Originally Posted by
mkjr
an offensive example was at about 9:30am when getting into an elevator at hamamatsucho with luggage and our stroller to get to HND....not one but 3 or four people crammed in like a JR special rapid train between Kyoto and Osaka without regard to us or our child.
This drives me nuts, but Japanese have a much narrower radius of personal space, and they'll cram an elevator, train, or public square with far more people than is comfortable.