Last Tuesday night I had to go to the lavatory in a fairly busy and popular izakaya (sorry, I won’t tell you the name!) in Shizuoka City.
The “Mens” and “Ladies” were separate (important deatil!).
I found this “notice” pinned on the wall at eye-level.
The notice says:
“Genki no nai Otoko ha mamushi sake!”/Viper Sake for people (men) not feeling enrgetic!”
This is real sake in which a snake was marinated!
The note says above that you should be careful not too drink too much, or you will suffer from nosebleed (Japanese men supposedly go through this predicament when their libido is overstimulated!).
Actually, orders are limited to a single glass. It had better work as it costs a whopping 22 US$!
Last, but not least, as if men needed more incentive, they added a picture of a “well-endowed” man (face not shown!) wearing snake skin pants!
N.B.: A lady friend in our party told us later that there was nothing hanging on the wall inside the ladies’ facilities!
January 29, 2009 at 12:15 pm |
Bonjour, for some reason I think that french could be an even more friendly language to you, but I will stay on the official language of your very appreciate contributions about one of my preferred holidays places. We, my wife and myself, try to go to Japan at least once per year (but a couple of years ago we went twice), and I’m planning the next one just now, for April. One of the reasons we like Japan is the food, actually we love japanes food, to the point we stopped to go to japanese restaurants in the place we live now (Nederland) because the comparison with the original was too painful. Space is over, Ciao
January 30, 2009 at 5:35 am |
Dear Anselmo!
Greetings!
Thank you so much for your kind comments!
If you need any information about Japan, please do send me a mail< i’ll be glad to help!
Have you looked at my other blogs, especially http://shizuokagourmet.wordpress.com/?
They should help you a lot!
Cheers, Robert-Gilles