Tasty Miso’s Funny Tokyo Metro Advertisements

For more morsels of good manner campaign goodness check out Tasty Miso’s alternative versions to the Tokyo Metro “Please Do It At Home” manner posters.

Every year Tokyo Metro runs a “good manner” campaign that describes the type of behaviour that is not tolerated on Tokyo’s subways. Yet every year continues to find perpetrators who blatantly ignore the “good manner” message.

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The Japanese word panchira (パンチラ) is a portmanteau blending two words: ‘panty’ and ‘chira’. Like munechira, ‘chira’ is a voyeuristic term that means an unexpected teasing glimpse or glance. In this case, panchira is an unexpected teasing glimpse or glance of panties. In English the term is synonymous with upskirt.

Following is a panchira-themed list of 5 items from Japan that make you say: “Huh, WTF?”

1. Upskirt Photographers Manner Posters

Trains in Japan often run campaigns that advertise good manner standards for commuters, the Please Do It At Home campaign is one example. The image below however seems to point out that taking discrete upskirt photos around the train station is poor manners.

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Thanks to nateola for pointing out an interesting linguistic blend of what appears to be a new Japanese word: baikorehhtahh 「バイコレーター」 which is a portmanteau of the words “bike” and “escalator”.

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