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The Osaka subway system and Dracula want to teach you about blood

Master Blaster
Aug 4, 2025
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No blood will be shown though, if you’re squeamish about that stuff.

Japan
(advertisements • blood • COK • cool • health • Midosuji Line • Osaka • Osaka Metro • science • Subway • Sysmex • technology • Trivia • weird)

S.RIDE taxi cars in Tokyo will soon become moving ad galleries with new advanced window tech

Ingrid Tsai
Mar 22, 2021

Rather than Fast and Furious, taxi passengers will be Fast and hopefully more Curious about the latest goods and services offered in the local area.
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Japan
(ads • advertisements • AGC • cool • glass • marketing • S.RIDE • taxis • Tokyo • travel)

Japan’s favorite anti-piracy ads are back with an action-packed reboot after six-year break

Master Blaster
Jul 18, 2020

Yes, Japan has a favorite series of anti-piracy ads.

Japan
(advertisements • Camera Man • Eiga Dorobo • funny • Juice Man • movies • NO MORE • Patrol Lamp Man • piracy • Popcorn Man • Saiji Yakumo • video • weird)

Cryptic ad in Japanese newspaper reveals heartwarming message of hope for readers

Oona McGee
May 8, 2020

Can you read the Japanese words hidden in these pictures?

Japan
(advertisements • coronavirus • COVID-19 • heartwarming • newspapers • social distancing • touching • twitter)

Nissin commercial gets a thumbs up for parodying Sony’s classic PlayStation commercial【Video】

Koh Ruide
Dec 2, 2018

“One, two, three! One, two, three! One, two, three!”

Japan
(advertisements • cup rice • funny • Nissin • playstation • Sony • video)

Japanese company uses real futons as advertising posters on Tokyo trains

Oona McGee
Nov 29, 2018

Passengers are going crazy for the mini futons, saying they wish they could snuggle up to them on their daily commute.

Japan
(ads • advertisements • futons • Japanese trains • marketing • Nishikawa • trains)

Japanese subway puts up posters of middle-aged men saying how Dragon Ball changed their lives

Scott Wilson
Dec 11, 2016

Goku taught me everything I know… including how to fire a kamehameha wave.

Japan
(advertisements • awesome • Dragon Ball • JR East • trains)

Spirit of Ghibli lives on in gorgeous short anime promoting locally-sourced Japanese food 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Jun 1, 2016

Animators with ties to Studio Ghibli and Walt Disney Japan team up for mouth-watering anime ad.

Anime & Manga, Food & Drink, Japan
(advertisements • agriculture • anime • food • Kumamoto • Studio Ghibli • video)

Can you spot the hidden darkness in this Japanese dating service ad?

Casey Baseel
May 30, 2016

Inadvertent or not, it’s a sobering reminder that not all relationships last forever.

Japan
(advertisements • dating • funny • romance)

Chinese ad for laundry detergent is remarkably racist

Master Blaster
May 27, 2016

Qiaobi detergent promises to fight stains and wash away any faith in humanity you might be feeling at the moment.

China, Italy
(advertisements • Coloreria • controversy • Qiaobi • racism • video)

These beer and cigarette poster from the Meiji and Showa periods will confuse and enchant you!

Preston Phro
May 28, 2014

Perhaps one of the most fascinating things in the world is old photos. There’s something almost otherworldly about those 100-year-old photos of Japan, Japanese landscape, and Japanese people, as if we were looking back through a time-telescope. It doesn’t hurt that the photos, despite technological restrictions, also happen to be gorgeous! The same can be said for old Japanese advertising posters that show off a time and place few even remember.

Check out these 16 alcohol and cigarette posters below and try to remember: Just because the cool kids are doing it, that doesn’t mean you should! Cigarettes are still bad for your health.