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Jan 31 2006 5 Comments

Edible envy

No, you can’t have a bite. Go and get your own.

japanese chocolate

Not jealous are you?

Categorized: Food and Drink, Language

Jan 09 2006 5 Comments

Showy shops

Japan’s prolonged period of economic stagnation has prompted many retail outlets to opt for ever more outlandish promotional gimmicks, with perhaps none as bright and bizarre as this shop and ferris wheel combination.

osaka

A decidedly unique approach it has to be said, and one that gives customers that bit of fairground fun they didn’t even know they wanted.

osaka ferris wheel

Other stores however go for a rather more restrained, low-key approach. A prime example being the public display of internal organs.

engrish sign

Categorized: Language, Photography

Dec 20 2005 2 Comments

Big bust

Whilst just about interesting enough in itself, the picture below also offers the relatively rare opportunity of using the words bust, helmet and chopper in the same sentence. Although it goes without saying that such dreadful double-entendres have no place whatsoever on Tokyo Times.

big bust

Click on the image for an, ahem, enlargement.

Categorized: Language, Photography, Sex

Dec 13 2005 Leave a Comment

Humble heritage

Admittedly they didn’t quite inherit the earth.

meek japanese

But this chunk of prime real estate isn’t a bad consolation prize.

Categorized: Language

Nov 01 2005 9 Comments

Language lapse

There are numerous words that could be added to ‘very’ in order to describe the young lady pictured on the magazine below.

japanese model

‘Holiday’ however is arguably not the first one that springs to mind.

Categorized: Fashion, Language

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