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
Last leg of our Japanese trip. If crazy carrot and the big cheese do not explode, we’ll be home in a couple days. Will update then.
Tokyo, the statue of Liberty (replica) and two towers. Oh, the irony. Continue reading “On the road”