Comments on: Tokyo Subway Manner Posters

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Applying Makeup in the Subway « Konnichiwa — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:31:27 +0000

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Happy New Year - 1 Year Living in Japan « Konnichiwa — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:56:44 +0000

[...] faster, probably because people are very orderly and patient. Although reminders are found in the Tokyo subway manner posters, I found Japanese people to be generally very well mannered – speak in low tones, no talking on [...]

By: bartman905

bartman905 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the comments and good discussion.

I guess everyone may have their interpretation or focus on different aspects – which is a sign of a good sign (pardon the pun).

By: corre!

corre! — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:12:09 +0000

heya

I figured that out from the ” do it on the mountain “, but I was referring more to the small print that only mentions “please be considerate of others when holding bulky belongings”…

By: tokyo5

tokyo5 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:18:53 +0000

I wrote a post about the manners posters too. (Everytime I saw them, I thought that I should put up a blog post about them…but never did til today. Your post inspired me! )

It’s here:
http://tokyo5.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/manners/

By: tokyo5

tokyo5 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:47:51 +0000

>At first I thought the mountain one was referring to the woman who’s eating on the train

It’s referring to her, too. 「山でやろう。」 (Do it on the mountain)…”It” meaning laying out all your hiking gear and having a picnic.—so it’s saying not to inconvenience other passengers by eating on the train or letting your baggage get in the way of others.

By: corre!

corre! — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:18:52 +0000

At first I thought the mountain one was referring to the woman who’s eating on the train? It’s quite ironic, because you’re not supposed to do that either, and they don’t even mention that in the small print of that ad..