designed wall
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Seibu department store.
Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
1 May 2005
buying a lotto on a "extremely lucky" day
buying a lotto on a "extremely lucky" day
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
At a lotto booth. ikebukuro, Tokyo. He seemed to be having a humourous conversation with the booth keeper.
See the notes for the languages.
a short guide to Kanji (Chinese characters) 1
a short guide to Kanji (Chinese characters) 1
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
View this image in a full size to see the script more clearly. (I hope I was not writing in "Engrish"!)
I'm trying to make what I commented on my photo visible if your doesn't display the characters.
:-)
camera-hater no. 2
camera-hater no. 2
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
"I don't like you because you have the dog-damn camera," she said.
camera-hater no. 1 (another bit)
camera-hater no. 1 (another bit)
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
"If you insist, there you go," he murmured, "but remember that I really don't care about your camera. I am not interested at all."
step power
step power
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
This looks like Engrish, but I'm not sure. They are in a row like "power step power step power step power ..."
I'm sure "power" here means "something strong."
my favorite moment (heart)
my favorite moment (heart)
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Oh, yes, it is.
T-shirt for kids. Tokyo, Japan.
I think this is English, not exactly Engrish, but why on a T-shirt? Does it have a message?
And I like the neat design.
26 April 2005
painful news
painful news
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Train crash in Amagasaki. BBC NEWS (in pictures) tells how big it was.
I am watching two morning news shows this morning. Five shots of the TV screen, four from one show and one from another, convined into one.
The top photo:
"JR TRAIN CRASH
71 KILLED, 442 WOUNDED"
(The train was packed with commuters in Osaka and Kobe area.)
Ambulance workers pulling out one wounded.
The second row, left:
A TV reporter in front of one of the hospitals where the wounded were taken, last night. He's watching an ambulance coming.
The second row, right:
Crashed train and rescue workers.
The bottom row, left:
The TV reporter talking to the camera.
The bottom row, right:
"Live from Amagasaki, the crash site"
cadbury logo
cadbury logo
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
I like macro. I like doing stupid things with my camera.
language variety on cadbury's choc
language variety on cadbury's choc
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
I think this is a good source for learning several languages at one time. Seriously, you can look at the word "sugar", for example.
There are English, French, German, Spanish, Portguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish (mmm, difficult), Russian (this is very difficult), Greek (very difficult), Polish (difficult), Chech (difficult), Arabic (you'll need at least 30 days to learn the letters), Japanese (my native tongue so no problem for me), and Chinese (the characters are the same so I can guess to some extent).
In this picture, there are Norwegian (blurred), Danish, Finnish, Russian, Greek, Polish, Chech, Arabic, Japanese, and Chinese (blurred).
languages on cadbury's choc
languages on cadbury's choc
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
For Cadbury to export. For us to know different languages.
On the rear side of the chocolate box, there are English, French, German, Spanish, Portguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Russian, Greek, Polish, Chech, Arabic, Japanese, and Chinese.
cadbury choc
cadbury choc
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Yay! A surprise at my local supermarket in Tokyo. (They don't usually stock Cadbury's.)
broadbean in bed
broadbean in bed
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Too dark to catch the colour (fresh green). I will try this again next time I buy some broadbeans.
broadbeans
broadbeans
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Four shots combined.
I found 初物 (the first-time-in-the-year) broadbean at my local supermarket. After taking these pics in a rush, under a dark kitchen light (you see how hard I was trying) I just boiled them and ... yummy!
white bells
white bells
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Though they are everywhere in the area, I don't know the name of this blossom... even in Japanese. The blossom is tiny, five millimeters or so.
a boy on an old sign ("manga" style)
a boy on an old sign ("manga" style)
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A macro of a hand-painted signboard. Looks like 30 or 40 years old.
something victorian
something victorian
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
The other day, knautia reminded me of a book I bought but haven't read through yet. I have just discovered the book from the pile of the books, and here it is. (Two images are combined.)
Full of fine graphics from the Victorian magazines and newspapers, it is written by two Japanese academics (in Japanese, of course). Clearly written, it helps you a lot to get the picture of the Victorian "respected" society.
108 faves
108 faves
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
My first 108 (6 x 18) flickr faves. Please click on the "ALL SIZES" button to view a larger image. :-)
By the way, 108 is a number which reminds me of our new year's eve... I am not a religious person at all, but in Buddhism, it is said that we (I mean, ordinary people) have 108 "seeds of suffering," such as hatred and envy, in our own minds. And on the new year's eve, the bells at Buddhist temples around Japan are struck 108 times.
24 April 2005
"Don't you know where my ears are?" said the bunny.
"Don't you know where my ears are?" said the bunny.
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A roadside bunny. (I mean, this is not someone's garden or something.) He/She was looking up at me just like this, on the roadside. Poor bunny.
dogwood blossom
dogwood blossom
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
I hear the first dogwood tree was brought to Japan from the USA in return for the cherry trees sent there (to the DC).
double-flowered cherries - another macro
double-flowered cherries
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
UPDATE (October 2005)
I re-posted the original size. You can also view fullsize (1280 x 960).
double-flowered cherries
double-flowered cherries
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Time to say "Yes" to ... frills.
UPDATE (October 2005)
I re-posted the original size. You can also view fullsize (1280 x 960).
double-flowered cherries
double-flowered cherries
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Double-flowered cherries, in Japanese, "yae-zakura 八重桜‰" are now in full bloom.
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