muikabochi 208 Posted September 28, 2005 Author Share Posted September 28, 2005 Noticed a new one this morning. A gas station that had a big building next to it and a huge sign that just said: LUBE NOW! Made me chuckle. Link to post Share on other sites
farquah 0 Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 Got the same near me caled "Lube and Dock"!!!! Well if I must........ Link to post Share on other sites
bettyx 0 Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 pash hair. not sure what it means in the US, but in australia, to pash is to french kiss. but we used to say it about 15 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Anyone seen the "Hotel Ef" from the Tohoku shinkansen? Somewhere around Fukushima. Hmm, wonder how that got it's name? Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I saw a shop (?) in Shizuoka once called "Balls". It didn't look like they were a ball shop, so not sure what they were selling. It did look a right load of bollocks though. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 I think you're making that up Curt About love hotels, I saw one called "Shack up" a few years ago in Saitama I think it was. Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 "Bar Vulva" somewhere in Shinsaibashi years ago. I wonder if it's still open . There's also another pet shop called "Poo" on the Hankyu line to Kyoto. Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Quote: "Bar Vulva" somewhere in Shinsaibashi years ago. I wonder if it's still open. Well, they're no good if they're closed are they. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 What a quick visit to www.engrish.com revealed Link to post Share on other sites
ex-boyfriend 0 Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 Looks a bit smelly as well that one. What does that katakana actually mean? It seems to be (pronounced) "smail"? Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Drove past a beauticians called "Piss" today. I thought that was funny. Link to post Share on other sites
happyhappy 0 Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 How about this one. Novelty shop called "Willy". I liked that one. Pub Smell looks like a really nice place. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Yes, a real good feel about the place. I wonder what thoughts are going through the minds of the people who do this? You'd think if they were giving something a word that was foreign to them, they'd really try and check it out. I suppose the "Smell" bar really was thinking of more romantic words like "Fragrance".... though that's not really a good name for a bar either is it? Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Matsumoto has a ladies boutique called FANNY FACE (Unfortunate Audrey Hepburn fan perhaps). It's across the road from the Riverside imported food shop/restaurant place. Hakuba's finest is PAB "NAKID LADY" It's behind the lifts on the Iimori side of Goryu. Big purple sign. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 How's this one(especially for us British-English English speakers): Fresh Fanny It's a supermarket in Hiroshima. There is also the variation Bell Fanny... Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 There used to be a used clothing shop in Nagoya near Osu-kannon called, "Uncle Meat"... haven't been by that way in a while, so I don't know if it's still there. Link to post Share on other sites
iambenw 0 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 In Sendai we too have Fanny beauty salons, but we also have: a bar called Vajiina a clothes shop called Sperm and barber shops called Hair by Monkeys (I think) and (my personal favourite) Hair by Pantera. Ive always wanted my hair styled by metal has-beens. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 I think there is some gaijin advising these people and having a few laughs. Link to post Share on other sites
soobi 0 Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 i like this one - not japan tho - Holy Sheet ! (yep you got it bed linen) Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 Barber shop - GayBoy. Link to post Share on other sites
jgraves 0 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Saw the best name for a convenience store the other day in Ueno. It was just a picture of a "thumbs up" with the kanji for alcohol under it. Inspired by the artist formerly named Prince, no doubt. I'd post a picture, but I'm still trying to figure out how. Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 A new hairdressers is being built at the top of my road (as if we need one with 60504 already in the small town area). It is called: Clean Ass Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Surely you jest! Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 hair dresser in Hiroshima called "Fat Time" all sorts of implications, especially as it is near the red light district... Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Originally Posted By: yamayamayama A new hairdressers is being built at the top of my road (as if we need one with 60504 already in the small town area). It is called: Clean Ass That's a pretty strange name, especially if that's the alphabetic spelling. Now that environmentalism has become trendy you see all kinds of slogans written in katakana. ...like... クリーンザアース セーヴザアース ラヴザアース ワンビッグアース ... clean the ass save the ass love the ass one big ass Link to post Share on other sites
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