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Crowded Subways
And how to react
The whole world is talking about crowded Subways in Japan. Everybody has already heard about this phenomenon. But have you been in a similar situation?
I never longed for this experience, but I found myself in the end-of-the-day crowd close to one of the famous Universities in Tokyo. I was all dressed up and just about to return home from my tiring day of auditions. I was standing about in the middle of a subway when more and more people were pushed in.
Somehow, I found myself surrounded only by Japanese men. They were all glued to my body, and we could hardly move. I was holding my hands over my bag to protect my belongings. I was used to behaving like that because of my European background. In Japan, robberies were non-existent at that time.
I still had enough air to breathe as I was raging out, being just a bit higher than all the men surrounding me. So, although the experience was rather new to me, I did not feel claustrophobic. Suddenly, I felt some hard body parts glued to my tights. It wasn’t a pleasant feeling, but somehow, I was tolerant of men getting themselves in a position of excitement without searching for it. None of us could move.
Then, my discomfort got worse. One of those men started to touch me with his fingers on my tights from behind. I could only move my head, so I quickly…
