Sleeping...

This might sound a little strange, but japanese sleep ...everywhere. Is nothing bad, just a little odd. They sleep on the train, sitting...standing... and in coffee shops. I took this picture at Star Bucks. I wouldn't do it, but the fact was that the Coffee Shop was really crowded, no sitting place, and people in line.

Normally in Europe, we would enquiry if the person doesn't feel well or is anything wrong. And, if the restaurant is really crowded with people waiting, probably, the owner wouldn't be letting her carry on her nap.

In Japan, it seems they don't mind. She slept for a while, and eventually woke up a couple of times ;)...

One thing must be said: In japan can be really, but really humid and the weather is really making you tired. Moreover, some people live quite far from work or school. One of the guys playing at the "Brass Band" in kobe i wrote a while ago, he lives in Kobe but goes to the university in Osaka. He is travelling 1 hour and half to go and 1 hour and half to come back.

Some people do this in europe, too, but the point is that here, in big cities like Tokyo, travelling 1.5 hours to get to work is the average time... and therefore is not unusual for office workes to take a nap somewhere after lunch....