Watery Wednesday

Moving through the week, today is Wednesday, and the kanji means water. Out of all the kanji travel posters that I will upload here, I will say that this one is the most stylized. I had to ask my husband about it, if it says water (sui) or river (kawa) and his final answer was ‘some art student was playing with the thought / characters to make it look more pretty and artistic than usual.’

I agree, especially after we looked at all the other posters. Japanese readers weigh in! Water, or River?

 

Japanese Manners

In Japan, there are posters all over the train areas; don’t run, watch out for incoming / departing trains, don’t apply your makeup on the train, be kind to others (elderly, pregnant, injured or traveling with small children), etc.

Well, I finally snapped one!

While I do feel sorry for the old woman, that world weary look on her face is funny. Sadly, I have seen some students (and others, like salarymen) just ignore the person who needs the seat more than them. Headphones don’t help.