New study ranks most notorious Japanese train stations for perverts

In Japan, the word fushinsha literally translates to “suspicious person“, and is commonly used by police as a catch-all term to describe voyeurs, flashers and chikan gropers who usually commit acts of sexual harassment in public, often on public transport.

According to JASPIC, 11,607 incidents were officially recorded from March to October this year, with 4,487 reports occurring in the proximity of train stations. The following 25 stations were identified as being the most notorious for suspicious persons, with nine cases recorded at each one.

• Shin-Sapporo (Hokkaido Prefecture)
• Nagamachi-Minami (Miyagi Prefecture)
• Maebashi (Gunma Prefecture)
• Higashi-Omiya (Saitama Prefecture)
• Miyahara (Saitama Prefecture)
• Kami-Fukuoka (Saitama Prefecture)
• Kita-Toda (Saitama Prefecture)
• Kasukabe (Saitama Prefecture)
• Tokorozawa (Saitama Prefecture)
• Shiki (Saitama Prefecture)
• Tozuka-Angyo (Saitama Prefecture)
• Nishi-Kawaguchi (Saitama Prefecture)
• Honjo (Saitama Prefecture)
• Ikuta (Kanagawa Prefecture)
• Noborito (Kanagawa Prefecture)
• Mukogaoka-Yuen (Kanagawa Prefecture)
• Shizuoka (Shizuoka Prefecture)
• Hamamatsu (Shizuoka Prefecture)
• Komyoike (Osaka Prefecture)
• Yamato-Saidaiji (Nara Prefecture)
• Kobe-Sannomiya (Hyogo Prefecture)
• HyogoHimeji ( Prefecture)
• Okayama (Okayama Prefecture)
• Hiroshima (Hiroshima Prefecture)
• Meinohama (Fukuoka Prefecture)

Prefectural Ranking

Looking at the wider picture, taking into account the total reports of suspicious persons from each prefecture, reveals the following results.

1. Saitama (1,711)
2. Osaka (1,227)
3. Aichi (989)
4. Tokyo (969)
5. Hyogo (923)
6. Hokkaido (717)
7. Shizuoka (687)
8. Kanagawa (537)
9. Fukuoka (508)
10. Miyagi (426)
11. Hiroshima (382)
12. Kyoto (362)
13. Chiba (241)
14. Okayama (149)

Tokyo’s Most Notorious Stations

• Akitsu, Higashimurayma City (8 reports)
• Kita-Senju, Adachi Ward (7 reports)
• Hachioji, Hachioji City (6 reports)
• Araiyakushi-Mae, Nakano Ward (6 reports)
• Higashi-Jujo, Kita Ward (6 reports)
• Jujo, Kita Ward (6 reports)
• Umejima, Adachi Ward (6 reports)
• Mizue, Edogawa Ward (6 reports)
• Ogikubo, Suginami Ward (6 reports)
• Nishi-Kasai, Edogawa Ward (6 reports)