What on earth could it be?
Why, it’s an exciting Japanese snack of course.
And if that wasn’t enough, it’s hot too.
Bean blunder
Language
Pants pun
Having grown-up with such highbrow comedy as Benny Hill and the Carry On films, I’m in no way averse to a cheeky bit of insinuation or the occasional double entendre. Far from it in fact, I am English after all.
Yet after years of chuckling furtively at barely concealed references to genitalia and sexual intercourse, my search for the ultimate innuendo may well have reached its zenith — yes, climax even. The mischievous little gem unearthed in a small shop in suburban Tokyo of all places.
A find that leads me to believe that last year’s ban on the sale of used underwear may well have been withdrawn.
Canine comprehension
Dogs in Japan are understandably offay with the local language, happily responding to all the basics like sit, walkies and attack. Yet when it comes to reading they are generally at a complete loss.
Like myself, man’s best friend simply can’t get to grips with the memory minefield that is kanji. However perhaps rather surprisingly, written English appears to be no problem whatsoever.
Fashion frolic
There are lots of euphemisms for sex, none of which I need to repeat here; despite a schoolboy urge to surreptitiously slip one in.
However regardless of the already bulging size of the list, the Printemps love hotel has increased the swelling even further by adding one more: fashion.
This enlargement happily reducing the need to squint.
Such usage potentially giving the term ‘schoolgirl fashion’ a very different meaning in the capital’s dodgier districts.
Khazi campaign
With Japan’s economy still dragging its feet in regards to a full-blown recovery, many shops and restaurants need a certain uniqueness or novelty to attract attention. Such efforts can differ wildly, but the shop below has opted for an approach unlikely to be seen anywhere else.
In the age of the gadget laden lavatory, a crumbling commode may just draw the punters in.
Or not as the case may be.