[tkiolp4]

If only 1% give money to homeless people, that’s… a good place to beg for money. I would probably make more there than what i make at my fancy software engineering job (100K before taxes per year):

- 36000 people

- let’s say each give 10 cents ($)

- that’s $3600 per day

- if you beg 8h per day, that’s $1200/day

- begging mon to fri means $24000 per month (tax free)

[lm28469]

With 28800s in 8 hours that's more than 1 donation per second during these 8 hours. Also you now have 36000 10ct coins, that's more than 100kg in coins to move every day

[apexalpha]

This assumes there is a central entrance you can situate yourself as a beggar.

In reality there are probably 10+ entrances.

[Thorrez]

> The entire above/underground complex has well over 200 exits.

[wkat4242]

> begging mon to fri means $24000 per month (tax free)

Keep in mind that you'd have $24k in low value coins at that point :) You'll need a warehouse like Scrooge McDuck and a wheelbarrow if you wanna go shopping.

Of course you can change it into paper money or even a bank balance but you'll quickly reach the point where that can no longer be legally done tax free.

Even the income in one day would be 36000 coins in your scenario. Not sure how much that would be in Yens but 36000 US dimes would weigh 225kg or about 500 lbs :)

Ps I wonder if begging is even a thing there. They seem super strict on social etiquette and unwritten rules and I doubt being a vagrant with a cardboard sign asking for money would pass the mould.

It's also a big reason why I've never been there, I don't fare well in strict societies and communities. Formal stuff makes me anxious.

Edit: ah I see the rest of the thread answered my question (begging is illegal) and also raised the same point about the coins sorry.

[initramfs]

very unrealistic because many train riders don't carry coins, nor will use a contactless payment to pay a random begger, even if they see them on the platform every day.

[Mona4000]

Begging is illegal in Japan.

[kjkjadksj]

It is illegal in all kinds of places. The question is not the letter of the law but if police enforce the law.

[wkat4242]

This is Japan, not Spain. I'd imagine the law is enforced pretty strictly like all their social rules are too.

[pezezin]

You'd imagine, but do you know for sure? As an Spanish guy living in Japan, I can tell you that I see plenty of laws consistently broken here in ways that would never fly in Spain. For example, the way the average Japanese drives, or the need for women-only train cars.

Please stop thinking that Japan is some superior society where everything is perfect.

[wkat4242]

Oh no I don't think it's perfect at all. It would be a horror for me with all the formalities. It would be like a minefield for me. I can only be myself.

But I didn't realise women were in danger on trains. That doesn't happen here, no. Well, it does incidentally but not to the point that women-only cars are warranted, luckily. But Spain is still a pretty patriarchal society.

[smcl]

This is hilarious, thank you

[MarcelOlsz]

Leave it to HN to gamify begging.