Just a selection of amusing texts, mistranslations or the like around Honshu

Spot or stop

In the 7 eleven

Sign near the river

Made me hungry

French poetry in the breakfast room of the Hearton hotel. Almost right

And of course, the notorious Pocari Sweat, which tastes better than it sounds

A selection of strange or striking images.

Two-headed taxidermy object in Kobe

Scarecrows in Shirakawa-go

Bocca della Verita the Japanese way, Kobe

Dragon at Takayama

Traditional house, Takayama

Installation near the 21st Century Museum, Kanazawa

Flower in ice, fish market at Kanazawa

Large fish head, fish market, Kanazawa

Postbox in the station of Kanazawa

Shrine at Kanazawa,

Parking garage near the station of Kanazawa

Figurine in a glass bulb, Shibu Onsen

People in traditional clothes doing a tour of the onsens in the pouring rain, Shibu Onsen

Traditional showers and hot tub

The house that was allegedly the inspiration for the bath house in Spirited Away, a well-known animation film

Chicken and clock, Tokyo

Eve picking an apple, Tokyo

One of these strange raccoon figures you see everywhere

And last but not least, the Delirium cafe near our hotel:

Feeding time for the cute and fluffy

This is taking too long per village, so the next chapters will be: Animals, Weird stuff and Strange texts.

We saw a lot of animals during our trip, not just in the wild but also in the Osaka aquarium which is very big. See below.

Grumpy reptile

Cute capybara, a big hamster in fact

Ha ha ha… penguins!

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We also encountered snakes at roadsides a couple times:

And crows:

And snow monkeys in Yudanaka’s snow monkey park, where they bathe in the hot springs:

And last but not least: lizards