Japan city tackles language barrier with quirky signs
BBC News (World) 2015-Feb-09
...The signs are in use in the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, where officials hope they will make visitors who don't speak Japanese feel more welcome...more...
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Grumpy Gramps wrote:I always had the problem that I simply don't get the meaning of Japanese pics. Trying to help my nephew to go through a couple of Eiken tests, I always needed wifey to help out with the picture stories, because I didn't have the foggiest idea what they meant.
Same here. Without the Engrish sentence, I'd be lost. The differences between the pictograms for "Shoes off" and "Shoes OK" for instance are way too subtle for me to get without reading the subtitles. Both look more like "Cheese inside" to ky me
Russell wrote:And where are the shoes? I only see Japanese-style slippers...
wagyl wrote:Russell wrote:And where are the shoes? I only see Japanese-style slippers...
Every shirtless tourist with a chonmage only wears geta, everyone knows that!
Taro Toporific wrote:wagyl wrote:Russell wrote:And where are the shoes? I only see Japanese-style slippers...
Every shirtless tourist with a chonmage only wears geta, everyone knows that!
Obviously, one set of slippers are the dread Japanese Toilet Slippers.
Grumpy Gramps wrote:I always had the problem that I simply don't get the meaning of Japanese pics. Trying to help my nephew to go through a couple of Eiken tests, I always needed wifey to help out with the picture stories, because I didn't have the foggiest idea what they meant.
Same here. Without the Engrish sentence, I'd be lost. The differences between the pictograms for "Shoes off" and "Shoes OK" for instance are way too subtle for me to get without reading the subtitles. Both look more like "Cheese inside" to ky me
Russell wrote:Well, now I know that in Iwate prefecture I should not run in a hot spring, but rather swim and dive...
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