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Signs Articulating Cultural Norms.

The widest selection of Do Not ... signs for sale in Tokyu Hands are Do Not Use Your Mobile Phone, No Smoking and No Cameras. What does it say about Japanese society that they did not sell any signs for No Spitting, No Explosives, No Cooking or No Begging?

Custom sign painter's shop in Kampala below, similar services on offer in Ho Chi Minh City, Pokara, Nepal.

And finally - a reminder of the importance of context in understanding by thinking about signs in a Delhi marketplace.

Writing from Tokyo | July 10, 2006 | Permalink