Sun 27 May 2007
You know you’re not really a tourist when…
Posted by Daddy under The trip to Japan
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…you go to a Home Depot-type store and while you’re there, buy a custom-made name plaque (20% off, even!) that mounts on the outside of your house, which takes a week for them to make… And then it needs to be shipped to the US, because you’re not there anymore to receive it…
Top line reads “karishakku”, which is pretty much how Kalisiak is supposed to be pronounced in Polish, except for the “u” at the end.
Then it’s “kurisu”, “hezaa”, “sutivan” (the “u” is silent, so that’s fine, but the “a” probably should have been an “e”; not sure what happened there, but it’s not a big deal), and last but not least, “taria”.
Oh, wait, or is that “You know you’re otaku when…”
Yeah, that must be it, because we also bought an audio CD in one of the larger department stores called Tokyu Hands… “JR East, The Yamanote Line”… It’s a compilation of the musical tunes that JR East uses at the train stations, typically to indicate that the doors are about to close. Here’s one of the tunes that we remember hearing many times while taking the trains: Shinagawa door closing tune.
I just couldn’t resist adding this cute Manaphy. ^_^