In other words, when foreigners come to Japan, they will have different ways to play.
Some people choose to go to Tokyo, Osaka and other places to visit, eat and drink, and go to Tokyo Disneyland and Universal Studios Japan.
Depending on the season, you can go cherry blossom viewing in spring, Kyoto in autumn, and Hokkaido in winter.
There are also people who come to Japan because they like anime, and they go to experience the "Holy Land Tour".
For example, the Kamakura High School Front Station attracted fans of "Slam Dunk" to check in.
But would you come to a station in Tokyo, Japan, sit in a café and drink coffee leisurely, watching a large number of migrant workers commute to work?
Not to mention, there are really some people who enjoy such "fun......
(Office workers at Shinagawa Station, Japan)
Shinagawa Station is a major transportation hub in Tokyo, with multiple subway lines and rail lines such as the JR Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line, providing easy access to the city and surrounding areas.
The area around Shinagawa Station is lined with high-rise buildings, and is home to well-known companies such as Sony, Canon, and NEC.
As a result, during weekday commuting hours, there is an endless stream of office workers on the wide passage from the Shinagawa Station Central Ticket Gate and Shinkansen Platform (South Exit) to the Konan Exit.
Office workers wear formal clothes and move in the same direction.
Therefore, the flow of people at the south exit of Shinagawa Station was complained by Japanese netizens as "Sheju River", and it was a "Sheju Avenue".
When I left the station and came to the estuary of the Sheju River, I went to work at the company.
(Office workers at Shinagawa Station, Japan)
On the 3rd floor of the Atre Shinagawa commercial facility adjacent to the Konan Exit, there is a café called "BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE".
(Cafe inside Shinagawa Station)
Sitting by the window on the north side of the café,
You can enjoy a leisurely coffee while overlooking the crowds of Shinagawa Station.
(Cafe inside Shinagawa Station)
Gradually, this café was also complained about as a "social animal observation café".
Some foreign tourists who have never seen this kind of scene will come to the "Social Animal Observation Cafe" to order a cup of coffee, feel the crowd flow in the morning and evening rush hour in Japan, and take photos and post them on the Internet.
But as an office worker, when I go to work every day and see the idlers drinking coffee and taking pictures upstairs, I guess my mood is quite complicated.
(Netizens take photos on social platforms)
So, the café set up a sign to remind guests not to take photos of pedestrians downstairs.
Some restaurants ask customers not to take photos inside the restaurant out of consideration for others, but it is rare for outdoor photos to be prohibited.
Strictly speaking, the store does not have such a right, so it is expressed as "please do not".
The store made such a rare request to customers, and it is estimated that it has been complained by passers-by downstairs.
(Signboard in the restaurant)
An uncle in his 40s who works in office buildings around Shinagawa said:
"If you look up at the café, there are a lot of customers sitting in rows by the window, which is really a bit of a dissonance.
Perhaps this is an uncommon sight for foreign tourists, so there are many foreigners among those holding mobile phones.
For me personally, I don't find this particularly offensive,
But if so many people pass by there every day, someone might complain to the store and tell them to stop doing it.
Actually, I wanted to sit there and 'watch' for a while, but I didn't have time on weekday mornings, so it was a hassle to go all the way to the store. ”
For those who are "watched", it is estimated that few people will feel good, after all, it is tiring enough to go to work......
(Office workers in Japan)
On the topic of "Social Animal Observation Cafe",
Japanese netizens said that many office workers at Shinagawa Station work in "big factories" with high incomes, and they are already considered winners in life.
"The Social Animal Observation Cafe, it feels good.
It will be interesting to take paid time off on weekdays and go there for a leisurely observation. ”
(Screenshot from Twitter netizen @92rAychellll)
"I wonder if the coffee I drank while looking at the tired faces of office workers when they walked, and I wondered if it was delicious......
(Screenshot from Twitter netizen @POP13736388)
"Japanese office workers, thank you, for your hard work. ”
(Screenshot from Twitter netizen @megabi0)
"The office workers who work in Shinagawa are social animals, aren't they elites?"
(Screenshot from Twitter netizen @san_mosaic)
"The office workers who walk in Shinagawa, even if they are social animals, are also upper-class people. ”
(Screenshot from Japanese netizen comments)
"Making fun of people who work hard, this society has become like this. ”
(Screenshot from Twitter netizen @redpky)
Perhaps foreign tourists come here only to be shocked by the rush hour in the morning and evening, and not to make fun of Japanese office workers.
Every ordinary person who works hard to live should not be ridiculed......