Space: Kobe's 'Backpack Awareness' Campaign Poster

Today's blog post accompanies the Space episode of the Japan for Beginners podcast. 

This is a poster that's been on a few train lines in Kobe as part of an ongoing “backpack awareness” campaign. 

My translation of the main heading would be: Is that backpack of yours a pain in the arse to others?

It goes on to outline three common “backpack moves”:

1. The Double Pack Press
2. The Backpack Wall
3. Block the Gate

You get the idea: Don't smush people, block exits and entrances, and definitely don't separate children from their mothers, you MONSTER.