simon’s keitai page August 10, 2007

Here, I will periodically put some crazy/weird/funny/unbelievable/sad/nice/beautiful/whatever stuff I took with my keitai (cellphone). I will leave all the old stuff and add new one, so you are free to comment.

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Everday, I see those misspelled english or even german signs hanging around in town. Japanese don’t even hesitate to produce totally misspelled overlifesize panels with the name of restaurants and advertisement. Usually its just plump and not funny, but some signs really make you laugh. Two examples:

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Reunion of the elvis-gang one evening at Yoyogi park. Refer to our “A day off in Yoyogi park”-video on u-tube to see them in action…
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just a shot i like. totally tokyo…
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I found an even more expensive melon! Look at the green melon on the left. This is a normal, big watermelon. The monstrum on the right is being sold for CHF 250.- (Click pic to enlarge).

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Grammar Schoolboys in Japan come with silly, sailor-like uniforms. Those on the pictures have green hats. Some others have blue top-hats, and most of them have very short trousers in summer – quite embarassing. And – they have big backpacks, of course.

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Thats the scene you will most probably find when trying to watch a big firework in Tokyo. Still 2 hours to go until dusk. People send out one representative of their group to place a blue sheet somewhere, so that the main group can come just before the event starts and still have a seat