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May 03 2010 4 Comments

Foul-mouthed marketing?

Some imaginative marketing or merely a motion to move on?

old Japanese sign

(click image for full-sized photo of fuck all)

Categorized: Language, Odd

Oct 14 2009 10 Comments

Beautifully shaped Japanese breasts?

There are numerous Japanese items on the market for producing bigger and also better-shaped breasts, all the way from biscuits and beverages to rather bizarre rack rearranging rollers.

But for ladies after better looking boobs with basically no bother, this ‘sleeping bust up bra’ would appear to be perfect.

Japanese bust up busts

The garment effortlessly allowing the wearer to practically do nothing but simply wake up and marvel at her magically and majestically moulded mammaries.

Japanese bust up busts

A product that I can personally vouch for too, as after only a week or so of wearing one, my burgeoning man breasts are now looking particularly pert. Admittedly not an immediate postponement of prior engagements and play with them all day kind of pertness, but nevertheless they are still pleasantly perter.

Perhaps.

Categorized: Language, Odd

Sep 08 2009 2 Comments

Mildly endearing amendment

English language lapses in Japan are admittedly an easy target, but those that are a bit saucy or manage to be more than a wee bit misleading, arguably merit at least the odd mention.

As, perhaps, do those that have been almost endearingly adjusted after a minor mistake has been mentioned.

English sign

Categorized: Language

Aug 19 2009 Leave a Comment

Happily haughty?

If one is going to be pompous, then apparently there’s no point in doing it on a part-time basis.

Japanese snob

Categorized: Fashion, Language

Aug 05 2009 8 Comments

Yoshiwara soapland saunter (part 2)

After a brief look at the history of Tokyo’s Yoshiwara sex district last week, one of the most surprising things about the place, apart from its sensational selection of soaplands, is the large number of mildly amusing monikers.

From 1970s TV shows.

Yoshiwara soapland district

To 1940s films.

Yoshiwara soapland district

Along with a dash of dandyism.

Yoshiwara soapland district

Some insinuation.

Yoshiwara soapland district

And this being Japan, a considerable amount of cuteness.

Yoshiwara soapland district

Plus, perhaps inevitably, a few language lapses, whether it be some simple mistakes.

Yoshiwara soapland district

Or something much more mindboggling.

Yoshiwara soapland district

Categorized: Language, Sex

Jul 13 2009 1 Comment

Far from fancy Japanese food

Regardless of whether it’s in a really fancy or more run of the mill restaurant, sharing a plethora of dishes is always a pleasure, as not only is it social, but it also affords a super selection of food.

However, that said, sometimes it’s equally nice to get something more simple, and it doesn’t get any more basic than a load of meat and a lager.

simple Japanese food

Categorized: Food and Drink, Language

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