{"id":31177,"date":"2023-05-20T16:47:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T21:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=31177"},"modified":"2023-05-22T18:16:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T23:16:19","slug":"apac-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/apac-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia-Pacific, Part 8 (Postscript: Interesting Signs)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I know that some of the articles in this series veered into <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31161\">heavy topics<\/a>. So let&#8217;s take things in a less serious direction for a moment now that I&#8217;ve completed the travelogue portion. It&#8217;s no secret that I enjoy signage, the more unusual the better. Sometimes I even <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=21558\">collect them<\/a> within a single article, and that&#8217;s exactly what I&#8217;m doing again today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mahalo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/52814454952\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52814454952_b40daee0f7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Mahalo. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mahalo\">Mahalo<\/a> derives from Proto-Polynesian and represents an expression of thanks or gratitude in Hawaiian, especially where it intersects with English. 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Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>English certainly borrows from Japanese too. For instance, a tsunami (&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etymonline.com\/word\/tsunami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harbor waves<\/a>&#8220;) is bad news in any language. However, nobody has to be able to read actual words to decipher the sign. Hey, if the big wave is heading in your direction, run away! I thought it was particularly apropos  to see such a sign in Japan &#8212; the linguistic home of the tsunami &#8212; while at the Yokosuka naval base. The correct word in the correct place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oh Those Toilets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>High-tech toilets weren&#8217;t such a thing when I first visited Japan a quarter century ago. Back then I even saw a few of the ancient <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Squat_toilet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">squat toilets<\/a>. You don&#8217;t even want to know. This trip, most toilets were similar to those found in the North America or Western Europe. However, I did run into a few that required a little more brainpower to operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/52828134284\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52828134284_153d6f93ef_b.jpg\" alt=\"Please, Take a seat. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually this one wasn&#8217;t so bad but it only worked if the user sat down. It was quite comfortable too, with a nicely warmed, padded seat. Yes, I liked that one. But I guess they had enough problems with Westerners not realizing that the seat activated the flusher so they added a sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/52825318736\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52825318736_c8eae27bb8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese Toilet Options. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there were toilets like this. I have a friend who lived in Japan for several years and he said, &#8220;it&#8217;s the land of engineers who have too much time on their hands.&#8221; Case in point. Someone put a whole lot of thought into this toilet console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank goodness for pictograms. I figured I didn&#8217;t need any of the water shooter thingies so I went straight for the swirly on the far right. It seemed to do what I needed. I have no idea what all those little buttons along the bottom accomplish but I wasn&#8217;t in a mood to try to figure them out either. I might have created a restroom tsunami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At the DMZ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/52838008211\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52838008211_f0fec4dc86_b.jpg\" alt=\"DMZ Highway Boundary. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Translate helped out a bunch, particularly the feature that interacted with a phone camera. We left the Korean <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31161\">Demilitarized Zone<\/a> briefly to grab lunch before our tour of the Joint Security Area. This was the sign as one leaves the DMZ on the South Korean side. So I checked the translation and it said &#8220;Gateway to Unity&#8221; which seems to make sense. The lower part talked about the troops stationed there. It wasn&#8217;t all that big of a revelation although it&#8217;s still fascinating to see it display in real time on a phone screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kimchi Warning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/52838007676\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52838007676_1562f09603_b.jpg\" alt=\"Kimchi Luggage. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I can only imagine the incident that led to Korean Air banishing kimchi to the cargo hold. Notably, some of that fermented cabbage can get quite fragrant, and probably much worse with the confines of an airplane. All I can say is Bless You Korean Air for heading off that possibility during my 14 hour flight from Incheon Airport to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Articles in the Asia-Pacific Series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31102\">Oahu: Honolulu Waterfront<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31116\">Oahu: Beyond Waikiki<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31131\">Japan: Tokyo Temples and Tourists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31138\">Japan: Exploring Tokyo<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31148\">Japan: Farther Afield<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31156\">South Korea: Seoul<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31161\">South Korea: The DMZ<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31177\">Postscript: Interesting Signs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31181\">Postscript: Brew It<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>See Also: The <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/albums\/72177720307441882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Complete Photo Album<\/a> on Flickr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know that some of the articles in this series veered into heavy topics. 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