Salarymen are the Japanese corporate livestock. They are the thousands of faceless, suited, white collar office-workers. Dutiful conformists whose lives revolve entirely around work. They work long hours and when their day is over, they are often found spending their evenings in a local izakaya or karaoke bar plying themselves full of sake or beer or shōchū until the last train.

The following collection features 10 of the best publicly sleeping salarymen photos. Those who made the last train, and those who didn’t.

1. The Suicide Pact

The man in the foreground lies on the yellow navigation stripe used by blind people probably not realising it is for the vision impaired, not the blind drunk. Taken by jhtham in Shibuya at 5.00am on a Saturday morning.

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‘Go-Shu Blue’ is a super premium junmai-ginjo sake with a fruity fragrance and a smooth, well-balanced, mature taste.

The Japanese characters for Go-Shu (豪酒) mean ‘Australian sake’ and that is just what it is. It is made at an Australian sake brewery by the company Sun Masamune (owned by Japanese sake maker, Konishi Shuzo).

Go-Shu Blue Super Premium Junmai Ginjo Sake

The Best Sake Daiginjyo Manotsuru. Well, that’s what it says on the box.

As a regular traveller to Sado ga Shima (Sado Island) in the Niigata prefecture, on my last trip, I was fortunate enough to drop by the Obata Sake Brewery.

The Best Sake Daiginjyo Manotsuru

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