Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Weird Signs

Here's another silly post. In my travels, I've come across a lot of weird signs. Here are a few I'd like to share with you.
From Ecuador:

Text: (Person 1) "Is that fried yuca? Is it a cheese finger?"
(Person 2) "NOOOOOO!!! IT'S BEMBODOG!!!!!!!"
Also from Ecuador:

It's "Japan Pharmacy." On the right is an "Ecuador First" sign.
From Peru:

I was pretty upset that I missed Thai Festival 2009.
Believe it or not, this is from Lima, Peru as well:

From a Kyoto Bus:

The priority seat is supposed to be for pregnant women and women with small children. If you didn't know Japanese, though, you could be forgiven for thinking it's for marsupials, and people who's stomachs are exploding.
Tokyo:

Text: "Only the guys who can enjoy games are hero. The game in that you are a hero has just begun." This almost makes sense because it's on the door of an arcade.
Cyrano de Bergerac, the Musical, in Japanese:

Tokyo, Japan:

The sign is attached to a bicycle on the street, missing a seat. It reads "We borrowed your seat." The poor bike owner is told that the seat will be used for the Red Bull (an energy drink) Box Car Race. He has to come to the race if he wants his seat back. Is that even legal?
Tokyo, Japan:
No explanation here.

Also from Japan:

The label reads, "Blueberry Bagel. Traditional bread of the Jews. Made by mixing blueberries into a plain bagel."
Here is my roommate, Sam, a fellow Newtonite, holding a copy of "Newton" magazine in Japanese:

Beijing, China:

I guess somebody thought that "Sex and Da City" would be a great name for a bar.
Japan:
This is some kind of advertisement. I'm not sure what it's about, but I am sure that it says "Emergency Juggler" in huge letters.

This is a sign for a fortune teller. I guess this fortune teller thought that using an exotic Jewish Star would add to the mystique of his/her fortune-telling abilities.

Food

My apologies for not posting in a very long time. Instead of facing the daunting task of writing a post about all my experiences during my study abroad in Japan, and my weekend excursion to Beijing, I've decided to make a silly post about food.
Warning: some of the pictures may be kind of gross.
I was offered some sort of jelly eaten out of a leaf by a Diet member's (Japanese congressman) staff.

This is Bisli, the popular Israeli snack, but in Japan. It goes for about 150 yen.

This is a noodle soup from a vegan restaurant in Kyoto.

Only in Japan would you find such a thing as this:

Can you guess what this sign says?

It's "Starbucks," in Chinese.

This one should be obvious:

This is some very sour fruit on a stick I got in China. It's pretty good.

And in China, this is considered to be food as well:

Some interesting Japanese inventions:
1. The Soy milk and Edamame bagel

2. The Square Watermelon. Sounds great, until you take a look at the price tag: $150.

3. Some weird Japanese variation on the cake

And finally, that cheap peddler of crappy food, Colonel Sanders, in traditional Japanese garb.