Recycled Bench

These benches are on the platform of a station on the Keio Line. It is the train line that runs west from Shinjuku Station. The benches are made from used pass-net cards. Pass-net cards are sold in increments of 1000 yen. You can use them to go through the station's turnstile without stopping at the ticket machine each time you ride the train. You can use them for 1000 yen worth of rides.



Above is the label that explains that the benches were made out of the cards.



I went on to another station on the Keio line. I was surprised to find this bench in the shopping area. Can you see that it is chained down? I wonder, is someone afraid it will be taken?

P.S. Notice the bench in the shopping area has an arm rest. Nowadays benches on streets and in parks are built that way. People can't lie down to sleep on them.