Crazy ENGRISH | Japanese-English Marketing 

When I traveled to China, I saw a sweet looking grandma wearing a t-shirt that said "I like to be on top"

One of the best examples of Japanese English I have seen was a list of the symptoms of the flu. They were all pretty normal except the last: "Feeling of worthlessness."

"star" is a cool English word so is "innovation" let's stick them together no, we gotta make it plural, we got more than one of them "star + vation + s" "starvations" ｐｅｒｆｅｃｔｉｏｎ． _japanese businessman noises_

I saw a guy with a tshirt written "sorry Boys but this Girl is taken" on it.

Once saw a menu item for "chicken rude and unreasonable" which I think was meant to be chicken jerk

I ate a banana today. It was so bananaful that I flew like a scallop. It was like magic.

Once, I saw a girl wearing a hat with the words “Need Porn” written boldly on the front.

"J'adore" on an Italian flag.

I saw an older Japanese woman on Mt. Fuji wearing a hat that said "PERVERT" in big, bold letters across the front. Hilarious!!

the capsule hotel I visited had this rule: "The man doesn't put it in the female zone". Me: right... gotcha. damn.

My favourite was a backpack inviting you to feel the soft texture of the material on the rear of the bag. It said "Please touch my backside."

This was the best laugh I’ve had in a long time. Please make another one sometime.

As a black man, hopefully no one tries to wear me while I'm strolling around in Japan.

In japan I saw a shirt that said "Smell of a new period" on a young man. :,D Maybe the makers meant "Smell of a new era" :D

During my visit to the great wall of China many years ago there was a sign that said Forbidden to Fall

There are some toilets with baby seats for women to put their baby in when they pee. Cool, I thought. Clever. Then I read one of the warning instructions: *"Don't fold the baby."* Don't WHAT?!?!

Haha reminds me of I sign on a car repair shop in rural Oman... "for the repair and attempt to repair motor vehicles". I think it's the most honest sign ever

You need to make a series of this

In Peru I encountered a lingerie shop with the name "Kids made here". I still find it funny. And yes the lingerie that was sold there was rather "inviting". :P

Ran across "Sexual Harassment Space Cherry" in Shinjuku on holiday. Also a series of unfortunately named photo booths called 'Cyunt'.

Once I was in Thailand, and on a menu was "Fried Friend"...

Many years ago I bought a RC Car that had the following in the manual: "Personal store murder is not included in servicing".

Duuuude this works the opposite way as well, I was at Ross with my sister and we found a hoodie with the words shoe hat in Japanese and we laughed at it for five minutes

Oh...Sometimes, in Canada, everything is bilingual. Exepte that many companies forget to hire someone who actually speaks french. So you have wonderful details such as "Litière de chats" as a translation for "cat litter" exept that "de" implies that the litter is made out of cats rather than being for cats. Also...one packet of cookies with this wonderful translation: "ménage à trois" which translates to "threesome".

"Bon Jovi" is a Joke of the shopkeeper probably. It is "Bon Jiri" actually.

At Nijo castle in Kyoto, there are a couple of signs for tours, one says "Individuals" and the other one says "Groupsiduals"

I was in a Japanese shop and saw a tote bag with a monster on it and it read "I think square best shape in world"

I saw a sign the other day that read "LITTERING IS FINE"

The best memory of botched English translation I have is from two years ago in Prague... It was right after the death of bassist Lemmy from Mötorhead. There was an English newspaper in the café on the first floor with the headline "Lemmy killed by death".

A man has freedom as a man. It is dream, love.... and everything else. Black Man is pursuing it forever. Black Man makes you to be free. It is a nice Taste.

Thanks for all these treasures, Chris, I couldn't stop laughing. I found this friendly warning on a menu in a tiny restaurant in Kyoto: "We cannot deal with vegetarianism. In everything is used fish" The fish tasted quite fresh though.

When I was in Vietnam, they had french fried in the menu. Never try to "colonize" another country, or you will end up on their menu. XD

I once passed a crepe stand in Kyoto where the crepes were described as being filled with "Flesh Cream". I think they meant 'fresh cream' - but none the less I was quite weary to try it. My Japanese friends didn't quite get the laughter.

On my travels through India i found plenty of establishments labeled as a "Cum Restaurant's", but my personal favourite had to be a bakery called "Bread Pitt".

i vividly remember being like 10 years old back home in my non-english speaking country and i found a black tshirt in a thrift store. it said something like "I am a virgin. But this T is old". And I had no idea what it meant but i liked the design and mom, who's AN ENGLISH TEACHER, cracked up and let me buy it................................. love u mom

The best one I've seen while in Japan was the package for a shower cap. It said "It will make you feel Tree"

I regret not buying the shirt I saw in Tokyo that had “NO SMOKING, NO LIFE!” on it

the childrens cloting store cracked me up "starvations"

Woah, we're halfway theeeeere/ Whoooooa! Chicken derriere!

I remembered this video so I googled "black man underwear" and oh boy I did not think that one through

Talking about odd English, I remember once in Spain, a restaurant had translated chicken breast (Pechuga de pollo in Spanish) as chicken boobs. I just couldn't stop laughing!

My experience with English marketing in East Asia: a skyscraper in Xining, Quingai (China) with GIANT neon lights sprawled down the side that say "Baby Party Number 5". My colleagues and I spent some time trying to locate Baby Parties 1 through 4. We were unsuccessful. A second favorite was a small convenience store in Beijing called "Daddy's Girl", owned and run by one middle-aged man.

I have a couple from my travels in japan. "Beware of smoking or bonfire" "Never leave" and "Baby rest inside" (in a women's bathroom) "Thank you for use. Slowly. Please relax." (On a toothbrush's packaging.) "It is very delicious rice cake. Please for a souvenior." "The sweets politely finished up. It is delicious of the surprise. Surely, we will send happy time to you." (On an ice cream cup) I also had another one which was absolutely hilarious, but it seems I've lost the picture of it so I can't remember what it read. ;_; It was in a fitting room in some clothing store and it was about taking off your shoes. I still don't remember what it said but I do remember that it spelled shoes like "shose" or something like that, and everything else on it was also similar innocent gibberish as what read on that ice cream cup.

3:47 they clearly mistranslated "vegetarian" to "woman-friendly".

When I lived in Japan the faucet in the dorm kitchen broke and the maintenance guy put a note on it: "the faucet appears to have got a shock. was your dishes in the room as it recovers."

In Ethiopia we ordered a meal, and they tried to write the bill in English and ended up writing "Sex Thunderday And Fruntlyloof". We each ended up paying a large amount of money so they could just give us the change. We got no change. To this day we still speculate just how much Sex Thunderday And Fruntlyloof is worth.

I think they thought to fuse "star" and "innovations" and that made "starvations". OOF

I burst into laughter many times here. Good job man

I'm naming my band Monster Priest Octopus Sausage now

As a second generation Japanese Canadian, I totally get the craziness of engrish! 😂 Loved "Bon Jovi" chicken as well as "monster priest octopus sausage"! 🤣🤣🤣 I've seen massage clinics spelled as "message", or adverts promoting "plecious stons" when trying to sell gemstones. My favourite sign went something like; "to exit, go back towards your behind...." 😂😂😂

I once bought a notebook at the 100 yen store that had a photo of puppies in a basket on it. The text said "small dogs jammed into box." A fave of mine was a beer making kit that said "Let's beer!" all over it. I find that a useful expression for many occasions.

Coming back to relive the hilarity that is Black Man underwear, and just had to put this out there: Chris I miss seeing more of these kinds of videos from you! The witty Britishness, you're like the Jeremy Clarkson of Japan, but with the arrogance knob turned way down haha. Its classic, subtle humor and its fantastic. Please don't stop doing your thing, as always the quality of your newest content is awesome! Would love to see another japanglish episode!

At my local Chinese takeout there is a dish called chicken in Wikipedia flavour.

While exploring Harajuku, my friends and I stumbled upon this goth store named "Sex Pot Revenge". The sign outside of the store also had this magical line "Decontrol of war, no feeble bastard". Honestly, it was the most profound thing I had found on my journey and it's a piece of wisdom I still carry with me today.

I have never really realized how good he is at choosing the background music. Now that I've noticed, i can't but to see more examples of him making great decisions.

"im so confusing and so im end up buying it" Great marketing indeed

Oh that food is woman-friendly? I've been looking for woman-friendly foods for such a long time now! Everyday I'm starving!

My favourite store in japan is called something like "The Heart Store" due to their slogan "There is a heart in our store", like there is just a real heart sitting in a glass case in the middle of the store.

I love how the Priest Octopus Sausage is chasing a little boy.

"Black Man Super Bikini" Should have been "Mankini"

"When hair goes smoothly so does life"

I'm studying as a foreign student in a japanese university right now and outside my dorm building they have a sign that reads "BUILDING NO. 38: INTERNATIONAL STUDENCE"

That Secret Sexy Club called "L'aman", in Filipino it may mean "meat".

There's a club in the Roppongi district that's supposedly catering to Black clientele called "Club Motherf*cker" (mind you it's not censored!)

"Erogance" ooh, it's going with "Ero" and "elegance" ....such concept blew my mind!

THIS lol "Fly like a scallop, from the sea. Fly like a scallop, a priest octopus is after me"

I once owned a shirt that said "Are you romantic type?". I knew what it meant, and I kept it anyway.

I saw a hair salon in Osaka, called "IT'S HAIR". But it wasn't a big surprise actually. I live in a small town in Germany now, there's a second hand clothing store called "TWO HANDS FASHION".

A few months ago in Kyoto: "Be your happiness with the flower."

Come on and slam and welcome to Japan

This video is 100% women-friendly!

We laugh at these, but honestly I find them a great way to improve my Japanese learning, because these give an insight on the kinds of expressions and sentence structures that is natural for Japanese to use in their language.

Video makes good funny. Comedy has I laughing.

I think what they were going for with Starvations was a portmanteau of "star" and "innovations" without factoring in that starvation is an actual English word with a significantly different meaning

James Veitch needs to go shopping in Japan so that he can take the mick out of it, find out Solomon is trying to ship him gold again then do a collab with Chris

I one time ordered something for Japan and the box had a warning, ”Can cause hurt”

I went to a store called Tai Ping. It's a super market that sells Asian food. We went to look for some Kikkoman and ended up finding Crap Paste (Crab Paste).

SURELY WE CAN DO BETTER THAN "STARVATIONS". If you were going to brand a children's discount clothing chain, what would you call it? And where would you rather go; Secret Sexy Club, Sexy Friendly Club or Club Bitter?

Elotic is called Ero in Japanese. Ero + EIegance ＝ Erogance That is not a spelling miss but a coined word.

"Are you aware of your own defect?" Still the craziest word ever.

"Eat or be eaten!" Positive motivation on a menu is always welcome .

My favourite crepe shop in Harajuku's slogan is 'Come on sweet girls'. As enticing as that is, 10 a.m is a better time for crepes and a bit to early for..ah..

😂😂😂I haven't laughed like this in months... The world's not been a funny place recently.. So this was very much needed.. And the comments are God sent funny 😂 thank you all 👍🏻

One of my favorites when I visited Japan was "Oops! Hair!"

In thailand there's a store chain called "Pink Pussy" it has cheap makeup and stuff geared towards 15 year olds. Seeing that was pretty great.

I don't normally write comments on RU-vid but I am obsessed with your channel and it has inspired me to start learning Japanese.

Brilliant exposé as usual - love your channel and your most amusing delivery. I've only been to Japan once for 10 days and loved it, but yea, the Engrish provided another dimension to my enjoyment

In Thailand, they sold toilet paper on a restaurant menu. They branded is as a European specialty...

The Eat or be Eaten

i lost it when you smirked after "secret sexy club." and “halfway up the chicken's---" love the editing, chris. your transitions are seamless! and the music and sfx, thumbs up.

In the Black Man underwear section I literally starting laughing so hard that I choked on my own spit and had to stand up and go get water.

In Korea again, I saw a guy wearing a shirt that read, "art is fraudlant." Which I guess is close enough to "fraudulent,"?

"Family Rope" That some kinky family

I do like my bananas to be bananaful.

This has become my fave RU-vid channel. You rock Chris and I'm sure you'll find love in Japan!!!

In Venezuela many years ago I saw an English translation on a menu offering "Trouser Leg of Pork". There were a few other strange ones, but that's the one that always stuck with me.

My friend went to France and saw a French sauce translated below as squirt crème

We had a professional race car driver who publicly said "It is not the fart that kills, it is the smell" as fart means speed and smell means crash. Also more than once I have heard vegetables been called "green cases" here in Norway. Still not anything near what you experience, but funny. We must appreciare this free entertainment.

I am having a bad day today but I have to admit, this video cheered me up. Thank you Chris.

0:42 "Prease come here again". This is absolutely priceless!!