Nankai Railway Tells its Japanese Passengers "Sorry About All the Foreigners"
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Nankai Railway is a private railway company in the Kansai region that operates several lines mainly from Osaka southwards, including the rapi:t limited express service and the slightly slower express service between Namba Station in Osaka and Kansai International Airport.
Nankai Namba Railway Station, OsakaIt was on this express service to Kansai International Airport - which stops at 10 stations along the way (as opposed to the rapi:t service's 6) - that an announcement was made yesterday that has hit the news. Apparently at about 11 am as the train was at Namba Station, a Japanese man on board yelled something about "all these foreigners being a nuisance" - "all these foreigners" no doubt referring to the many tourists on the train bound for Kansai International Airport.
Then, three stations south of Namba, at Tengachaya Station, just as the train was departing, the conductor of the train - thinking to "avoid any trouble," he says - made the announcement that "There are a lot of foreigner passengers on the train today making for extreme congestion, and causing inconvenience to the Japanese passengers."
The "causing inconvenience" bit (fuben o okake shite orimasu) implies a request for forbearance, and is the next best thing to an apology in Japanese. The even more unfortunate "to the Japanese passengers" bit implied that Japanese passengers are entitled to ride "free of interference f...
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