Word of the Day: Chock-a-block
The display window of the junk shop in the picture that accompanies today’s post is chock-a-block with decorative cookie tins.
If you haven’t guessed it yet, today’s word of the day means that something is full of people or stuff.
Luckily I live in countryside Japan and crowding is never a problem here. My experience of Japan is entirely different from someone else’s who is living in a big city such as Tokyo, Osaka or even Nagoya.
In those large cities, the trains during rush hour are chock-a-block with people. Here in Wakayama, a few trains may be full, but it’s nothing like in Tokyo.
Whether that’s a good thing or not depends on your point of view. Quite often people are their own worst enemies.
If everyone wants to live in the city, then overcrowding is going to be a side effect of that.