My personal favorites
Total 21 Pictures
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This guy I met in Aso had the BEST Engrish sweater ever, and I want it really bad.
"I'M MORE BETTER EVERYONE. I'M MORE BESTEST"
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"EMERGENCY DOOR COCK"
Commentary: Hehehehe.
Location: The JR train from Kumamoto to Fukuoka.
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"please give up smoking"
Commentary: This is the kind of Engrish that just warms the heart. Since this was found inside a bathroom stall, I'm fairly confidant that they meant not to smoke (while in the stall), but instead gave a very touching message by accident.
Location: A bathroom stall in a nice restaurant in Fukuoka.
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"Couque D'asses"
Commentary: Bwahahahahahaha.
Location: A box of cookies in Taiyo (A walmart-style store) in Hondo.
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"A.S.S"
Commentary: Can't say he didn't warn ya.
Location: A guy who we climbed the mountain with... (he was actually pretty nice).
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"love child!"
Commentary: These folks are brave, most Japanese look down on this kind of thing.
Location: A car in the parking lot of JUSCO (another walmart-style store) in Hondo.
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"Sit on the stone step above this, it lies down, or eating and drinking and smoking are forbidden"
Assumed translation: "Do not sit, lie down, eat, drink, or smoke on stairs."
Location: Found outside a temple-looking building at the festival in Tokyo mentioned in Journal. By the way, there were tons of people sitting, lying down, eating, drinking, and smoking on these steps.
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"A GREAT IMPROVEMENT ON YOUR LAST.
I HOPE THAT YOU IMPROVE AS MACH AS
POSSIBLE IN READING WRITING
AND DRAWING
THE MORE HURRY, THE SPEED.
I AM ALWAYS IN IMPROVEMENT!"
(Underline added)
Commentary: I hope the people who made this helmet improve as mach as possible in reading and writing.
Location: One of my co-workers' moped helmet.
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The lovely Janet displaying an excellent source of Engrish.
"FREE CARE CAR WAS TO BE COME MIDDLE NOTE"
Commentary: Free car? Car wash? I dunno what the middle note is all about. Maybe it has something to do with the pear in the background.
Location: I think it was taken in Taiyo in Hondo City, a huge wal-mart type store.
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"MAKE BONG ROCK FOR PEOOLE."
Commentary: Priceless. PEOOLE!
Location: The shirt of a girl in a pasta restaurant in Hondo City.
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"GLARE
grin like a shot fox
PIECE OF LUCK CRAZE
Dirt Fmp."
Commentary: I don't think a fox would be grinning after it got shot. What's Fmp?
Location: The PE teacher's 3 year old daughter was wearing this shirt, but I felt weird taking a close up shot of her chest and posting it on the internet, so I asked her to bring it to the next lesson.
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"IT'S SPEND THE IGHT TOGETHER RUBY TCESDAY PLAY WITH FIEE SATI SF ACTION - BLACK STONE - THE TOUGHO GUYS - GET OFF HY COLUD - AN DH EW LOOG OLD HAM - COME ON - THE LANTERN BY THE TOUGO - I WANNA BE YOUR MAN - I UST WANNA MAKE LOVE TO YOU - GUYS EAVE YOU SEEN TOU RND THER! - BILL WYNANS IN ANOTREB LANOIT'S ALL OVER NOW LET'S - THE TOUGO GUYS NO EXPECTATIONS PAINT I - BADY!STANDING IN THE SEADGWI - NO MARK AWAY - BEARTO"
Commentary: Nicholas Cage could use this belt to find buried treasure, to everyone else, it's useless.
Location: A belt I bought for about a buck cause it was hilarious. Purchased in a hyaku-en store in Hondo City. (I count this as one picture)
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"Gentle breeze comes through clear high day and it is very refleshing here.
In the middle of the bright green. we are spending pleasand time."
Commentary: I have to say the highlight of this one is the spelling errors, but the content is pretty funny too.
Location: An envelope from a stationary set bought by a friend in a hyaku-en (dollar) store.
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The next three were all taken in my hotel room in Kumamoto City. This place was a gold mine.
A card they give everyone at check-in. Highlights include:
"Please relax slowly."
"A visitor's room is"
The entire bottom part is hilarious:
"Since guidance of a blame course figure is inside the door of the room,please check.
The key of the room is an automatic lock.In case you come from the room,be sure to have a key.Please be sure to deposit with a front office in the case of going out.
Please withhold the yukata in inside of a hall.
A meeting in the room should withhold."
Commentary: Amazingly, they spelled everything correctly, but that's about all I can say. They even messed up the spacing.
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"Guidance of a feature on hire
In order to relax with the further convenience to a visitor,I lend out the following things ,and am preparing as business.
In addition, since there is a limitation in a loan thing at the number, ask the first floor front(extension of No.2)in the case of use.
Loan thing list...
...In addition, sightseeing guidance,and each high-speed bus timetable - I am preparing in the Kumamoto airport going limousine timetable,the Kumamoto harbor(Nagasu harbor)ferry timetable,and each airport timetable etc.,etc."
Commentary: Whoa. Anyone know what a Sphygmomanometer is?
Update: Apparently a Sphygmomanometer is used to check your blood pressure, and they spelled it correctly! Amazing. (Thanks mom).
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The hotel TV displays this message for a few seconds when you turn it off.
"BE CAREFUL WITH FIRE.
GOOD NIGHT"
Commentary: It said this whenever you turn off the tv, even in the morning. Not sure what's up with the fire thing, maybe cigarettes? Or maybe they just really don't trust foreigners?
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"Replace to new batteries!"
This wouldn't be so bad, except that it was on my DICTIONARY!!! My JAPANESE > ENGLISH and ENGLISH > JAPANESE Canon Wordtank IDF-3000!!!! This is probably the tool I depend on most not only for learning Japanese and communicating with people!!! Is this what I sound like to them because I've been using this dictionary??? IT'S A GOD DAMN DICTIONARY, PEOPLE!!! PEOPLE WHO MAKE DICTIONARIES SHOULD KNOW THE LANGUAGE!!!
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"Magic Mushrooms That drive you crazy! It's dreamed my life away, God bless you.
WORLD: PRECIOUS LOVE YOU HELD MY LIFE WITHIN YOUR HANDS FOR GOD BLESS ME WITH YOU BELIEVED IN ME THROUGH THICK AND THIN
PEACE: YOU MIGHT SAY THAT ALL YOU I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU'RE ON THE PHONE THE FIRST TIME EVER I TOUCHED YOU
EARTH: I LOVE YOU LIKE THE HEAVENS FOR AS LONG AS LIVE"
Commentary: I think the person who made this young child's shirt had a few too many magic mushrooms.
Location: A childs shirt at practice for the sports festival.
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"PRIME LOVE GIRL"
hmm...
Location: a shirt at JUSCO
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"The Load To the West Side
My private side.
I have driven to the west side with my big one for a long time. On this way. I have seen a dozen of beautiful things. They were not only scenary but also westernpeople's spirits what I found when I had contact with them.
Commentary: Hehe "the Load" hehe "my big one"
Location: a shirt at JUSCO
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"HOMO" DRAWING BOOK
Commentary: The Japanese seem to have some preconceptions about artists...
Location: A drawing book I dug out of my closet.
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