. how my shoes look like after polishing can be seen on my blog.. altho it's not that shiny..