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Scary Sushi Ad

May 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Here’s a little tabletop ad I saw at a sushi place. What I like about it is the horrifying fish head in the upper right-hand corner:

Doesn’t that look like it belongs on a poster for a horror movie? To me, this is not the image you want in your head before you eat. But that is, apparently, a Western attitude. When I pointed it out to the Japanese friend I was with, he said when he looks at that, he just thinks “Yummy!”


Diiiiinnneerrr ttttiiiiimmmeee….

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Tags: JAPAN · Mildly Amusing

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  • 1 jetwit.com - // May 4, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    [...] Think sushi seems harmless? It can seem a little scarier in Japan. Lars Martinson reports here. [...]

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