8/6/2009

Beachin’ Tokyo trains

The Tokyo Metro’s “manner (sic) poster” for August…

The poster above for August is one of a monthly series of the Tokyo Metro aimed at cajoling the so-called ‘rude’ Japanese public to have better train manners.

In previous months, posters reminded riders of their manners:
–‘Please refrain from snotty…’
– The official start of the Japanese Vomiting Season
–Don’t read newspapers
And many, many, more….

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For more about graphic artist of the original posters, Bunpei Yorifuj, read my friend’s article ….

Punchy posters urge Tokyoites to mind their manners
The Japan Times — June 21, 2009, by Brett Bull

Posted by Taro in General, Not exactly news but it's news to me, Society | 6 Comments »

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1. Taro Says:
   August 6th, 2009 at 12:45 pm

   In previous months, other “manner” posters reminded riders to:
   –Tokyo Metro manners for Valentine gifts
   –Please be considerate of passengers getting on and off
   – The official start of the Japanese Vomiting Season
   – Please party on the train!
   – “Not torture eyeballs on jostling trains“,
   – “Please do it like a Moose”
   – “DON’T SWIM IN FRONT OF THE TRAINS“
   —”Please no umbrella golf on the platform“

2. Cbass Says:
   August 6th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

   let me guess…is this another of your prank poster? =) you won’t get away with this one haha

3. Taro Says:
   August 6th, 2009 at 3:03 pm

   Yeh, that poster is nothing like Japanese reality.
   The fun-lovin’ guy in the poster is wearing disgusting Crocs and the girl has the longest hemline (and titty) in Tokyo, meh.

4. Cbass Says:
   August 7th, 2009 at 8:33 am

   what I still don’t get it, it’s the whole bubbles stuff….they are bubbles,right? coins? what’s the deal with them?

5. Taro Says:
   August 7th, 2009 at 10:27 am

   Cbass wrote:
   what I still don’t get it, it’s the whole bubbles stuff….they are bubbles, right? coins? what’s the deal with them?

   Oh, that’s visual shorthand in manga/cartooning for being drunk. The little bubbles represent the belching feelings when someone has consumed too much booze.
   The graphic artist Bunpei Yorifuji who did the posters is rightly amused by the plague of vomiting drunks on Tokyo trains as you can see in this closeup of his November poster.

   View the original.

   For more about graphic artist of the original posters, Bunpei Yorifuj, read my friend’s article in Japan Times….
   

   Punchy posters urge Tokyoites to mind their manners
   Special to The Japan Times, Sunday, June 21, 2009, by BRETT BULL
   “….for the poster to be effective, it needs to have a catchy title, one that can be understood in a second, and it has to contain an illustration that is easy to recognize.”Yorifuji and his copywriter start the process with a perusal of common complaints received by the subway operator’s Customer Relations Center….more...”

6. Michael via Taro Says:
   August 8th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

   Following your pervert theme {let me} help out….

   飲屋でやろう：Do not interfere with pervert exorcisms.

   家でやろう（１）：Play your music loud enough to facilitate synchronized ear cleaning.

   山でやろう：Keep all perverts away from your incredibly lazy girlfriend by packing you Santa sack full of bacon.

   庭でやろう：Sword fighting with bees while being watched by a pervert is twice as dangerous as regular sword fighting with bees.

   家でやろう（２）：Tripping perverts and stealing their shoes is a good way to meet girls.

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