why I ride my bike in Tokyo
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Tokyo, 2009.10.03
This footage explains one of the major reasons I like to take a bike in Tokyo rather than ride the excellent train/subway system. In this video, some twelve people cram themselves into an already jam-packed train.
And this isn't even downtown Tokyo—it was taken in neighbouring Yokohama!
And then, well. Just watch.