People Squeezing into an Elevator

These people really want to catch this elevator going down to the Tsukuba Express platform in Akihabara. You'd think they'd give up because they obviously won't fit—but in Japan, we're really good at fitting more than the human eye may deem possible into really small spaces. This scene was a good portrayal of this concept, so I snapped this photo.

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[vagrant]

It amazes me how many Japanese are able to shove up into something. Bus, train, elevator, a mom with several kids on a bike. (which is just plain dangerous)

The "bus crush" was new for me though here in Kyoto. I didn't think the driver would open the door as no one was getting off and there were people at the entrance door, but sure enough, like five more people got on. I've been on packed trains in Tokyo, but the bus here, at times, was another first for me.

I'm not usually in a rush, so I just wait for the next elevator/bus/train. Besides, when people look up at me you can see their eyes shouting - Tasukete!

(Fortunately taking a cab in Kyoto is reasonable.)

[Nobita]

The elevator crush happens every single morning in most high rises in Tokyo when you go to work.

When I'm there I HAAAATE it so I try to schedule meetings after rush hour in the morning.

Worst is in the summer. Especially during the hot humid muggy tsuyu season. Nothing makes you feel as good as cramming into an elevator with a buch of hot sticky people after walking through nasty hot weather after being in a nasty crowded train only to go into an office that is participating in "Cool Biz" so the AC is set to 83 and you still need to wear a suit because it's a formal meeting...

Ew.....

[Rog]

...but you bite your lip and try and deal with it, until you're the last one to squeeze themselves in. At which point, the overloading alarm promptly blares and you resign yourself to 6 flights of stairs.