I've been commuting on Meitetsu for 25 years, and last week I noticed a JR advertisement for the first time. Looking closer, it is from JR Kyushu (not JR Tokai, which is in fierce competition with Meitetsu). 名鉄電車内のJR広告は初めて見たが、JR九州ですね。JR東海の広告は見えない。

弘南鉄道　運動公園前駅　黒石ゆき Konan Railway train at Sports Park Station in Hirosaki

We buy most of our milk at "Genki" as it is the cheapest shop for some items. I just wonder why the price goes up when you buy more than two packs of milk? That does not happen with other products. なぜ「GENKI」で牛乳パックを買うと、３点目以上は高くなりますか？

An arch is the entrance gate to a traditional shopping street in Japan. Local businesses use them for advertising, but they are also have slogans promoting traffic safety. 商店街のアーチ　愛知県豊明市

New Video: Aoi Mori Railway 新しいビデオ：青い森鉄道 https://t.co/jY96xwsBRj

Shinkansen and other trains in the SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya. It's a great museum, however note that except for the Tokaido Shinkansen no other shinkansen trains are shown, and not even mentioned in the exhibitions. 名古屋市　リニア・鉄道館

Taiwan Beer in a typical Taiwanese setting

Hirota Shrine in Aomori. As this is "apple country" there are even apples in the water of the temizuya! 青森市　廣田神社　手水舎にリンゴがある！

Kanji are difficult to learn and to write. For example, the "go" 護 of "hogosha"「保護者」(legal guardian) has 20 strokes, and it seems that even Japanese do not always know how to write it, and may therefore replace it with a katakana as shown below. 漢字は難しい！

In Germany, "asia gourmet" is a chain of Asian fast-food restaurants. Fried noodles, lots of chicken, some tofu added, that is just a mix of some Asian ingredients. Not very authentic, but it does sell. 「アジア・グルメ」はドイツのチェーン店

Early morning view from the panorama-style seats on the Meitetsu express. 名鉄パノラマスーパーからの眺め

Meitetsu panorama super limited express 名鉄パノラマスーパー快速特急豊橋ゆき　前後駅付近

Two different signs in the same supermarket, obviously meaning the same "cat food", but why is it written with katakana キャットフード on the sign hanging from the ceiling, while the one at the shelves uses some kanji 猫用フード? 「キャットフード」と「猫用フード」の違いは？

I couldn't agree more. Hepburn is the only useful method to transcribe Japanese.

Work for geographers? 「地図に残る仕事」= "Work that remains on the map" Nice advert from Taisei Construction.

In Japan factories and building sites often stress workplace safety or 安全第一. This includes maps with the routes to the nearest hospital as seen in these photos, as part of the site's signage. 日本の工事現場で「安全第一」は、近くに病院へのルートは展示されている

半田赤レンガ建物（名鉄電車住吉町駅徒歩5分）で開催中の『ドイツフェスティバル』会場ではドイツ路面電車写真展も同時開催中です。フェスは明日までですが写真展は月末まで。 #半田赤レンガ #ドイツフェスティバル

Does this logo suggest that you should use the toilet only if you dress properly, so men would have to wear a tie?

貨物列車　厨川駅 Freight train near Morioka

I got very many replies for my post about "boring" newly built Japanese houses. But with just as little bit of effort the area can look much nicer, as shown in this sunny photo here. This is also all built by the same developer (in this case by Toyota Home). 愛知県豊明市