However, because of that, I generally avoid that part of the train.

I’ve personally never used my cell phone for speaking on the train. I’ve also been scolded by another passenger for texting in the Priority Seat section too so I generally avoid that area when riding trains.

On the other hand, depending on which train you take in Japan, talking seems very looked down upon by other commuters. I notice this mostly during rush hour trains as most of the business people seem to feel it’s necessary to keep silent the entire trip. It’s pretty amazing to think that a train full of hundreds of people can be dead silent.

I’m personally getting sick of the whole manner campaign going on here. It’s important to respect the commuters around you, but people become openly hostile towards others they consider to be inconsiderate. The evening Sobu-line is particularly scary around Akihabara.

I can’t imagine this being very successful though since scent generator technology still currently relies on using preloaded chemical vials which are aerosolized in combinations to produce certain scents. How many people would be willing to repeatedly buy scent cartridges for an extremely gimmicky feature?

This product though will likely go the way of smellovision, the smellputer, and the smellboy. I guess it may sound gimmicky and absurd to our wicked western ears, but since when did the Japanese care about gimmicks?