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Are You Holding Your Backpack on the Japanese Subway Wrong?
Common wisdom holds that there’s a polite way to hold your backpack on a crowded train in Japan. But is common wisdom wrong?
May 3, 2024
Common wisdom holds that there’s a polite way to hold your backpack on a crowded train in Japan. But is common wisdom wrong?
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