Japanese Sensibility

One thing you realize when you travel to Japan is that certain things there seem odd to someone from the West. I posted earlier about the Humping Dog USB drive for a PC. We saw a few other weird things in stores. There was the Pole Dancer Alarm Clock (sorry for my bad photo),

the store display advertising the scary novel written on toilet paper,

and the Interesting Max pen holder where you put a pen into Max where it really shouldn’t go.

Or, the use of English isn’t quite right, such as the umbrella gripper that is “Hard to Lose. Happy!!, and Little Bit Stylish."

The things that are border line obscene to Westerners are funny because, in general, Japanese people are conservative and somewhat shy in public. And, the almost right English always brings a smile to your face when you see it.

It was rainy season during our trip, and everyone had an umbrella on the street. Stores were selling umbrellas, including one with a sign saying “Enjoy Rain!” That’s optimism.

When you ask Japanese people who speak excellent English about these things, they also think that they are funny. It's just a sense of humor that seems odd to us.

Another favorite daily sight of ours was this apartment building near our hotel that had three large gold camels built into the structure.