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1. 
   Gen Kanai
   30 June, 2008

   The original videos were from Lyle Saxon from the TLUG mailing list posted April 5, 2008.

   You think the trains are crowded now? Check out how it was before companies began allowing flextime (1991):
   http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5127313249780524359

   Before automatic ticket gates - this one the east exit of Shinjuku Station (1990):
   http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-28511952765748213

   By way of contrast, here is the same ticket barrier - taken about three weeks ago (note the orange-hair gate crasher):
   http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6725662219489500607
2. 
   kirai
   30 June, 2008

   thx, the last two videos comparison is great!
3. 
   Roy
   30 June, 2008

   Ah..the good old days!!!

   Before automatic ticket gates they cut tickets by hand and just watching those guys cutting tickets and collecting the fare differences of hundreds of people at the same time was amazing..

   Tokyo Trains are not as crowded as they used to be. That’s for sure.
4. 
   Aaron
   30 June, 2008

   Haha, I’d like to see them all spill out when it stops.
5. 
   Sano
   30 June, 2008

   Haha oh my god! That’s insane, I hope they have good air conditioners in there
6. 
   wow...
   07 July, 2008

   WTF. Why didn’t a few of en get off?? I saw a couple of people leave like “I’m not gonna fit in there!”
7. 
   Ema
   14 August, 2008

   This happened to me too.
   Riding on the famous Odakyuu line… from the far Kanagawa prefecture to Shinjuku station.
   In the morning, for me it was one hour of only people entering the train at every stop, no one leaving.
   Wow, it was a kind of cultural experience… ^^
   I would not repeat it though…

   Thanks for the video, Hector!

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