Without further ado, I give you the first Japanese subway advertisement, of any length, that I’ve been able to read. It says:
“Don’t take this headache medicine before eating”, he might have said. I think.
It’s an ad for Tylenol A. The A is for anytime.
(Update: Well, all the kanji were right, but Yukari points out that it actually says “What would you say if we said you didn’t have to eat anything before you took this headache medicine?”. Stupid Japanese grammar.)
You’re getting closer. It says: “What would you say if we said you didn’t have to eat anything before you took this headache medicine?” The reference here is to the fact that most medications in Japan come with directions to take after meals.
Posted by: yukari at April 22, 2005 4:57 AMHmm. Well.. I was just surfing around and just put my name in the address bar followed by a .com, and look where I ended up.
This is a very interesting site… something like a blog or a xanga?
I like how you’re interested in Japan, possibly living there, from what I gathered from reading a few sentences.
How lucky you are.
Posted by: Patrick at April 22, 2005 9:56 PM