Monday, October 03, 2005

I know I just recently posted, but I have to add this real quick since I have access to a computer...

I'm sure all of you (or most of you) have at some point had a good laugh over "Engrish" (Jannelle you're going to love this), and I have to say that so far on my trip a day hasn't gone by where I don't see any... because it's ALL over the place! I've been trying to take pictures of it whenever I see something (as long as it's not too conspicuous) because it just totally cracks me up.

So I'd like to share with you the favorite piece of Engrish that I found tonight while wandering around Kyoto (after eating at a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant where they sat me at the bar next to a cool guy named Jonathan who was from San Francisco and moved to Japan). I passed by a Haagan Daaz ice-cream shop (and you know I can't turn down ice cream, heh!) and they had a convenient bench to just sit down and eat your ice cream, which I did to give my back a rest. While doing so, I noticed on the counter next to the cash register a sign in Japanese and then translated into Engrish that read: "Sorry, we don't accept any exchange."

All I can say is the green tea ice cream I had was fantastic & I wouldn't even think of exchanging it... =P

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pictures Derek. Pictures!!

11:13 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yay for Engrish! Make sure you eat some Men's Pocky and Colon snacks before you come back. :)

1:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

do they have "black person" toothpaste like the do in taiwan?

3:24 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Derek - me again. check out the ipod subway maps you can download for free: http://www.ipodsubwaymaps.com/download.php#tokyo

10:17 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh wait, you need an ipod photo...

10:21 AM  

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