Done! Section 3: Basic manners on Japanese transportations

New Course: Japan In-Depth Learning 1: Japanese Basic Manners and Rules

Start: 09-05-2026

Finish:

Indian Chapati Bread, made by me, picture was taken by me,

Credit: @Melinda Erika Dothan

Section 3: Basic manners on Japanese transportations

7. INTRO_Public transportation manners

8. No loud voice, no phone call, or no loud music

9. Make a queue at the designated boarding point

10. Priority seat

11. Drinking and eating manners

12. Other

Some more about food:

In this section, I made some Indian Chapati Bread as an extra. Why?

A lot of Indian foods are popular in Japan as well, like Butter Chicken and more.

Plus, I come from Hungary, the Hajdu-Bihar region. So in our cooking, we have very similar food to the Indian Chapati Bread.

You can check: langos, rostli, tocsni, and we also have pita bread, homemade... I also made all these foods. Tortilla and durum are also the same idea...

Later, I will talk about the pirogi from Poland, the gomboc from Hungary, and dumplings from China and other Asian cuisines.

Transportation:

When I was 21 years old, that was the first time I took an airplane; before I had always traveled with public transportation, by bicycle, walking, and by car. I also traveled to France, Italy, Austria, and Slovenia by coach (bus) and transporter.

In Hungary, eating and drinking on public transportation, like trams, city buses, was always forbidden; once I got a fine, just because I held a sandwich in my hand, which was closed with packaging material, and still!

In old times, even hygiene was a rule! So if your dress was not clean enough, the controller asked you to leave the public transportation vehicle.

Silence:

I can understand why they need silence, as people work much harder and longer hours than in Denmark. So people are tired, and they use transportation to relax.

Every morning and afternoon, I used public transportation during school hours, and I always read and studied in Hungary.

"Lower your voice."

In Denmark, a lot of the time, people use this expression when they do not know how to solve a problem. They want to be listened to or heard as they are polite, but they are just aggressive. So instead of saying "Sh*t up in a conflict, they lie about everything. As they do not have other solutions to solve the problem, just make the other side sh*t up!!!!

They are not interested in both sides; they do not wish to listen to both sides. They just like slave holders order the other side to "be silent."

It is not the reason behinde to be in silent in Japan.

Denmark is using the "Silent" tool very badly... slavery...

So probably, I will study through the slavery course in Japan... to understand Denmark more, and I will be able to express the situation...

Female-only car:

I think it is very good that only women can enter certain cars.

Source: https://blog.gaijinpot.com/whats-with-women-only-carriages/

Pregnancy:

For me, it was not easy to be pregnant in Copenhagen.

I was around 9 months pregnant when people still did not understand that I was pregnant...

And it was much worse to have a stroller in the metro. Although it is printed and explained that certain places are for mothers or wheelchairs, I was always pushed away... 90% of the cases showed very low respect towards mothers... It was my experience before the COVID-19 period in Copenhagen.

So next time, I only used the car...

I was done with Hippocrates, who only knew how to put up the signs and punish others...

Buses and priority seats:

When I went to the gymnasium, we used to have a lot of buses in Debrecen, Hungary. Those buses also had different levels of floor.

Indian Chapati Bread, made by me, pictures were taken by me, Credit: @Melinda Erika Dothan