Interesting Place Names, 042909

It's too easy to ridicule people's English skills, especially if they're just trying to use English for marketing to other Japanese. So, I'm not posting these pictures to make fun of them. I'm doing it because I like them. Both places here are in Akihabara.



First is Saotomi Fooding. I guess if native speakers can turn any kind of noun into a verb (e-mail, FedEx, google) by adding "-ing", everyone else can too.



Then we have Mikaku Bar and Junk. Mikaku has a bar.



And it has junk. I'm just not sure, though, if they have junk food.