Invisible Dynamics

Before the train arrives, the Team is already waiting. On a platform at Tokyo Station, TESSEI cleaning staff stand in uniform, positioned along the track. As the Shinkansen, Japan’s high-speed train, pulls into the station, they bow together. Passengers step off. The staff receive their rubbish and prepare to board. Then the countdown begins. The train’s turnaround takes twelve minutes. Once passengers have disembarked and time has been allowed for the next passengers to boar