Bizzare Japan

Bizzare Japan

Futuristic, fast, hectic, backward, infuriating, insular, eccentric ... Japan

This is the poster for "Universe" - Kyoto's one and only Russian hostess bar! They are a far cry from the Geisha we can find in Gion!

Now this is a test of your Kanji skills! Basically, these guys wrecked a shop in Roppongi and the cops are after them! They look like the gaijin version of Dumb and Dumber!

This a Kyoto gangster wannabe. They drive around in these huge cars making a lot of noise. They quite simply suck!

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Ever since the country was opened up to foreigners - you can never be too safe!

ME: Konichi wa! Eamon desu. Watashi wa eigo no sensei .MR. WELLIES: Haro! Dipshit desu. Me job isu hawking sarariman into nicu hostesu baru!

ひたくり(hitakuri) means robber in Japanese. This a cute poster, I found in Okinawa warning people about such dangers. Just look at the evil in the face of the guy taking the womans card!!!!!!!

$A street fight in Osaka! For the price of \1000(\100 for women!), you can stick on some gloves and have a fight with a random stranger! All under the watchful eye of over 30 spectators!$

Osaka station - the fly of a busy salaryman is so hectic that they don't even bother sitting down at the restaurants!!!

Sleeping on the job ... and what a job it is - holding up a signpost for an establishment that I can't quite decifer!

Another classic poster. This I found hanging at my school. It is a warning to stay away from the bosozoku (teenage bike gangs) Aren't the characters cute!

Ah the lenghts this country will go to in order to keep the unemployment figures low. A frugal old guy "controlling" traffic outside my school

A concrete river runs through it! Another useless public works project!!