A Life Savored
Treasuring Life One Photo at a Time
I know this is a random question, but my Japanese is pretty awful, so can anyone else tell me what this says? I ran into it at Arashiyama near the entrance to the monkey park, so I’m assuming it has something to do with that. But what are the two firework looking things? Sorry, but I keep imagining all sorts of responses 😛
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I’m paraphrasing, but I think it says “point Roman candles skyward, not at the monkeys. Please and thank you.”
Hey, so I was right?!? They are firework looking things 🙂 Cool, but at the same time Awwww, that would be awful! who would shoot fireworks at the poor monkeys. 😦
Nobody who can read this sign hopefully!
Do not fry eggs on hairy bras.
Lol!!
Here’s my shot at a translation:
First, across the top it reads “Protect Arashiyama from Fires”
Then, there are three sponsors listed below. The first （嵐山保勝会）is a little tough to for me to put into English; I think the 勝 here refers to 勝地 (shouchi, a place of scenic beauty, used for the Kyoto area), so it would translate as something like “Association for the Preservation of Scenic Beauty”. The second and third sponsors translate simply as “Kyoto Forestry Office” and “Nishi-kyo (West ward) Fire Station”.
Thanks!! They looked like fiery objects, but I thought that was just me. I thought perhaps it was telling the story of a legend about the monkeys or something. I thought maybe they saved the place from a fire, but I guess instead we need to save them 🙂