People on train reference

New York-based artist and storyteller Ourit Ben-Haim’s Underground New York Public Library project first began as sketches of rough photographs of people reading on trains. The photos are unrefined and voyeuristic, like reading over a stranger’s shoulder. Read more at http://www.petapixel.com/2012/07/03/street-photos-of-commuters-reading-on-the-subway/#oDogc0tSobuDfuBd.99

The challenge of staying awake has only risen with the growth of cities, but few places in the world have found a way to incorporate napping into the culture. Could ‘sleeperies’ and ‘EnergyPods’ make nap breaks the new coffee breaks?

The last time I boarded a flight out of Japan was January 2020. This was a much welcomed change from the previous 20 years of traveling out of Japan every few weeks on business trips. I’ve secretly had a goal to not make my airline status each year for the past many years.

Strangely, this has gone (and left and gone back!) to 15 on Explore! Thank you. Rush hour on the Yamanote line in Shinjuku Station, Tokyo. By all accounts it is the world's busiest train station. The irony of Shinjuku station is that by being the ultimate place for people to pass through, to leave, to get away from; it becomes a place to visit in its own right. For people-watching it is unsurpassable - there is such a broad section of Japanese society on display. It is also, usually, where…