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Japanese sleeping

Por kirai el 05 de September de 2007 en JapaneseCulture

Japanese have an special ability to fall asleep anywhere at anytime. Since I came to Japan I’m keeping a collection pictures showing Japanese people sleeping. Look at the first picture where four people in a row are sleeping! When I took this picture, almost everyone in my wagon was enjoying a siesta.

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Nike
05 September, 2007

Its so strange. In my country, only homeless people sleeps on the metro, or on the street.

sheerblade
05 September, 2007

Kinda cool that they can sleep and lean on each other while they do it. If I tried that here I’d get knocked out.

dan
05 September, 2007

why do they fall asleep anywhere?

Kuri
05 September, 2007

I think it’s because they are more trusting of the people and their surroundings that nothing will happen to them.

I’m pretty sure you won’t find them nodding off like that here in the U.S.

I would do the same in Seattle but wouldn’t dare doing it in N.Y.

AS
05 September, 2007

Amazing how people can sleep like that, wish I could do that here but I would probably be robbed if I do.

Sarg
05 September, 2007

I suppose it’s something referred to as powersleeping.
If you lead a hectic life or working long hours you need to top up the hours you sleep in order to stay wake and alert longer.
I read articles on the web explaining how to do it, but I can’t.
Best I can do is sleep on the train or bus for a few minutes - and I need to power sleep with my 12 hour shifts!
No wonder the japanses can handle a hectic lifestyle..

Sarg
05 September, 2007

Oh by the way I am referring to bus and train in London.

NPC
05 September, 2007

WOW
That’s hilarious! I like the guy asleep on the motorcycle, and the one smack dab in the middle of a station. I could never do that and I’m sure I would get a few weird looks if I tried.

sheerblade
05 September, 2007

Gotta take in to mind some of the one’s sleeping outside could be ones that stayed up all night drinking and missed their trains.

Kenny
05 September, 2007

That’s amazing. Especially the man sleeping right in the middle of what seems to be a train platform.

AbVag
05 September, 2007

1) The guy on the moped… that pic screams “Photoshop me!!”

2) The guy in the middle of the platform: Did it bother him that his water was knocked over?

3den
06 September, 2007

it is pretty safe to do tht here in japan….
i used do to tht too coz train journey is long n boring.
but it must be the overwork n not enuf sleep….

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Yanis
06 September, 2007

Hahaha!!!! Thought I would never see that pic again!!!
The 9th pic has been characterized as “the best photo in Japan 2004 album”.. :-p

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Grisss
08 September, 2007

Amazing pictures!! hahahaha.

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Shirak
09 September, 2007

I’m guessing it’s an ancient chinese secret… WTF, LMAO!!

Jamaipanese
09 September, 2007

hilarious!

on the train is one thing but in the streets!

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bingobangoboy
15 September, 2007

The amazing thing is that all of these people who are sleeping on trains will be mouth-open-drooling-dead-to-the-world asleep for the entire trip, until the moment the train comes to a stop at their desired station, when they miraculously wake up automatically.

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Japanese are sleepwalking through life because NOBOBY–not even babies—goes to bed before midnight and EVERYONE has be in the trains by 8am.
Nobody in Japan get 8 hours sleep a night and that 5 five-hours a night sleep regime means ALL Japanese adults are zombies.

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15 November, 2007

とはいうものの、駅や道ばたでゲロはいたりするのと、ディズニーランドで暑いからと行って上半身裸で座り込む中国人と、実はあまり大差ない。
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anjin
15 November, 2007

kirai means ” dislike” or “mine”. lol

I don’t know why, even if I sit on the chair in the train and got felt a noise and quake of train, I would be sleepy.
Those are excruciatingly feelling good for sleep.

sucka~~

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John Smith
31 December, 2007

Too bad society drives people into sleep deprivation so they will fall asleep anywhere they can!

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31 December, 2007

jajajaja they are so cute!! japan its the best place yup ^^ tan monos los japonecitos =P suerte y gambate from mexico!

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31 December, 2007

What an efficient use of time.

The Sign Guy
31 December, 2007

I was one of those that could never fall asleep. Used to be amazed when others could fall asleep sitting up in class!

Liv
01 January, 2008

I would assume that you see a greater number of people sleeping in Japan because their rate of Narcolepsy (A sleep disorder) is extremely high. There are even some businesses there that have required nap times.

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purpleboots
09 January, 2008

they work so hard here. thats why they sleep on trains etc. Even i often go to sleep on the train here now. can’t manage it standing up like they sometimes manage though. and have had people fall asleep on my shoulder and not known what to do.

tazer
09 January, 2008

i’m part japanese and have that weird ability to fall asleep anywhere, in any situation, instantaneously. i don’t live in japan, and i’m currently a college student, so i’m not always working (except for studying, lol). i think it might be a genetic thing as well as a cultural thing. i choose to believe that anyway, or i’d feel weird about my sleep habits!

Persicus
10 January, 2008

well the homeless simply blend in

fran
10 January, 2008

i read that part of the reason this happens is that children are allowed to fall asleep any time they want in classes when they are at school.
so it becomes a habit from then. I guess if we had been used to having little naps from an early age we would probably find it easy now too.

Chuckster
11 January, 2008

The same thing happens here in Seoul. Not to the same extent as in Japan but it still happens. It’s actually a good way of catching up on some sleep and when you get it right, you can wake up right before your subway stop. It is fricken annoying however when someone next to you and falling asleep on your shoulder and drooling all over you.

thefish
11 January, 2008

I thought it was all hilarious, I especially loved the picture of the guy sleeping on his moped. Seriously though I don’t think they have any ’special ability to sleep,’ These people work long hours there for little pay. Shit I’d be konkin out standing up if I was working as much as them too.

Amrit
12 January, 2008

Man Japan is so clean and beautiful…people in my country treats it as a dump…shame on us.

alantae
13 January, 2008

thats crazy, lol
man thats funny
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Kayla
14 January, 2008

I can understand catching a nap on the metro, Ive done it before. But that seems a little different form catching some z’s in the middle of a standing platform or even a park bench… Though, they’re homes are usually smaller, or shared with family so maybe it really is easier to sleep elsewhere?

Kornyfo0l
14 January, 2008

I bet it’s because the Japanese are overworked

johannes
15 January, 2008

what’s wrong with japanese people?

Sonia Sanassy
16 January, 2008

Thats what I love about Japan - people feel secure as its a safe country - if it was anything like the UK then someone would have walked off with your bag and anything else not tied down.

They are probably overworked - they don’t get much annual leave - bless ‘em! I have a pic of 2 guys who fell asleep in front of me on the tube - just watching the whole process happening was hilarious!

OG
16 January, 2008

maybe if you didn’t have to be around fat ugly Americans all the time you would feel that comfortable too

Felicity
16 January, 2008

At the design festa exhibition they even put out a giant mattress for people to kip on. Big bookstores are also a favourite spot for public naps.

Fedmich
17 January, 2008

I like the idea of Opportunistic sleeping,
I do it myself too, Power napping at every possible times

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20 January, 2008

I used to live in Japan. DId you know it is incredibly rude to take photos on trains?

Mona
20 January, 2008

From my own experience…those who sit on the platform, lie unconciously on seat are drunk. Other than that, yup, Japanese tends take naps during their commute. And I turned into one of them when i was there.

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21 January, 2008

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26 January, 2008

Oooooooh, it’s very simple: it’s simulate. They’re just dead

Mallory
27 January, 2008

Ha ha, I guess they don’t get much sleep. Why take pictures of people sleeping?

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28 January, 2008

…κι όσοι δεν κοιμούνται φαινονται εξαντλημενοι. λογικο επακόλουθο της υπερκόπωσης. σκέτη θλίψη.

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John
23 February, 2008

I lived in Japan for almost ten years and noticed the same behavior in trains. Japanese are in their own world when in a train. It’s almost impossible to get eye contact. I think they just turn off the outside world for privacy

Pinki
15 March, 2008

nice one …….
but even in INDIA we can see it,
i think buses , trains are
good place for sleeping
living in our own world……….
without any disturbance !!!

Minh Nguyen
17 March, 2008

This is too funny its pretty much the same in Saigon as well.

LOL
25 March, 2008

its soo cool to see alll those pics at the same time. haha
but, most of them should be drunk or something. normal ppl dont do that.. like sleep on the street or something… haha but yeah, just coool. good job.

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06 April, 2008

japannese very good person.I want to see very very them…

asiye sasi
06 April, 2008

I LİKE VERY MUCH THEM…

hm.....
09 May, 2008

LOL. ITs obvious its because they all are over worked, except for the guy in the 2nd pic…its ovbious hes passed out lol.

But damn man, they can’t even get a full nights sleep?

Fredrik
29 June, 2008

When I lived in tokyo I too was surprised about this, but I soon realized that it was really really easy to fall asleep on the train. And it wasnt as dangerous as it is here in sweden