…and we’re back! Part 2: Engrish and Other Funny
I guess since the last post was ‘Part 1’ I left myself the responsibility of making another one, even though there’s not much else to share except the random Japanese cuteness and Rost in Transrations that provided unlimited entertainment. However, it is Sunday evening, and I have a pot of soup on the stove, so this will smack a bit of half-assedness.
At any rate, here it is.
Delicious $5 sushi in a department store basement, made only hours earlier from fish caught that day. Juxtaposed by…
$30 grapes. I mean, they were tasty, but $30?
“Oh you are, are you?”
Onigiri truly is filled with Mother Love.
A storefront in Akihabara
As if the cuteness of the storefront wasn’t enough, here is a random sidewalk, also in Akihabara. I love robots.
Over-Under on Threadless making this a t-shirt design? The sign warns against going into the train tracks to retrieve items, and is one of the coolest I’ve seen.
Super Potato, where we picked up vintage games that were never released in the US (and will never really be able to play since we can’t read Kanji or Katakana, but whatevs). I never really do the peace sign in photos (or ever), but “when in Rome,” I guess. I love how my bag matches the entire store.
Oh, Mr. Donut. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…
We saw these cigarette girls standing and talking to whom we assume is their boss/pimp, and when I asked “shashin o totte mo i desu ka?” (“may I take a photo?”) they looked at each other nervously, then looked at their boss/pimp, and he says to me in English, “yes, it’s okay”. They instantly switched to “on” and posed for me.
It wasn’t the only one I saw, but it was definitely the biggest. And at least it was the outside of the window.
Get crunk. Ice for your grill not included.
This one doesn’t really need an explanation, methinks.