Trains in Japan
You can see a lot of Japanese culture in the Japanese train. For instance "Packed train." Train is packed during rush hour. Once when I took a packed train, it was so crowded that it felt like my organs and ribs were going to be crushed. I couldn't help saying like " AHHH, UHHH." Back then, I was with my friend. My friend told me not to say anything. Because I was embarrassing her. Even in a packed train, Japanese people are really quiet. Speaking of a packed train, I saw a interesting sight before. A man was sleeping on the seat as if he was sleeping on his own bed. Unlike other country' seats in the Japanese train are comfortable. He was probably drinking until morning and took the earliest train but couldn't wake up at the nearest station of his house. But this is so Japanese. Nobody waked him up. Nobody told him anything. We all wanted to sit. But we didn't know what kind of person he is and we didn't want to get involved any troubles. Speaking of which, we have train called Yamanote line which goes around. People who just want to kill time or sleep take Yamanote line.I sometimes see homeless people sleeping in the Yamanote line because it's much more comfortable than outside during summer and winter. Going back to packed trains, Japanese perverts are infamous. I think almost all Japanese women have experience of being groped. I have experience when I was in high school. Back then I couldn't say anything. Actually most Japanese women can't say anything in that kind of situation. Because we are scared and embarrassed.
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Hi Hisako,
Overall this is a good piece of writing. I have made some corrections below:
You can learn a lot about Japanese culture on Japanese trains. For instance, with packed trains. Trains are packed during rush hour. Once when I took a packed train, it was so crowded that it felt like my organs and ribs were going to be crushed. I couldn't help saying things like " AHHH, UHHH." Back then, I was with my friend. My friend told me not to say anything, because I was embarrassing her. Even in a packed train, Japanese people are really quiet.
Speaking of packed trains, I saw an interesting sight before. A man was sleeping on the seat as if he was sleeping on his own bed! Unlike other countries, seats on Japanese trains are comfortable. This man was probably drinking until morning and took the earliest train, but didn’t wake up at the nearest station to his house. But this is so Japanese: nobody woke him up. Nobody said anything to him. We all wanted to sit, but we didn't know what kind of person he was, and we didn't want to get involved in any trouble.
Speaking of which, we have a train called Yamanote line which goes around the city. People who just want to kill time or sleep take the Yamanote line. I sometimes see homeless people sleeping in the Yamanote line because it's much more comfortable than being outside during summer and winter.
Going back to packed trains, Japanese perverts are infamous. I think almost all Japanese women have experienced being groped on the train. I experienced this when I was in high school. Back then I couldn't say anything. Actually, most Japanese women can't say anything in that kind of situation, because we are scared and embarrassed.
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