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Harsh Tokyo Train Rules


In Japan, if you’re traveling, you’re riding a train; and if you’re riding a train, you need to know the rules.

Luckily, the Metro system of Tokyo has created these helpful posters explaining the most common offenses. Not laws, but polite suggestions to “Please Do It At Home, The Beach, etc.” They feature the lovable “Tokyo Train-Zombies” who feed on the brains of those who fail to follow the laws of the underground.

Here are the top-ten you need to be aware of when in Tokyo.

 

1.

Sure, door surfing may look like good fun, but it’s the quickest way to leave you open to train-zombie attack. Those doors will hold you as tight as a pair of chopsticks, while the metro employees are left cleaning up what’s left of your lower extremities.

 

2.

You didn’t have time to curl your lashes before work, so you think, “I’ll just do it on the train.” One bump of the tracks, your lashes are gone, and you’re looking at a curly, dangling eyeball in your lap. Guess who loves curly eyeballs? Train-Zombies.

 

3.

Reading is rampant in Japan, and while it’s okay to read on the train, best not to flaunt that ability too much. You’ve been warned.

 

4.

It should go with out saying, but pushing your lover to their death is something that should be done at the beach, not on the tracks of the Tokyo Metro System.

 

5.

Japan is a country of humility and shame. Thus, you should never outwardly express love, or any other emotion for that matter, while riding the Metro—especially not in front of a lonely cripple.

 

6.

Attempting to trip train-zombies will only anger them further.

 

7.

Using an umbrella-piston defense technique is also ineffective. If you’ve broken a rule, simply exit the Metro and head outside to safety.

 

8.

Getting in a few practice swings before your golf meeting with that big client? Better call your secretary and let her know you’ll be late—very late.

 

9.

You drank a bit too much at the party and decide to sprawl out and take a rest on the comfy seats of the Metro. Well, rest in peace, friend.

 

10.

Drinking party on the train, or a massacre in the making? The cold, dead eyes tell you the answer. Please, do it at the pub, for your own good.

 

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1 week ago

reply to this comment if your awesome

9 weeks ago

please refrain from using expressionless white-eyed characters in a rule animation

18 weeks ago

Lol, the pictures are funny, but if you read the small print at the bottom, you see what they really mean. They're really not that harsh lol

46 weeks ago

TRAIN ZOMBIES D:

46 weeks ago

Luv the other passengers faces XD LOL

54 weeks ago

omg thats so offensive, im from japan u know....but i hav to admit it is pretty funny :b

54 weeks ago

omg thats so offensive, im from japan u know....but i hav to admit it is pretty funny :b

54 weeks ago

omg thats so offensive, im from japan u know....but i hav to admit it is pretty funny :b

54 weeks ago

omg thats so offensive, im from japan u know....but i hav to admit it is pretty funny :b

54 weeks ago

omg thats so offensive, im from japan u know....but i hav to admit it is pretty funny :b

62 weeks ago

omg the 2 person whos watching creep me the hell out

65 weeks ago

Hahah the Train Zombie in #10 is like "Why can't I be at the train party :("

67 weeks ago

Hilarious!! xD

68 weeks ago

lol those creepers r everywhere! sooo scary

70 weeks ago

number 4; the guy has Crocs shoes on, what an idiot... (:

73 weeks ago

why is there always some creep watching them?

75 weeks ago

Tokyo Train Zombies are so charismatic :D

82 weeks ago

FOLLOW THESE STEPS 1. COVER YOUR MOUTH WITH YOUR HAND 2. WHISPER A WISH INTO YOUR HAND 3. POST THIS ON TO TEN OTHER COMMENTS 4. NOW LOOK AT YOUR HAND

85 weeks ago

Ahaha~ Number 1, the guy in the back saw an opportunity. Surprise buttsecks!

88 weeks ago

element1105, those are obviously Japanese train zombies

89 weeks ago

lol

90 weeks ago

Whats up with the creepy guy in the back in every pic?

90 weeks ago

i think i broke a few of those rules, not in japan but in usa so i dont think its a big deal..well kinda

90 weeks ago

hahahaaaaaaa

92 weeks ago

hahaha i've been to japan for 1-month summer course, but i've never seen these on trains i rode!

92 weeks ago

haha i was one on engrishfunny with a guy holding his hand out as he walked away and another guy with crutches looking shocked at him. the caption was "please do it again." haha :)

92 weeks ago

So that's where I left my Japanese brain-eating zombies! Sorry about that!

93 weeks ago

oh my god...i'm going to have nightmares about train zombies now...

93 weeks ago

O.O
weird guy is train-zombie

94 weeks ago

O¨_¨O

94 weeks ago

the same man with those big eyes is in every single pic! o.o freaky

94 weeks ago

Hey. Didn't u guys read the little words at the bottom? These ppl were not trying to "golf" or "trip" anyone. Remember, words mean more than pictures.

94 weeks ago

eh?! O.O
but still funny!
私は日本を愛して!

94 weeks ago

OMG! Those things are creepy! Note to self: never go on a train in Tokyo without a machine gun.

94 weeks ago

If you look at number 8 the male train zombie has water on its shoulder, but to me it just looks like bird poop... XD

95 weeks ago

Haha, more rules on trains: http://www.larissaweber.de.vu/?id=544e4b

95 weeks ago

These are great, keep this up! :D

95 weeks ago

lol num 4 is wearing crocs

95 weeks ago

doing*

95 weeks ago

That wasn't harsh, that was reasonable. Your day would go so much better without obnoxious people acting up on the subway. I love how all of the people do the bad things are teens, though...hahaha.

95 weeks ago

OMG those were not glasses... those are eyes... WTF!!!!

95 weeks ago

the same freaky guy with glasses appears on all the signs!!! =O

95 weeks ago

Okay, I'll follow #5 and make sure to be mean to cripples at home.

95 weeks ago

Tokyo train rules = Don't do anything that you would do on a train in New York City

95 weeks ago

Rofl, train zombies, they have those eerie dead white eyes.

95 weeks ago

the yellow guys with big eyes scare me to death or atleast make me let a scream out in the mall with my friends........ thank you SOOO much tokyo train zombies!

95 weeks ago

I should never take the train in Tokyo, I would get in so much trouble..

95 weeks ago

In #5, The zombie is a cripple... x]

95 weeks ago

In #4....Is that guy pushing his love one wearing Crocs....? 0.o

95 weeks ago

those yellow people are the train-zombies and they come from a town called springfield.
really do we need the signs? because it sounds all pretty standard to me

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