Title of this photo: “Banana Monarchy” OR “Japan has no decency laws for produce” As seen outside a petshop and a, um, Christian bookstore in Shinkyogoku, Kyoto. 
“Oh! Powerful Soda” 
狸のボールRemember the Tanuki suit from Super Mario Bros. 3? Of course you do. Statues of tanuki can be found outside many Japanese temples and restaurants, especially noodle shops. These statues often wear big, cone-shaped hats and carry bottles of sake in one hand, and a promissory note or empty purse in the other hand. Tanuki statues always have large bellies. The statues also usually show humorously large testicles, typically hanging down to the floor or ground, although this feature is sometimes omitted in contemporary sculpture. Now consider: Tan-tan-tanuki’s testicles, there isn’t even any wind but still go swing-swing-swing.Japanese Schoolyard Rhyme, translated 
Thanksgiving with the Colonel…as Santa…running for public office in Japan. 
Found this gem tucked away in the Cerego bookshelves, between a Java 1.1 book and “High Schools in Japan” circa 1983. 
On another note, this is a picture of a toilet with a face.
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