And Sometimes You Are Just Too Tired
In the years I lived in Tokyo i never quite got over how comfortable people where with their public roads and transportation. On morning strolls i would see people passed out in bushes, sleeping on benches, and slumped over on parked bikes.
Sometimes you are just too tired… and need some solid sleep.
By Sun Tzu on 10-09-2007
Comment by Ratty
September 11th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Wow.. Just think about all the reasons people in a westernized place of the world wouldn’t do that :p
Bloody asia.
Comment by kaiya
September 11th, 2007 at 12:57 am
i wish i had the guts to do that!!!!!! or i wish people would stop judging others. some ppl just need their sleep, man.
Comment by Casual Adventurer
September 11th, 2007 at 2:30 am
There’s no shame in resting in the gutter…. You just don’t want to wake up there……
Comment by PapiGiulio
September 11th, 2007 at 3:22 am
Haha I’ve actually witnessed 1 stil alive and crawling on the streets. Even asked him to help, but he didnt want any lol.
Still im amazed people can sleep on the street, I cant close an eye in a noisy environment.
BTW I have my doubts about that last pic btw lol
Comment by MrEd
September 11th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Many of these people are probably drunk and simply passed out. I like the hat!
Comment by Noname
September 11th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
You wake up and you are naked and all of your expensive stuff is gone.
Comment by dee
September 11th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
crazy. what is that red hard hat?is it actually for in case you fall asleep? if so, we need some of those bad boys here. no more wake up mid-yoyo neck. the business men asleep on the ground remind me of that radiohead music video-”just”. youtube it, you’ll see what i mean.
Comment by Tourex
September 11th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Too dangerous to sleep on any public domain.One might get run over,mugged,and of course to get the clothes dirty.
Comment by Lightning-Rod Man
September 12th, 2007 at 5:35 am
Lol, why not man? Why not just fall a sleep whenever and wherever you feel like.
Comment by tigerlily
September 13th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
I am trying to stop laughing so that I can write this. That red hard-hat thing…that is completely hilarious. Maybe all hats should come with a convenient suction cup in the back in case you want to take a snooze. I am just hoping that some of these people aren’t coming off , like, a 3 day ice methamphetamine high or something.
Comment by pityfoo
September 14th, 2007 at 5:16 am
The one with the red hat is definitely fake, or at least a joke — taken from a book in chindoku (”unuseless inventions”). I’d think W.A.E would be all over that.
Comment by jeremy
September 15th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
when i was living in tokyo i’d often see businessman passed out in the subway. no one hassled them and if they were blocking the way someone would usually help drag them off to the side.
it’s a result of all of the group drinking often done in companies there. if someone misses the train they often won’t go home because taxis are too expensive, so they’ll stay in a tiny ‘capsule’ hotel or try to catch some sleep wherever they can.
Comment by Ace42
September 15th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
The sign on the hat includes her destination, and a polite request for her to be awakened when the train reaches that stop. The device is purpose built for people to sleep on the tube, is a genuine invention, and has featured on various UK TV programs as a “look what those crazy japs get up to!” segment.
Comment by agent0range
September 16th, 2007 at 11:51 am
japanese are too much workaholic people
tired=sleep even in a such noisy environment
too much work = tiredness = less sex = less babies = declining population
tsk tsk tsk tsk
Comment by Apollyon
September 17th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
I have passed out in public places many times…. park benches… on the fairy… public busses… on the beach… at school… almost everywhere….
and I am about to pass out on my keyboard now…
Comment by rese
October 1st, 2007 at 10:51 am
thanx i was wondering bout that.
Comment by Bruce
October 8th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
I hope the fairy didn’t get upset when you fell asleep on him.
Comment by anonymousgirl
October 9th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
O_O ehhh?!
Comment by shocking
October 20th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
I can’t beleive it they are all out there face on drugs and not just us commoners but people in suits! like i said shocking maybe they should bring some of that relaxed atmosphere over here!!!!!!!!!!1
Comment by alyssa anselmi
November 13th, 2007 at 9:11 am
hahahaha well if ya got to sleep you got to sleep!
Comment by yaya
December 11th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Seen this in Tokyo. Most are just drunk from boozing it up. Japanese are hard working but come Friday night all hell breaks loose. I’ve seen coworkers being dragged back to the train seriously drunk by 8:00PM. If you miss that midnight train then your stuck at the station sleeping on the floor. But no worries, crime rate is so low you can leave your brief case on the sidewalk and now one will touch it.
Comment by cloo
May 9th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
yaya is right, people in japan work extremely hard and the crime rate is ridiculously low.
Comment by Jen
June 7th, 2008 at 6:01 am
ROFLMAO thats asia for you xD