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May 18 2006 1 Comment

Seasonal snack

With its latest creation, snack manufacturer Lotte appears to be making a bid to become king of the not-quite-summer-so-still-not-all-that-hot drinks market, a notoriously tricky time of year with conditions favouring neither hot or cold beverages.

japanese snack

Moderately cold being the ideal temperature for consumption apparently.

Categorized: Food and Drink, Language

May 08 2006 2 Comments

Hotel honesty

Rather disappointingly, most love hotel owners attempt to cloak their establishment’s short-stay shenanigans with bland and utterly unrelated names. Others go even further by endeavouring to give their business a higher worth, hinting at an almost principled pursuit.

love hotel

Thankfully though there are exceptions, with this riverside retreat in particular making no bones whatsoever about its line of work.

big nob

(click image for bigger nob)

Categorized: Language, Photography, Sex

May 05 2006 2 Comments

Meaty meal?

How exactly the dish below is prepared and what ingredients are included isn’t clear, which is perhaps just as well.

cocked rice

Not that it deterred many of the customers mind you, although for a few of them it was a toss up between the cocked rice and spotted dick.

(click image for larger language lapse)

Categorized: Food and Drink, Language

Apr 21 2006 3 Comments

Post-party?

Whether the establishment below will allow you to post a letter or withdraw from your savings account is unclear, although the option of leaving a small deposit could well be available.

hostess club

At the cost of a modest handling fee of course.

(click image for larger loveliness)

Categorized: Language, Photography

Apr 18 2006 2 Comments

Hyper hue

No namby-pamby pre-holiday tans to be had here.

japanese tan

(click image for larger lack of political correctness)

Categorized: Language, Photography

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