Spotting and photographing funny English signs in Japan is kind of my thing.

I call it Japrish.

Some of my favourite signs are the JR smoking etiquette signs, which sound more like a riddle than a “do not smoke sign”. Aren’t old westerns cool?

Funny sign on a Japan Rail train

Japan Rail: Smoking Sign on a train Wild West smokers
DMC-LX3 (5.1mm, f/2.8, 1/200 sec, ISO80)
Japan Rail: Smoking Sign on a train Wild West smokers

See more of these Japrish smoking signs, like “painful stares” and “don’t be so calm“, both taken at Harajuku Station in Tokyo.