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Jan 25 2007 1 Comment

Happily hoodwinked

tokyo pachinko

Roughly translated into pachinko parlance as, ‘please come in and smoke yourself silly* whilst gambling away all your money trying to desperately divert bucket loads of ball bearings.’

pachinko japan

*Smoking optional

(let’s click lagoon-like image for larger language lapse)

Categorized: Culture, Language, Photography

Jan 18 2007 Leave a Comment

Charismatic cuisine

Despite eating this egg-shaped tofu each and every day,

engrish edibles

its purported properties have so far failed to materialise…

(click image for added allure)

Categorized: Food and Drink, Language, Photography

Jan 04 2007 1 Comment

Non-Japanese needed?

The number of Japanese frequenting game centres would appear to be on the wane, as this particular entertainment establishment has opted to look elsewhere for fresh faces.

japanese immigrant

(click image for huge immigrant increase)

Categorized: Language, Photography

Dec 01 2006 4 Comments

F*ing fashion

Yesterday saw models Yuri Ebihara and Moe Oshikiri debut their new line of hosiery, with the pair rather unusually opting for a chapel in Tokyo’s Aoyama district as the venue; an unorthodox approach further evident in their brand name — f*ing motesto.

f*ing motesto

At the event, the two celebrities modelled some of their new range and happily answered a barrage of questions from the press, with Ebihara-san in particular confessing how happy she was.

f*ing motesto

The 27-year-old saying that she hopes the label will become so successful that when people see her, they’ll immediately think of f*ing.

yuri ebihara

Categorized: Fashion, Language

Nov 29 2006 Leave a Comment

Tokyo typo

A flagrant fragrant faux pas.

japanese fragrance

Of sorts.

Categorized: Language, Photography

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