In contrast to the Chinese metro system, the Japanese trains are full of polite people who kindly wait for people to disembark the train before entering, and give way to fellow commuters way more regularly than average. 

But are the Japanese TOO polite?  After our meal last night I noticed these TWO guys with megaphones warning passers by of a 2 meter stretch of metal which was hiding some cables laying across the pavement.  Necessary?  Probably not!  Entertaining? Most definitely …