Sometimes the hustle and bustle of big city life in Tokyo makes you forget your manners. Women who don’t have enough time in the morning apply makeup on bumpy train rides, people doze off on the shoulder of their neighboring passenger, and the occasional man will clip his finger nails. With most people commuting by train and working very long hours, sometimes there’s no time to do things at home. And sometimes, you’re just so tired and stressed that you don’t care that you are behaving badly.
As a result, back in 2008, the Tokyo Metro system launched a three-year-long campaign aimed at reminding subway passengers to mind their manners while riding the trains. It featured the slogan “Please do it at home” or “Please do it again” alongside an illustration of the featured manner or rule. All posters are written in Japanese and English, some featuring hilariously outrageous and sometimes confusing activities that make you wonder, “Do people actually do that on a train?!”. For your viewing pleasure, may we present to you a compilation of these entertaining posters.




Japanese mom shows daughter how it’s done with awesome old-school gaming notebook
Take a Ride on the Zoo Train Where the Seats Stare Back
Waiter, I think some pasta got into my plate of locusts
Japanese iPad artist is the Leonardo da Vinci of digital finger paints 【Video】
Wanted! Good smartphones for cute dogs to sit on
Chinese Photoshop Trolls Part 3: This Time It’s Personal
China’s Photoshop Experts Will Fix Your Bad Photos, But Be Careful What You Wish For
Chinese Photoshop Trolling Part 2: Now with 20% More Shirtless Men!
Fashion Friends: Twitter Proves Almost Every Japanese College Student Wears the Same Exact Outfit
Disney Villains Clean Up Well, Wow Japan
Real-Life Barbie Gives Her Friends and Family a Makeover, Turns Them into Dolls
Crime of Passion: Three Men Forcibly Deported from Saudi Arabia for Being “Too Handsome”
Oozing up From Below, Mysterious Marshmallow-like Substance Covers Nanjing Street
We Made Coca-Cola Transparent and Colorless. It Tastes Like…
Peenzilla Worship! Japan’s Kanamara Festival Coming Up this April!
Chinese Woman on Trial for Killing Man by Squeezing His Scrotum
Chinese Student’s Bicycle Seat Breaks and… Gyah!
Before and After: 31 Startling Images of Plastic Surgery in Korea 【Photo Album】
Is the fountain of youth located in Japan? New study supports beauty claims of famous Japanese hot spring
Can you understand me now, Google Glass? A Japanese perspective
Chinese Photoshop Trolls Part 3: This Time It’s Personal
Japan Still Skeptical of PSY’s Popular Appeal
Cute sleepy animals captivate Japan, teach us some new vocabulary at the same time!【GIF Gallery】
Original Evangelion Design Portfolio Gives us Ripped Robots, Smiling Shinji, and One Unbelievable Plot Divergence
One of the Mushroom Kingdom’s most iconic characters has a dark, dark secret
The future is up: The next ‘world’s-tallest-building’
Freeze the funk out of your shoes this summer
Welcome to the future: Control your computer with a wave of your hand
Philip Kendall
Steven Simonitch
Master Blaster
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Michelle Lynn Dinh
Jessica Ocheltree