Clash leads to crash! Actually, it’s not an “L” sound and “R” sound error – just a bad translation of “shototsu” (衝突), which means “collision” – or perhaps “clash”.
Category: Japan
Fastidious face covers
This weekend I encountered another level of Japanese change room etiquette and a socially acceptable way of covering your face rolled into one.
Please use your piston outside
It’s official: please use your piston outside. The Tokyo Metro’s own manners campaign currently has distinctively rude connotations!
At the May Sumo tournament
On the opening day of the May Sumo tournament earlier this month, and I was at Kokugikan in Ryogoku to enjoy the action. I had some friends of a friend visiting Japan, with a brief to take them somewhere good. I worked out how to buy tickets online, got some seats a few days in advance, and… Continue reading At the May Sumo tournament
A sunny day & a window seat
I don’t like not knowing where I am. That’s why I like the window seat. And on sunny days like this, there’s an extra bonus in that all the familiar landmarks are easy to spot.
Mt Aso – vulcanism & tourism combo
Where else in the world would there be a tourist ropeway leading up to a pungeant, steaming, and very live, volcanic crater? At least there are concrete emergency shelters installed for the rare occasion when the volcano goes bang.
Along the Yamanami Highway
The Yamanami Highway is a tourist road in Oita that runs between near Yufuin towards Kurokawa Onsen and Aso. It crosses over a plateau that appears not very Japanese in character – it’s wide and open.
Profound hat message
The guy standing next to me on the train has this written on his hat: “Please stay touch with me. And love vanquish. Always fake you. Let there be light.”
Panoramas along the Yamanami Highway
This is the Kuju Kogen (Kuju Highlands) in Oita Prefecture, which I visited during Golden Week recently. Both panoramas are taken along the “Yamanami Highway”, a scenic route across the mountains between Yufuin and Kurokawa Onsen.
Jizake from Kyushu
My jizake (local sake) from Yufuin arrived this evening. I got the shop to courier it to me because it’s so much easier than lugging it back to Tokyo myself.