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This was submitted to the site earlier this year. It is not quite Engrish, but I don’t get it - can you possibly have a fireproof forest?

Not quite front page material, but I still wanted to share this sign found at a Taco Bell drive-through in Portland Oregon:

Photo courtesy of Trevor Kelly.

Japan if anything is known for their unique take on product packaging. A design company in Japan created these specially produced barcodes for their clients. Quite creative don’t you think?

Source: D-Barcode, by way of Dark Roasted Blend.

This image was being Dugg up today:

It’s fun to shop in Japan.  From a deodorant package:

Photo courtesy of Mark Ortiz.
UPDATE - A diligent reader pointed out the corresponding TV commercial:

This photo made the rounds on the net a couple of years back - check out the kids ‘entering’ Pikachu’s nether region!  Is this confirmation that Pikachu is indeed female?

Here is a pic from another angle (not as famous as the one above):

New cookies from Korea - I thought it was a bit too creepy for the front page…

Get that mother’s finger out of my school zone!
Photo courtesy of Dan Erickson. The Korean says “Mother’s Finger” as well.

From the Ministry of the Obvious in Thailand:

Photo courtesy of Gordon Emdt.

I have seen a lot of the old 3-D (stereoview) photos of Japan taken by T. Enami (1859-1929) before on Flickr, but Pink Tentacle just posted a bunch of them that were made into animated GIF’s - really bringing the images to life!  The following are a sampling from the collection amassed and posted on Flickr [...]

This photo was taken at a highway rest stop in Japan. Even though the rest stops have plenty of toilets, I guess they still have a problem with guys pissing in the bushes…

Photo courtesy of Casey Greely.