People watching

Strangely, this has gone (and left and gone back!) to 15 on Explore! Thank you. Rush hour on the Yamanote line in Shinjuku Station, Tokyo. By all accounts it is the world's busiest train station. The irony of Shinjuku station is that by being the ultimate place for people to pass through, to leave, to get away from; it becomes a place to visit in its own right. For people-watching it is unsurpassable - there is such a broad section of Japanese society on display. It is also, usually, where…

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