Watch: what it’s like to take a sleeper train in Japan

Why do I know each cabin is spotlessly clean and free of any odor?
Why do I know that the [Japanese] passenger who uses the cabin themselves do everything to keep it that way? (eg, they won’t consume some dirty or oily type of food and then get it smeared everywhere.)

In the US, this type of compartment would be ruined by the first passenger on the first trip.

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