Tokyo’s ‘Human Accidents’
“We regret to inform you that this train has been delayed by a human accident.”
I boarded the train at Kichijoji Station on the Chuo (Main) Line around 6 pm to go downtown for my regular Monday night meeting. It is a straight run to Shinjuku, the great crossroads of Tokyo. A quick change of trains and I’m there, usually in under an hour.
I was mildly but …
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