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Re: The Empty Seat on a Crowded Japanese Train: Years on, the ‘Gaijin Seat’ Still Grates |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Thu Oct 18 19:44:07 2018, in response to Re: The Empty Seat on a Crowded Japanese Train: Years on, the ‘Gaijin Seat’ Still Grates, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Thu Oct 18 00:40:15 2018. Railfanning in Japan is considered normal so you will never get a dirty look for it. Even video recording at the railfan window which peeks over the shoulder of the train operator. I suspect that there might be dirty looks if a child wants to look out the front and you're in the way of the part with the lower window, or if you are on a platform getting in the way of someone else's shot.It took me 3 years to notice the Gaijin Seat phenomenon. Mainly because for the most part I was travelling with a Chinese-American friend and he would typically take that seat, unknowingly forming a buffer. Also, the regular commuter trains to the airports, and the Yamanote line typically have non-Asians in every car, so the Gaijin seat is nonexistent there. |
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