Do You Speak Engrish? When Good Products Have Bad Names
- June 9th 2008
Yet another fun thing about traveling to another country is seeing bad English translations. Japan leads the category (again) in this one! The category has its own name: “Engrish” and there’s no shortage of examples of it online. Here are some of my own pictures of Engrish from my trip to Japan, along with some links to additional endless “Engrish!” Read more »
Tags: asia, culture ethnicity, eastern studies, japan, travel
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Japanese Customs, Quirks & Other Fascinating Oddities
- May 30th 2008
One of the things I love about traveling to new destinations is encountering new cultural oddities used in daily life. I’ve collected some things my friends and I found in our travels to Japan. See if you can guess what they are! Read more »
Tags: anthropology, japan, travel
