Some of the stores love to crank up the heat during the winter. Most people are bundled up with winter clothing and they start sweating within two minutes of being inside the heated stores. At restaurants, some heating can be understood because people like to take off their jackets, scarves, hats, and gloves to relax during the meal. When you're shopping, you don't want to take anything off because there's nowhere to put it. I hope at least the employees are comfortable in the sweltering atmosphere of the stores.
The warmth can be felt on the trains too. Nobody takes off their jacket or other accessories when riding the train so it makes no sense to heat it. When the train gets packed, everybody's body heat combined with the heater turns the train into a mobile sauna. The overly heated seats can be especially annoying. Just because the Nihon-jins enjoy setting their butt temperature to 451 degrees Fahrenheit doesn't mean I do too.
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