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Friday 03rd October, 03:45 PM JST

Tokyo Metro’s manner poster for October asks commuters to be careful when handling wet umbrellas.

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medievaltimes at 06:45 PM JST - 3rd October

Is this really a problem? This is a joke, right? I mean of all the things they could put up a sign about they chose to do this?

Is this just another example of "amae"? Japanese prefer to be treated like kids, I guess.

In Japan there are waaaay too many needless warning signs and stupid announcements at eardrum shattering decibles.
cwhite at 06:47 PM JST - 3rd October

This series again?? Is JT going to make every new one (once a month) a picture of the day. Hope you got authorization to distribute them from Tokyo Metro.

Check these ones out: www.tokyometro.jp/anshin/kaiteki/poster
empossible at 07:13 PM JST - 3rd October

I think one that warned people not to swing their umbrellas behind them while walking would be better. I've almost been impaled several times while going up stairs or in a tight crowd because some fool has been walking fast and stabbing his umbrella behind him. I would also have appreciated a "Take a shower in the morning" manners poster this summer. All those stinky oyajis who think you're fine if you take a bath the night before almost did me in with their bad b.o. on the crowded trains. Ick! Much more useful than the "Do it at home" campaign.
TeruSensei at 08:20 PM JST - 3rd October

I think the pictures are charming and they get the message across.

I love them.
plasticmonkey at 09:38 PM JST - 3rd October

Nessie, bravo on that one!
Wottock_Hunt at 10:35 PM JST - 3rd October

The lady on the right reminds me of something I saw on a DVD once.
Himajin at 10:58 PM JST - 3rd October

They didn't need the English on this one, no self-respecting gaijin would be caught dead doing golf swings on the platform ;-)
Derelict at 11:40 PM JST - 3rd October

Wish I had a yard -_-
PuffinMuffin at 12:07 AM JST - 4th October

Himajin is right, why the ads in English when it's about what the Japanese do on the trains? Do they think foreigners are assimilating their ridiculous habits?
chinpira at 12:47 AM JST - 4th October

Firstly, why the English translation for this campaign and nothing for so many others posted up from time to time.... JR implying something.
chill at 01:34 AM JST - 4th October

These posters annoy me. The subtext is always "don't do anything out of the ordinary. Some gormless Oyaji in glasses might complain!"
CaptDingleheimer at 08:17 AM JST - 4th October

Haha, good stuff. I remember seeing those tools in stations in Japan. I alsways got the impression that, rather than trying to perfect their swing, they were trying to say in that quiet humble Japanese yet painfully obvious way "HEY EVERYBODY! LOOK AT ME!!!! I'M A GOLFERrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
bamboohat at 03:26 PM JST - 5th October

Let's see, I hate my job, and I hate my fellow commuter, and I hate my prospects in life, as prices keep going up more than my salary. So naturally I won't be kind and cheerful and outgoingly respectful of other people. But LO! BEHOLD! A manners poster! Surely that will shape me up.
nikoniko at 01:32 AM JST - 6th October

http://www.tokyometro.jp/anshin/kaiteki/poster/manner_200808.html my fave "surfs up at JR doodz!"
tokyokawasaki at 10:56 AM JST - 8th October

empossible - I totally agree with you. How about a 'Brush your teeth in the morning stinky breath' poster. Bad B.O is one thing, but bad B.O and warm sh*t breath right in your face on a crowded train isn't much fun either....