The filters on my new phonecam are sparse, but this one works pretty well.
Kotsu Anzen
In Japan, they often use these life-sized plastic highway worker effigies to direct motorists around road crews where a simple light would suffice. I always feel like abducting these insane dolls when I see them, maybe drag them behind my car for a few kilos then let them smash into a toll booth – after all, it is our tolls that are paying for this crap.
Ninjaland
Parking area in Iga, infamous ninja country. FYI, they don’t sell real ninja weapons in the gift shop.
No bukkake jokes, please
Just got back from a long, long day in Nagoya at the sumo tournament. It was a wonderful experience, but the long drive home through stop-and-go traffic and a lightning storm has left me exhausted.
I will post more pics as I get around to editing them (got the backlog from last weekend, too). But for now… Time to sleeeeep.
Mental Clinic
Just me, or is it a bit tacky?
Front Robby (redux?)
I may have blogged about this sign in front of a Amemura love hotel before, but I can’t be bothered to check if it was on the old Yapeus site or on this one. Oh, well. Always worth a quick guffaw.
Eggtart Shop
This is the shop that caused the Great Eggtart Craze of 2002, located between Nanpabashi and Midosuji. We bought an 8-pack for 15 bucks with the intention of taking them on our Nagoya road trip, but forgot them in Merin’s refrigerator. Nam tried one the week after and got the runs, so the rest were trashed. Damn.
OG Planning
I looked around the building’s parking garage for a fleet of lowered Impalas – no luck.
HA HA
I just typed the search string “nagoya late night stupid drunk motherfuckers” into the Yahoo Japan search box on a whim, to find a good pub out here tonight. Quite unexpectedly, this blog was listed 5th. Damn, I feel like I own this town already.
Later: Why is Nagoya food so salty? It’s like a monkey got loose with a salt shaker in the kitchen or something. Bad, bad monkey.
Moriyama Sumo Program
I’m really looking forward to seeing sumo for the first time. We’re going to the Nagoya tournament on Saturday. Here’s an article about sumo barely surviving as a school sport in Kanazawa:
Wrestle Mania
It’s worth clicking for the photo alone.
Money quote from a Ministry of Education spokesman:
Nowadays it’s difficult to promote a sport where the participants are basically naked.
Wow, it’s reassuring to see the education of a Japan’s youth in such able, perceptive hands. Following this logic, we’re sure to see the sharp decline in swimming in school athletic programs fairly soon, right?