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Koyoju Plywood Corp. and Tokyo-based office furniture supplier Itoki Corp. developed a 'nap box' (仮眠ボックス kamin box) that allows stressed office workers to have their power nap upright at the office.





‘Nap box’ will allow workers to get in a quick nap while upright | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

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Pricing and availability haven't yet been decided. And why this contraption has to be upright isn't quite clear to me either.


A Solution to Japan's Overwork: Sleep in an Upright 'Nap Box'
 


Push it over.

Seriously, what is this, a space-saving device? They want their workers to get a brief, unsatisfying nap as if they're trying to sleep standing up on a crowded train? This makes me irrationally angry on behalf of any office worker presented with this "perk."
 
Train napping doesn't look too comfortable , LOL.
 
I have visions of it being used here in the US. Guys duct tape it shut and send it down the stairs on a bobsled run.
 
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Bus rides could be pretty interesting also. My girlfriend lived in a tiny village 3 hours south of Fukuoka and I sometimes ended up on the bus there. No AC and people with no perfume or deoderant along with pigs and chickens sometimes.

 
I've only experienced a true 満員電車 (crowded train, beyond 100% capacity) a handful of times in a few different countries, and I don't understand how Japanese citizens stand for it... although I realize that on these trains, you pretty much have no choice.
 
That used to be my daily commute. But I eventually got a motorcycle license and switched to commuting that way.
 
mdchachi said:
That used to be my daily commute. But I eventually got a motorcycle license and switched to commuting that way.
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Have you never considered commuting by bicycle? Healthier, cheaper, and more fun.

Lothor said:
Actually, nicegaijin's picture shows a train on my local line. So glad that I no longer commute.
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I can relate to the feeling. I haven't boarded a train since last spring.

However, how could you tell the photo shows your local line? The unique handrails?
 
I live close to the Seibu Ikebukuro line. The top train has a Seibu Lions logo on it and I recognise the train.
 
Lothor said:
I live close to the Seibu Ikebukuro line. The top train has a Seibu Lions logo on it and I recognise the train.
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Forgive me. Selective view. I was focusing on the second picture.
 
thomas said:
Have you never considered commuting by bicycle? Healthier, cheaper, and more fun.
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That was years ago but no, never. Commuting to the train station by bicycle was enough. More than that I'd probably be quickly disheveled and sweaty.

Actually I first had a 50cc scooter but I felt it was dangerous not to be able to go at the speed of traffic. So I went to driving school and got the bike license.
Now I wish I had recorded my commute (perhaps by duct taping a camcorder to my shoulder). Driving through downtown Tokyo was like a video game.
 
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