On the Tokyo Loop
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August 22
Some crazy-wonderful Japanese train ‘etiquette’ posters from the 70s and 80s (via Pink Tentacle).
October 1982
The ‘three annoying train monsters’, Nesshii (the sleeping monster), Asshii (the leg-crossing monster), and Shinbunshii (the newspaper-reading monster), show how not to behave on the train.
June 1977
According to Pink Tentacle, ‘This poster of the high-class courtesan Agemaki (from the kabuki play Sukeroku), whose captivating beauty was said to make men forgetful, is meant to remind passengers to take their umbrellas when they leave the train.’
July 1977
A melting snowman urges passengers near the window to open it when it gets too hot inside.
And also, I could resist linking to these posters by Tadanori Yokoo, via John Gall.
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