Engrish is the name given to butchered English by the Japanese people. It provides hours of entertainment and a barral of laughs. Now I’m not saying that I don’t butcher the Japanese language so this post it all in good fun.

Our manager is very good about putting notices up in Japanese and English which is greatly appreciated. However, they don’t lack English mistakes. One of our favorites was when he bought new “flying pans” and proudly announced it on the board. So the other day I came upon the following photo at our guest house and I am more than happy to share it with you.

Now what he means is “Staff Only” to ward off people from putting their belongings in this specific corner of the house.  However, with the easy vowel mistake of “a” and “u” it has now become “Stuff Only”.   Now if this was an area that we all shared it wouldn’t necessarily be a mistake -although a bit weird- as maybe he is might be implying that you can’t put food or something there.  But because it’s a private area it makes me what do ask, “What things can we put back there other than stuff?”.  Haha.  Makes me giggle every time I walk past it.

Thank you Koga-san!