please waste

Presumably, not quite the message they were going for...

A garbage bin in Osaka
April 2005

expensive melon

In Japan, this single musk melon costs 6000 yen, about $60 USD at the time this photo was taken.

Niigata City
November 2003

painstaking care and attention

Perhaps this explains the beauty of the Great Wall?

A sign at the Great Wall of China
May 2004

danger zone

the grass was died. it was tragic.

a sign to warn against walking on the grass outside iBerry
Chiang Mai
May 2008

regalo pig

Not sure what a pig in 'spread eagle' position has to do with the marketing of hair products.



Downtown display window
Niigata City
April 2008

washlets

Gotta love Japanese toilets. The icons are self-explanatory, but some of the best features are the powerful deodorizer, flushing sound/music with adjustable volume, and controllable water pressure. At the highschool I used to teach at, there was also a function to blow dry your bottom after a few squirts from the bidet. Each trip to the loo leaves you feeling fresh and clean.

Tokyo, Japan
April 2008

vegetabiles

vegetables and bile? Doesn't sound too appetizing.

sign above a grocery store
Pai, Thailand
April 2008

budda's foof

On the climb up Mt. Phu Si in Luang Prabang, blue signs point visitors to view the imprint of "Buddha's Foot." On a path just below the peak, instead we encounter Budda's golden foof.

Luang Prabang, Laos
July 2008

no smoking alcohol

I didn't know this was possible.

Entrance of Wat Arun
Bangkok
August 2008

very sael

A very obvious sael.

Central Kad Suan Kaew
Chiang Mai
February 2008