Ladies Only Carriages

Tue, 04 Jan 2005 01:56:19 +0000

This was a picture I took with my keitai last December when I went to Osaka, but I forgot to post it. Anyway, it’s given me an excuse to create the 2005 gallery folder.

Basically, it’s the sign for where to queue for women only carriages on trains in Osaka. Taken at Osaka station. I only mention it, because I’d heard of these things, but it was my first time to actually see one. Apparently Osaka has a bigger chikan problem than Tokyo.

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Hiro — 2005-01-08

The Shinjuku line Subway has a women’s only carriage as well. I believe this turns into the Odakyu line. I just noticed these signs last month when I was back in Tokyo for a visit…

graham — 2005-01-11

Thanks Hiro. I was wondering at the station whether this is a good ting or a bad thing. Undeniably it’s a sad thing. I wonder whether these signs and train carriages just make more convenient targets.

Women on Nanikore

Ladies Only Carriages

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