Pocket Monsters are everywhere in Japan… Still.

These Pokemon are on a giant billboard inside of a train station in Yokohama.

Ad Text in Japanese:

「みんな笑顔で、いいマナー。」

This one is actually easy as there is not much Japanese, and it is not strangely difficult.

Accessing a the popjsyo dictionary link on this page will probably get you all of the vocab correctly.

「みんな」means everyone. It could also be written, 「皆」, or 「みな」.

「笑顔」simply means “smile”. The Kanji individually mean “laugh” and “face”. This is one of those times when the Kanji make sense!

「いい」means “good” as usual, and 「マナー」is Katakana for… Manners! Of course there are ways to say “good manners” in Japanese. A few that come to mind are… 「行儀よく」 and 「礼儀正しい」. They just used the cool looking Katakana word for style points.

So, everyone with a smile… Good manners.

Yes… That’s how I love my train time in Japan. Good manners, and a smile.

Cheese.

Hey can anyone tell me the names of the characters on the poster? I only know the yellow guy, Pikachu!

- Harvey