This picture was taken inside of a toilet in a Tokyo Line train station…
Yes… I take my camera everywhere…
Ad Text in Japanese:
「このトイレットペーパーは、東京急行の切符等をリサイクルしたものです。」
Ok, vocab and grammar attack!
「この」means “this”. As apposed to 「その」which means “that”,
「トイレットペーパー」 is Katakana for Toilet Paper.
「東京急行」Literally, 「東京」is “Tokyo” and 「急行」is “Express”, as in Express Train, as you probably know if you’re in Japan. […]

Ad Text in Japanese:
Text in Star: 「オーストラリアが近くなる。」
Text on Bottom: 「大坂←→ オーストラリアが、一直線。2007年3月就航。」
This advertisement is quite striking sporting a full color girl in a bikini against a background of drab colors and people in their winter jackets.
On a cultural note, notice the girl in the background with the mini-skirt, boots, and winter coat. This is winter […]

Ad Text in Japanese:
Upper Left:「出先で急に出張が決まった。」
Orange Tag:「スグ！ケータイで予約！」
Below Image:「東海道・山陽新幹線の会員制ネット予約。」
Hey guys, it’s everyones favorite (okay, so mine) Japan talent! Yukie Nakama! Again.
This time she is doing advertisements for JR… I’m telling ya she’s everywhere these days.
Time to get the learn on!
「出先で急に出張が決まった。」
「出先」means “destination” as translated by Breen’s online dictionary. Of course it is used a bit differently than […]

Pocket Monsters are everywhere in Japan… Still.
These Pokemon are on a giant billboard inside of a train station in Yokohama.
Ad Text in Japanese:
「みんな笑顔で、いいマナー。」
This one is actually easy as there is not much Japanese, and it is not strangely difficult.
Accessing a the popjsyo dictionary link on this page will probably get you all of […]

You know, I have been in Japan for five years now, but until now whenever someone asked me who my favorite Japanese actress or idol or whatever was, I would never have a definite answer.
Until now! Well… Actually you can see the same actress is in the previous post too… But I’ll say it again […]

[Ad Text in Japanese]
「あなたのカゼはどこから？」
「私は鼻から」
「それなら黄色のベンザ」
「ボクはのどから」
「それなら銀のベンザ」
「私は熱っぽさから」
「それなら青のベンザ」
「ベンザブロックは、あなたのカゼのタイプで選べる黄・銀・青の３タイプ。」
Notice the girl in the lower left. This is Yukie Nakama, a Japanese actress from Okinawa. She’s not hard to look at… She is in a lot of commercials now in Japan, including car commercials, AU cell phone commercials, and is even doing commercials for JR Railway. She was also in […]

BREO, a product made by everyones favorite Osaka based company, GLICO! Is here to save the day…
GLICO is a gigantic Japanese snack and producer. They make famous snacks such as Pocky and Pretz to name a few. Their catch phrase “glico” (you can hear it if you check the GILICO official website) is also memorable.
Anyway, […]