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Roam · Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Posts: 24

Yesterday (Sunday) evening I was coming home from a great afternoon in Machida, Japan. I transfer trains at Musashi Urawa. I am waiting on the platform and a train pulls in on the other side of the station. A few seconds after the packed train stops I realize that I am looking at a man servicing himself in full view of everyone else in a crowded train car. And nobody knocked him out.
A little later I was waiting for the bus at a crowded bus stop. A guy walks by with his hand down his fly. He's yanking away at himself while he's walking. Again, no reaction from anybody else but me. I didn't feel at risk (large male), just violated in some way by this criminally perverse behaviour.
And two in the span of about twenty minutes! Take it to a room, boys.

lajzar · Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 647 Location: Saitama-ken, Japan

BradS · Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 173 Location: Tokyo, Japan

David W · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 457 Location: Japan

I hope the moderators can make this thread a sticky Wink

PAULH · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 4672 Location: Western Japan

Nismo · Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 520

I've never seen that, but several of my friends have shared their accounts of witnessing it on trains - all of the friends were female. Mad

In a way, though, it's funny. A culture generally thought of as closed-off and shy - then you see some guy acting lewd in public - and I can almost guarantee that if you have lived in Japan for more than a month you have seen the salarymen reading their porn newspapers, and they don't even try to hide it. They almost flaunt it, it seems.

lou lou · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 37 Location: England

Actually, this sexual freedom is what attracted me to Japan! Laughing

Only Kidding...Should I be scared? What do you think would happen if a girl gave them a good telling off as I am likely to do? Twisted Evil

Oh no they might like this!!! Wink

JimDunlop2 · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Japan

Maybe the appropriate response in such a case would be to walk right up to the guy, take good, long, hard look at his *ahem*.... and start snickering..... and let the snicker slowly escalate into a hearty laugh, and finally a solid: "BWAAAAAA-HAAA-HAAAA-HAAAAA-HAAAA!!!!!!!!" all while pointing to his nether region.

Something tells me it would be a long time before he did that again. (Especially if the person doing above laughing were a woman)...

P.S. Then, if you want to add insult to injury, when you're done laughing at him, wipe the tears from your eyes, and in Japanese, ask him in a loud voice, "You're kidding right? Is that really all there is?"

David W · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 457 Location: Japan

bearcat · Joined: 08 May 2004 Posts: 367

Ive only seen one instance of this and it was on a train in Tokyo and the guy doing it was mentally retarded(very obviously so). Funny thing is he was only on the train for like 4 stops.

Now here is the interesting thing: It was in the middle of the day and there was a nicely dressed girl sitting next to him. She noticed his behavior but she didn't attempt to move or to accost him etc.

I suspect the reason why is it could have had a more adverse effect. I suspect even with other guys that do these things it evokes a similar reaction because they don't want it to make things worse.

I remember reading recently some guy was in a convini and another guy was sitting on the floor in the aisle(magazine section I think). When the guy asked the one sitting down to move the guy when nuts and pulled a knife and killed the guy who had asked.

So for most Japanese, I think they feel its better to ignore than to get involved.

king kakipi · Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 353 Location: Australia

Sheep-Goats · Joined: 16 Apr 2004 Posts: 527

If someone disrupts the status-quo, and you point that out to him, you're disrupting the status-quo by noting that the status-quo has been distrupted.

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BradS · Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 173 Location: Tokyo, Japan

The thing is, it's seen as MORE rude to ask someone to stop doing something than the person doing the thing.

king kakipi · Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 353 Location: Australia

It just dawned on me today why they are always giving out free tissues in Japan........................... Rolling Eyes

Longing for Nippon · Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: 49

It's very considerate isn't it? I suppose they dont want sticky seats on the trains!

I was on a late night train once where a young business woman was very drunk and had fallen asleep. Unfortunately her skirt had slipped and was crumpled up around her waist as she slouched on the seat. I could hardly believe my eyes as her underwear left nothing to the imagination and the collection of drunk business men gwafawing and playing inside their pants around her. I thought I had stumbled onto a adult film set. She miraculously awoke at her station and walked off as if nothing had happened.
I too was very drunk and wonder if this actually happened but I dont really have the imagination to dream it up.