snapshots and observations

Tuesday 27 March 2012

what i brought home from tokyo ( part one )-





tissues
around shibuya you can hardly move for people handing you packs of tissues.

i don't know what the deal is to be honest.
is there perhaps a law that you can't hand out flyers on the street but you can
give people free tissues ?

basically the packs of tissues all carry advertisements for things. mainly mobile
phone related items, but also cafes and restaurants.
as the people in tokyo seemed jolly polite, i figured it would be rude to not take
tissues from them so i ended up with this little lot.

bless you tokyo




2 comments:

  1. Apparently this started in the 1960's. Companies used to use books of matches to advertise as flyers were generally discarded immediately. They moved to tissues as these have a wider appeal and according to Wikipedia (I know) around 76 % are retained by people. I think it is a great idea.

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