Japan’s bullet train or shinkansen has long embodied the miracle of the country’s progress and efficiency. But it’s not just the trains that are quick. A 7-minute video showing an army of cleaners clearing the cars in a record time has gone viral.
The clip, created by the American journalist Charli James, shows the cleaning crew diligently wiping the trays, sweeping the floor and clearing the seats. Each worker covers one 100-seat car, and takes 12 seconds to clean a row. They only have 7 minutes before the train must take the next set of passengers. More than 300 bullet trains depart daily from Tokyo station, transporting nearly 400,000 passengers.
The clip was originally uploaded to YouTube in January, after the Tokyo metropolitan government invited James and other English-speaking journalists to visit the city. It went viral in recent weeks, after being picked up by Indian and French websites: it now has more than 2 million views on YouTube.
This viral video shows Japan’s bullet trains being cleaned in 7 minutes flat
The clip, created by the American journalist Charli James, shows the cleaning crew diligently wiping the trays, sweeping the floor and clearing the seats. Each worker covers one 100-seat car, and takes 12 seconds to clean a row. They only have 7 minutes before the train must take the next set of passengers. More than 300 bullet trains depart daily from Tokyo station, transporting nearly 400,000 passengers.
The clip was originally uploaded to YouTube in January, after the Tokyo metropolitan government invited James and other English-speaking journalists to visit the city. It went viral in recent weeks, after being picked up by Indian and French websites: it now has more than 2 million views on YouTube.
This viral video shows Japan’s bullet trains being cleaned in 7 minutes flat
