Tokyo Trains in 1991
Lyle Saxon of Tokyo Linux Users Group posted a few videos from 1990-1992 Tokyo. He compares train ticket gates then (hand-punched tickets) and now (magstrip and Suica), but the more shocking video is conductors pushing people onto packed trains.
Now, I’ve been to Tokyo, and I rode the trains at rush hour, and it was one of the most… compact experiences of my life. But that didn’t prepare me at all for this. I cannot even imagine riding a train like that every day to work. It’s insane.
Via Jim Grisanzio.