Green, red and blue

Green, red and blue
Originally uploaded by nofrills

A Fuji Colour store sign. A good old picture studio and camera/photo store in your town. Hope this store lasts another decade and longer.

E.

E.
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

Trademark of Enet:
www.enetcom.co.jp/pc_main.html

A sign in front of a convenience store. Tokyo, Japan.

Levi's and karaoke signs

Levi's and karaoke signs
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

Black cat carrier

Black cat carrier
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

The famous black cat trademark of Yamato Transport Co. Ltd.

月山のからくち

月山のからくち
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

Neat "清酒" logo. And the combination of red and white is traditionally thought to be "something happy, something to be celebrated."

happy

happy
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

A close-up shot of this lantern.

またホッピー

またホッピー
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

Yurakucho/Hibiya area, called ガード下, Tokyo, Japan.

I believe this もつやき bar is where chillhiro took this beautiful picture of Tokyo life.

ホッピー (a Tokyo typography galore)

ホッピー (a Tokyo typography galore)
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

ホッピー (reads: hop-py) is something like low-alcohol beer. Sociologically (?), it's like "champagne for the working-class" - cider in Britain may be quite close. "Hoppy and 焼酎" is one of the popular cocktails in Shinbashi or Asakusa... Not so in Roppongi or Azabu.

On the lantern is Hoppy's trademark lettering/typography as you see on the cover of their "official" guide book.