{"id":1388,"date":"2011-07-01T23:07:37","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T03:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/?page_id=1388"},"modified":"2011-07-05T11:53:26","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T15:53:26","slug":"japan-2011-trip-report-favorite-signs-of-japan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/japan-2011-trip-report\/japan-2011-trip-report-favorite-signs-of-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan 2011 Trip Report &#8211; Favorite Signs of Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A small but entertaining facet of our trip to Japan was the many signs used to instruct behavior and give warnings.  They are impressively graphically-expressive, possibly to make sure even travelers with no concept of the language can understand their point.<\/p>\n<p><center><img src=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blogpics\/sign1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Be careful of people biking or you might get smacked in the butt.<\/p>\n<p><font color=white>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blogpics\/sign2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A very good argument for why you shouldn&#8217;t rush the doors on the train.<\/p>\n<p><font color=white>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blogpics\/sign3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Most awesome &#8220;No Smoking&#8221; sign ever!<\/p>\n<p><font color=white>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blogpics\/sign4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The best part: the people shocked by these jerks who are taking up two seats a piece.<\/p>\n<p><font color=white>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blogpics\/sign5.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t understand how smoking in a public place affects people other than themselves.<\/p>\n<p><font color=white>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blogpics\/sign6.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, no rocks fell on our heads here.<\/p>\n<p><font color=white>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blogpics\/sign7.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The many possible hazards of the Nara park deer.<\/p>\n<p><font color=white>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blogpics\/sign8.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Makes much more sense when you know it appears on the train platform.  (Assumed approximate translation: &#8220;If something of yours falls on the tracks, get a staff person to help you.&#8221;)  We never got to see that very cool grabby contraption used, sadly.<\/center><\/p>\n<p><font color=white>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Back to: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/?page_id=1372\">General notes on traveling in Japan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/?page_id=1374\">Tokyo and area<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/?page_id=1376\">Nagoya and area<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/?page_id=1383\">Kyoto and area<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/?page_id=1385\">Lake Kawaguchiko and area<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small but entertaining facet of our trip to Japan was the many signs used to instruct behavior and give warnings. They are impressively graphically-expressive, possibly to make sure even travelers with no concept of the language can understand their &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/japan-2011-trip-report\/japan-2011-trip-report-favorite-signs-of-japan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1372,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1388"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1401,"href":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1388\/revisions\/1401"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}