muikabochi 208 Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 In the last week or so I've come across some pretty strange shop names in the region I live A sunacku bar called "Poison" A club called "Blind Drunk" A barber called "Men's Perm Lemon" There was one more I can't rememeber right now, I'll post it when it comes back to me. Any more? Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 In sydney, there are an amazing number of bad thai pun restaurants... Thai foon Shirt and thai Thairiffic the list goes on eugh Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 A beauty shop called "Growth". : Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I know of a womens beauty salon called "Pis". Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 www.engrish.com has some pretty funny ones also especially violence jack off Link to post Share on other sites
Siem Reeves 0 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 in mizusawa, not far from here, there is a hair salon called "CLAP"... in ichinoseki, a pachinko place called "OH MY GOD, Pachinko Slot" or something near that... Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Kintamani is a volcano in Bali. Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Heard some good slogans ("Let's Nice Price" at a 100 yen shop near me, called "100 Yen Shop"), but no bizarre shop names like those! Link to post Share on other sites
viv&kev 0 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 I have seen a pet shop called "Dog Poo" Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 A shop near where I used to live called "There's No Such Thing As A Free Goose" I wish I had taken a photo Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 There is a large pachinko here with some of the neon light broken so it reads- Jumbo chinko! Childish I know ! Saw a hairsalon called Tangles! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Seen in Fukuoka the last few days: Snatch Cum Army Land Lets Together Pussy cat front or rear? Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 You are making those up, right? Link to post Share on other sites
mfurmane 0 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Back home there's a hair salon....Curl-Up and Dye. A restaurant....Thai-Me-Up-Noodles. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I like that Noodles one. Yamakashi, what kinds of shops were snatch and, er, cum? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I saw a boutiquey clothing shop the other day called "Pearly Gates". Quite a clever name I thought. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by big-will: You are making those up, right? No, Im sure flipside, who lives down here can verify them for me. Snatch was a girls clothes store in Canal City. Cum was a barber shop I believe. The rest were Pink Houses and Soap Lands - Go figure Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 I think I saw a shop called "Coochy" a few years ago, can't remember what it was. I thought it sounded quite rude. Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 There is a house in Hakuba called Bob Marry. I think they mean Bob Marley Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 in my dads hometown in canada there is a dog hair salon/store called "doggy styles" Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 How about a pet shop called "Doggy Style" Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Someone told me of a shop in Osaka (I think it was Osaka) that was called "Cheeseman". Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Not as good as the others but here's what I've got just in my small neighborhood: There's a beauty salon I pass on my way to Yamaya's called "AFRO SNATCH' My local video/dvd shop advertises to have the most extensive collection of porn in all of Tohoku and they call themselves "Big Bang." Two small diners down the road sitting right next to each other are named simply "CORN" and "TRY." Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 in munich i saw a drug paraphernalia shop called "marie johanna", which i thought was a niec twist on the old mary-jane theme Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Is there a book in Japan on how to give your shop the most stupid sounding English name possible? Seems so... Link to post Share on other sites
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