Japan has around 323 Shinkansen bullet trains, which allow 4,00,000 passengers to travel around the country. The most amazing and surprising fact is that each and every train is cleaned in 7 minutes. The Tessei agency is in charge of cleaning up each fleet under 7 minutes. As soon as the Shinkansen bullet train arrives at Tokyo station, the cleaners bow down to show respect to the travellers.
Standing at the doorstep, these cleaners hold a rack plastic to allow the passengers dump wrappers, bottles etc in it. Even though there are around 100 seats in every compartment, the cleaners manage to clean each row in 12 seconds. Each employee of Tessei agency needs to clean around 20 compartments per shift. On completing the duty, they bow down to show pride and diligence.
The 7-Minute Miracle video explains exactly what steps are involved in cleaning a Shinkansen train:
