Illustrations of ‘Unseen’ Japanese Maintenance Trains That Only Work at Night

Re:Illustrations of ‘Unseen’ Japanese Maintenance Trains Tha... by throwaway2037 on Thursday April 06, 2023 @09:13PM (#35476826)

If you were eating a basic (nothing exotic) rice ball (onigiri), they would not look twice. Can you guess why? Smell. (You also did not mention if fries were included.) My advice: Eat the hamburger on the platform and take the next train. Or, try something with almost no smell.

It's common to see parents feeding onigiri to their kids on the train, even if it is "technically" (the best kind!) against the rules.

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Re:Illustrations of ‘Unseen’ Japanese Maintenance Trains Tha... by zamnos on Friday April 07, 2023 @07:11AM (#35480391)

And if they were eating durian, everyone else would gang up on them and throw them off the train.

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Re:Illustrations of ‘Unseen’ Japanese Maintenance Trains Tha... by noisy_boy on Friday April 07, 2023 @07:42AM (#35480577)

Even a durian crazy country like Singapore explicitly bans them on public transport, definitely won't blame the Japanese :)

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Re:Illustrations of ‘Unseen’ Japanese Maintenance Trains Tha... by wrp on Friday April 07, 2023 @09:25AM (#35481330)

I never thought of it before, but I don't think there is any food you can buy at Japanese station-platform kiosks that really smells. Very different case in Korea. On long-distance trains, there is always that guy with a bag of dried octopus...

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