Sleepy Japan

windbell on March 11, 2009 in Japan,Travel

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One thing that puzzles me every time I visit Japan is a special ability that folks in Japan have mastered; the ability to sleep in public.

Though it is also somewhat common in Singapore as well, there isn’t seem to be as many compared to Japan. My guess is that people are afraid that their photos get taken and posted online onto the local forums, with quotes like “This person did not give up his/her seat up to the elderly person” etc. It’s very likely in Japan that when you visit Japan you can hardly miss these tired beings there.

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This guy here was sleeping throughout the whole journey when I was travelling to Comiket. One thing that really baffles me is how the belongings of these tired beings don’t get ‘borrowed’ away.

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I bet the guy really wants to cup a feel. Posted this on a previous post, asking you guys to caption it.

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More of these photos available over at Kirainet and Dannychoo.com

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Oh course, this would be much ideal for most ^^;

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8 Responses to “Sleepy Japan”

    2. - Zeroblade

    Ah, sleeping in public. I do that too every so often on jeepneys. Trains, not so much, since there’s never any sitting room >_>

    Posted on March 13, 2009 at 12:19 am
    3. - Adun

    Damn you. Seeing these pics makes me sleepy.

    Posted on March 13, 2009 at 11:18 am
    4. - Rin

    Sleeping in Japan…
    Surprisingly…I didn’t see any in Japan…Maybe it was just my bad luck or something…

    Posted on March 14, 2009 at 3:19 pm
    5. - windbell

    @Zeroblade: Haha. Hmm… How about people sleeping while standing up?

    @Adun: You are feeling sleepy….zzz

    @Rin: Probably your bad luck. It’s really hard to miss it

    Posted on March 15, 2009 at 9:17 pm
    6. - bellinissima

    lols I used to fall asleep on the trains in Seoul
    My friends and I did that once– all of us. It took a while to backtrack LOL

    Posted on March 19, 2009 at 4:31 am
    7. - bj0rN

    Then perhaps I AM JAPANESE!

    Posted on March 24, 2009 at 9:16 pm
    8. - The Sojourner

    Haha. If you fall asleep in the New York subway, you will wake up in heaven.

    Posted on March 27, 2009 at 12:22 am
    9. - windbell

    @bellinissima: Man, that must have been quite an adventure. I wouldn’t dare to try that in Japan.

    @bj0rN: You’re just a fake!

    @The Sojourner: LOL! I have heard of that one

    Posted on March 28, 2009 at 12:59 pm

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