Monday, April 14, 2008

April 12 on 12

The Japanese postal system – a mail drop box, and postmen on motorcycles (seems to be the most common method of mail delivery). And a mail-bike.

On sunny days, people hanging their bedding off their balcony, a very common sight.

Children’s masks for sale at festivals. The red blow-up figure is An-pan man, a superhero whose head is made of bread, and his best friend is a baker and together they go around saving the world by eating bread (yeah, I don’t understand it either).

This is a delicacy, rather it used to be a delicacy. It’s camembert cheese, pressed and dried until it’s as tough as beef jerky.


What’s a 12 on 12 blog without a toilet photo? Here you can very clearly see the men’s urinals at the entrance to this public toilet.

A couple photos of Japanese fashion. Short shorts seems to be all rage right now, worn with knee-highs or boots. It’s a fashion I won’t be copying.

The other fashion of the moment is long shirts over jeans. Another fashion I won’t be able to pull off.



Japanese rip-rap. All the shores are lined with these tetrapods. It’s not very aesthetic.

This was taken outside a photo studio – I imagine this boy’s samurai ancestors wouldn’t be too keen on this cutesy pose!

And I leave you with a funny sign.

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