Cellphones are popular here, but not so much for talking. Most people text (type short messages using the alphanumeric keys on the phone. It is much cheaper and less disturbing to those around you. On the trains, there are signs and phones telling people to turn their cell phones to silent vibration and to not talk on the phone. If someone does, they get many dirty looks from other people in the car. When most Japanese people do talk on their cell phones, they usually duck aside to a quiet corner and speak quietly, covering the mouth with one hand.
But, boy, do they text! They text while walking down the street. They even text while riding their bikes...
One night on the way home by train, we were standing at the queuing markers on the platform that show people where to stand to be in position when the doors open (no cutting in line here). I was talking to Joan and happened to look past her. I quickly got out the camera and semi-sneakily snapped the following photo over her shoulder...
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