Mind your manners on Tokyo's subway

Travelers and locals using Tokyo's metro system will be familiar with the amusing posters rolled out in the last two years to encourage better behavior on trains that already seem to be as calm as orderly as can be expected. In 2009 the tricolor posters requested people to 'do it at home', while this year the slogan has swapped to 'do it again', with cartoon depictions of passengers helping out each other, lifting heavy cases, turning down loud music, or reminding them of left umbrellas.

Pink Tentacle has discovered a selection of delightful posters used between 1976 and 1982 to enforce the message to travelers. Included are a wide range of styles, including Ultraman, Superman, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Marcel Marceau, Napolean, John Wayne and Santa Claus all passing messages on, such as "don't rush", "show your train pass", "give up your seat for the elderly" and more.

Our favorites are Jesus being overwhelmed by umbrellas at the Last Supper and sumo wresters grappling with each other but trying to stay behind the white line (which today is now yellow).

To view the complete gallery, click here.