[haraldooo]

Can confirm. I once lost my three week Japan Rail Pass (green car) somewhere in Tokyo station which has > 3 million passengers per day and is just huge. This was my first day in Japan with rides planned through the whole country. These rides would have cost a fortune to replace as you cannot buy a JRP in Japan. It took less then an hour to get it back. I assume nowhere else in the world this would have played out the same way. I was very thankful that day to say the least.

[blamazon]

I inadvertently left my water bottle at a ticket machine somewhere in the Tokyo rail apparatus and then traveled 4-6 stations away and reported it to an info booth there. An attendant brought it to me on the next train less than ten minutes later. Mind blown.

It was a heavily insulated water bottle and keeping ice in it made a world of difference as I was traveling at the hottest time of the year.

A small object can be insignificant when it is anonymous but significant to an individual. It's nice when other humans "have our back" at scale.

[astrange]

Btw, you can buy a rail pass after you get to Japan now. I mean… they won't let you into the country, but besides that.