Miscellany

Another thing that amazed my Dad... folding chairs like these just sit on the sidewalk at bus stops. No one takes them; people use them. Pretty extraordinary.


Not particularly humorous except that Jared Fogle's in Japan. (I apologize again for the angle.)


A poster in Itouyokaado, a mall (sort of) in Musashi-sakai. It says, "PinkyBell: Here we have all kinds of socks inspired by cute and sweet girls and their families... Let's find lovely socks at pinkybell and enjoy fashion."
Mmmm, Engrish. There were some awesome Engrish t-shirts in Harajuku. Another thing I intend to buy/collect.

Today in class Koumatsu-sensei asked if I'd cut my hair (I wear it pinned up since it's hot), and after I explained, she added "You have a small face. That's nice/good. Japanese people have big faces." ????
I've also become the go-to exotic specimen. Even though I have said multiple times that I'm from America, whenever other countries and/or customs come up, inevitably sensei turns to me and says, "Ee to, Indo wa...?" comes up. Today it happened twice: in discussion about writing country names in kanji and in discussion about world religions. It's also happened in relation to population and dowry/bride-burning. Fantastic. I used to fight it in America, but I'm feeling rather resigned right now. (At least they know what India is, after all.)

Who's excited about Hockey?! Rangers at Islanders "tonight" (preseason).