The Tokyo train system carries 40 million passengers a day in nearly perfect silence. Episode 4 covers the unspoken rules of Japanese public transportation — why phones must be silent, how to queue properly, where to sit, and why eating on trains can shock locals.
Show notes
5 essential rules: phones in manner mode (silent vibration), queue at platform markings, leave priority seats, no eating on commuter trains (Shinkansen ekiben OK), backpacks off in crowds. The shared social contract that makes 40M daily passengers move in silence.