I Scream for a Chocolate

published in: Japanglish

Morinaga Yell Chocolate

One of the chocolate bars that has been around for years. I still don’t know how this name come about, though…

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2010
04/30

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Lady Gaga feat. Goldfish!

published in: Something Cool, The Revenge of Japanglish

GagaKoh

A flyer for a performance by Lady Gaga today in Japan called GagaKoh – a collaboration between her and the designer of some of her dress, Terence Koh.

The text at the bottom right shouts “Goldfish!” You can pronounce it “Kingyo!”  It’s totally irrelevant but actually sounds very good here.

Thanks Charlie for the suggestion.

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2010
04/20

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Go Nakajimi Go! The 26 Day Marathon

published in: Etcetera

Kimo Nakajimi

The first London Marathon was triumphantly held on Sunday the 29th March 1981, and thousands of people have jogged through the normally quiet streets of the capital.

During the same week UK’s The Daily Mail ran a story about an unfortunate Japanese long-distance runner, Kimo Nakajimi, who had entered the London Marathon but, on account of a translation error, thought that he had to run for 26 days, not 26 miles. Reportedly Nakajimi was now somewhere out on the roads of England, still running, determined to finish the race. Read more

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2010
04/18

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Nippless – It’s t-shirt time again!

published in: Naughty Bits, Only in Japan

Nippless

“Please put it on your bust”  Can they be a little more specific with the instruction?

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2010
04/14

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Learning English Japanese Way – Cosplish

published in: Only in Japan

Cosplish

English school that combines cosplay and English lessons.  In this photo the teachers are dressed as characters from Gundam series. The one on the left is Sayla Mass. Does anyone know which character the other one is?

This school is located in Tokyo’s Akihabara. Well, where else…

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2010
04/08

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