Even though I've now lived in Japan over two years I still can't read Japanese signs and posters to save my life. Luckily cartoons and diagrams are pretty popular over here so there are often lots of visual clues to unravel their meanings. Here are a bunch of health posters and other interesting signs I've come across in the last few weeks...

Follow up:

Beware of teeth ants! They like to pour honey on your teeth, roll around in it and then poke at your teeth with spears!!!







Even if it's hot out, don't drink bottles of mysterious yellow liquid.















That's enough cute cartoons for now. Let's look at the other staple of high school nurse's offices... the disgusting diseases of mystery posters!




Skin cancer or perhaps the dreaded flesh eating disease?



If you have bad acne, make sure to poke holes in it with thin metal rods.




Let's not.






What has to be the greatest store in the world!




Heh heh heh... Poon.



The product of this dog's strained effort kind of resembles the Teddy Brothers from the last pic.




Make up your mind!



You can pretend that you're killing a Muppet with every bite.




Miruku does a body good.