
Tokyu Rail has announced it will run Cool Biz carriages on the Toyoko line which runs between Shibuya and Yokohama during the month of August. The basic difference is that the air conditioning will be set a couple of degrees higher which you are expected to offset by dressing down as recommended by Cool Biz guidelines drawn up by the "Team Minus 6%" group of the Environment Ministry. Evidently, Tokyu has realized that it might not be a smart idea to raise the temperature in rush hour trains so this policy will operate between 10:00am and 4:00pm. Two models from Popteen magazine joined the presentation at Shibuya Station if you are wondering who they are.