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U.S. cities have noise laws. I don’t think Tokyo is considered loud. Yes, temples blasting prayers.
by itake 11mo ago
U.S. cities have noise laws.
I don’t think Tokyo is considered loud.
Yes, temples blasting prayers.
- rester324 11mo agoI can tell you that Tokyo is very loud. Constant road traffic noise everywhere, drunk people singing on the streets, pointless warnings from the local municipal office on the public alert system, noisy street advertisements, constant announcements in train stations, bousouzoku gangs constantly revving their bikes in silent neighborhoods every night, flight traffic noise, railroad noise of the trains passing, level crossing barriers constantly ding-donging, etc
- mc3301 11mo agonoisy street advertisements.. and jingles... shops of all shapes and sizes blaring music...
- pezezin 11mo agoI live in Japan and this is something that I will never get used to. Yes, the people are quiet, but shops are ridiculously loud. Go to any supermarket and there are seven different jingles playing in parallel! Honestly, I don't understand how the employees don't go crazy.
- mc3301 11mo agoI've known a few younger people who can't go into shops they used to do their part-time work (バイト) at, simply because the looped jingles did, in fact, drive them nuts.
- pezezin 11mo agoThat is sad, but kind of expected. But seriously, why do the shops do that? Why does nobody complaint? Do Japanese people really like those jingles?
- mc3301 10mo agoI've heard that some places, such as train stations, did away with jingles (etc.) to bring more silence. The feedback was that those places felt "lonely."
- socalgal2 11mo agoTokyo isn't loud at all. Go 2-3 blocks from any major street and they are practically silent. > drunk people singing on the streets never seen this > bousouzoku gangs constantly revving their bikes in silent neighborhoods every night seen this maybe twice in 25 years > flight traffic noise do you live next to the airport? this is not a thing relatively to any other major city I've lived in > railroad noise of the trains passing, level crossing barriers constantly ding-donging This is only a thing if you live next to a track which is like 1% of housing
- rester324 11mo agoWell, then it's clear you don't have enough experience to objectively judge the situation. I lived near 5 different stations in Tokyo in 10 years and all of those were how I described it. I also lived in Saitama and Kanagawa. It's the same there too. Maybe you should get more exerience first and live longer in Japan?
- socalgal2 11mo agoI lived in Japan 2x long than you. You just said you lived near stations so there you go. Of course it’s loud next to the station. Walk 3 minutes perpendicular to the station and it’s silent
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- throwaway2037 11mo agoNeither the US, nor Japan are considered developing countries. I'm confused by your comment.