School zone from 7:30 to 8:30; similar function to the same instruction in the US.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/959223543928995840 …
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Patrick McKenzie Retweeted Marcin Wichary
School zone from 7:30 to 8:30; similar function to the same instruction in the US.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/959223543928995840 …
Patrick McKenzie added,
Patrick McKenzie Retweeted Marcin Wichary
"Welcome [to Japan]! *picture of snowman*" https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/959227130461605888 … (Translator's note: The location you're being welcomed to is implicit in the language and heavily implied by ようこそ being the name of the international tourism program.)
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The reason for women's only cars is rampant sexual assault on trains/subways, with a specific hot spot being during rush hour, when people are pressed skin-to-skin. Japan has made attempted improvements but doesn't have social will to stop it dead.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/959276936982704128 …
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The first one says "Beware of door! Don't touch the door; you may be injured." The other two are adequately if not literally translated.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/959283310475145216 …
Patrick McKenzie added,
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This is most frequently at places which are catering to the salaryman crowd, who might only have had a few hours for dinner at that point. (This sounds like an exaggeration. It is not.)https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/959284533244784640 …
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Disabled folks and advocates for them in Japan have their own set of complaints, but it is true that a lot of public infrastructure anticipates their needs. (You'll also see many more behaviorially disabled children in public than in the US. Deep topic.)https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/959288221229203456 …
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This restaurant was the de-facto lunchroom for the Stripe Japan office, although I always felt bad when we e.g. flew someone all the way out to Japan and feed them a cheeseburger. (Great food and, critically, can seat 12 instantly.)https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/959323674439442432 …
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If you want to buy a ticket to go in and get out at the same station, there is a specialized ticket for that (costs ~$1.50). If you do it on regular ticket, error. Talk to the attendant & they'll let you out, or use fare adjustment machine (inside gates).https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/959329216444612608 …
Patrick McKenzie added,
Patrick McKenzie Retweeted Marcin Wichary
Not *technically* an actual thing, but back in the day there was some worry about cell phones interfering electromagnetically with pacemakers, so the sign would explicitly tell people w/ pacemakers to sit in reserved seating + no phones near there.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/959570394268094464 …
Patrick McKenzie added,
Patrick McKenzie Retweeted Marcin Wichary
The notch is for your umbrella generally, but you can use it for a cane if you have one.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/959626339337748480 …
Patrick McKenzie added,
Patrick McKenzie Retweeted Marcin Wichary
Lines are displayed in geographical order (beginning to end); for circular lines (like Yamanote) they try to make the orientation same at all the stations so you know where you are. The letter/number combo is folks for whom Meijijingumae might be hard.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/959628169228689409 …
Patrick McKenzie added,
The order and grayed out previous stations is a thing on the Vienna subway, too! And everything color coded down to the light in the escalator bottom. It makes such a difference when people who build and operate stuff aren’t… indifferent and put some thought into it.
The subway lines even have different smells, but that me be an accident. 
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