Japanese signboards are fascinating and attract a lot of photographers from overseas. The best ones are huge, three-dimensional signs that look more like characters in a manga.
This is probably the most famous one of all. It’s a sign for a restaurant called Kani Dōraku in Dōtonbori, Osaka. Can you guess what the restaurant sells…?
…YES! It’s a crab restaurant! The sign is six meters across, and would you believe, the legs on the crab actually move! It was built in 1960 and is still moving!!
I’m fascinated by Japanese signboards as well. When they’re cute, I just have to stop and kiss them.
Want to know who I’m kissing here?
The answer is “kaaru ojisan”
(Ojisan means, middle aged man)
Kawaii ne?
Cute, isn’t it?
Actually, I was not kissing him, I was trying to get the snack from him...
Jaa mata ne!
P.S. The answer of the last post is "koin landorii": coin laundry (=laundromat).
:)
–Kazue
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