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Feeld Notes by the Heartiest Human in the Nature! |
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Japlish
What is Japlish? Hard to say but you know it when you see it. Japlish: "Incomprehensible," a slow moving train wreck A strange babble, owned by no one, disowned by all. When two great languages collide, the results are not always pretty, but they can be pretty hilarious. |
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SPIC-Life-Style Personal Image Creator...but, you knew that, surely. A refined, colonial style hair salon in Kamakura without a clue about offended Italians. |
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Sumoto, Awaji-shima. A traditional Buddhist cemetary unintentionally described by the neighboring garden and flower shop resulted in this unerringly juxtaposed sign perched along the roadside. Indeed! Let us all "play for a green dispray." Isn't "Container Planting" delightfully creepy? "Indoor, Outdoor Plants"-neatly summarizes the ultimate "Final Dispray." Let 'er RIP! 06jan9. |
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"How lively the bread are!" As opposed to how dead, I suppose. Did you know that bread had so much fun? |
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See this clinic? It's MINE. Location: Sumoto, Japan. |
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and see what grows, I guess. It's chewing gum! Location: Everywhere, Japan. |
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See what's in this case? Flavoring? Favoring? WHICH ONE? Location: BIC Camera, Tokyo (Yurakucho), Japan. |
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Over my two years in Nakayama, out in the green suburbs of Yokohama, I took part in numerous festivals with my minyo dancing group. The support staff (mostly gregarious older men) happily labored at every festival and event, rain or shine. Some of them sported this conundrum jacket. "Trash Busters" I think, but thrushes, beware! No flying overhead! Location: Nakayama, Japan. |
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Nakayama has a public bicycle lot, open only from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. In other words, one could not ride a bicycle to work and keep it safely off the street. Or, go out late at night and catch the last, midnight train back. I think the local pachiko parlors ran this lot, and not the city. So, no complaining or someone may punch perm your hair! This little bike was a frequent resident of the bike lot. "HUMMER. Child's Trekking Bike." And so much more... Location: Nakayama, Japan. |
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Posted discretely just off the main drag, turning left leads directly to a narrow alley with a rusting staircase to the second floor. I didn't dare go upstairs. However, Nakayama station has more than a normal share of scandalously dressed, hard-eyed, brown-haired young ladies stepping along determinedly at very early and very late hours. Location: Nakayama, Japan. |
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On a cold, windy winter's day, I searched for a quick hot coffee-like subsistance from the train station vending machine. I was startled by this contradictory set of promises: "the world's most stimulated coffee bland. Reach out for a cup of the best tasting and top quality coffee that will get you through your day." ...or just the next moments trying to figure out the exquisite tension of the message. Location: Ryogoku station platform, Japan. |
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Japlish Corner |
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"knuckle glove. Since the crevice between fingers is open, it can be easy to move." "Muffler. Don't forget, when cold. Your neck is warmed and it supports it." A matched set of Japlish labels from my knuckle glove and muffler set. Bought at Jusco, Sumoto. I am so glad my neck supports my muffler set. |
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