Tokyo metropolitan area is nothing like the SF Bay Area. It's extremely different and so is ridership. Also, if you check out smaller cities in Japan they don'

Tokyo metropolitan area is nothing like the SF Bay Area. It's extremely different and so is ridership. Also, if you check out smaller cities in Japan they don't always have as good public transit. Heck, even in Tokyo you can find neighborhoods where you still need to walk or maybe take a bus because train lines don't quite reach them.