Advertising and Signage

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Akashi Fish Market Storefront, Akashi Japan by Tim Jekel

Akashi Fish Market Storefront, Akashi Japan by Tim Jekel

Japanese store owners compete for customers. Many advertise in eye catching ways, such as this vendor in the Akashi Fish Market in Akashi, Japan.

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Buddha Was Born in Nepal car

Buddha Was Born in Nepal car

The Nepalese are proud that the Buddha was born in Nepal (in the town of Lumbini), as this car sign indicates.

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Camp Bonifas DMZ

Camp Bonifas DMZ

This is the sign for Camp Bonifas, the UN instillation at the 38 parrallel that seperates North and South Korea. This secured military site is considered still to be an active war zone and disclaimers are signed by all visitors. This is the only area in which the North and South are not seperated by minefields or barbwires, just narrow stretch of concrete.

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CCP and Samsung

CCP and Samsung

The CCP celebrates its 90th anniversary with Samsung in the background. (China)

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Chibis in Advertisement

Chibis are everywhere!

Chibis - very cute, cuddly anime characters are everywhere you look in Japan. They make chibis to represent different cultural sites like the Himeji Castle; chibis on restaurant signs, store fronts to advertisements. This chibi is an advertisement about donating blood.

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Cigarette vending machine in Japan

Smoking will make you a buff, bald caucasian!

Why this would attract the average Japanese to smoke is debatable - bizarre! (Japan)

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Graffiti Art in Beijing's 798 Art District

798 Art

Graffiti Art in Beijing's 798 Art District (China)

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Himeji Castle sign

Himeji Castle Ad

Himeji Castle, Japan sign informing visitors that the castle tower is closed for repairs.

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iPhone advertisement in Japan

iPhone advertisement

The iPhone is the one electronic that can be seen being advertised in Japan that is American-made. Many of the other electronics are Japanese brand name items such as Sony, Olympus or other brands that are not popular in the United States, but produced for Japan by the Japanese.

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Is this New York? No, it's Osaka!

Brad Pitt in Osaka

When walking around the city of Osaka, Japan, it felt much like New York City to me. Each building was filled with advertisements from top to bottom.

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