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Shop advertises as only having the second best ice cream melon pan
23 Comments
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · 43 pts · 1y
Maybe since it's Japan, the cook didn't want to dishonour the master he learned from?
evening_push579@feddit.nu · 30 pts · 1y
Too much kanji, no hiragana or katakana makes it feel like not Japan
tanisnikana@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 1y
Second. Also, I can read Japanese, and that’s Chinese.
Even for someone who’s illiterate, Chinese commas resemble English ones, just placed in the center of a full-width character box. Japanese commas are literally 「、」.
evening_push579@feddit.nu · 8 pts · 1y
TIL about Chinese commas :)
Maybe it is Taiwan then, since there are no simplified characters.
NorthWestWind@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Both signs have simplified characters. It is probably not TW
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · -7 pts · 1y
Hokkaido is in Japan
Stovetop@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
davidgro@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Looks like a brand name
evening_push579@feddit.nu · 8 pts · 1y
Yes, the Hokkaido area is known for their milk production (among other things).
realitista@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 1y
I like to think that they are just being honest with themselves.
tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 11 pts · 1y
The writing is Chinese so I doubt it's in Japan.
imouto@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
It's (Traditional) Chinese.
It can be Taiwan, though lots of Japanese shops put up signs in foreign languages to attract tourists.
tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah, it's not impossible to be Japan, but I was thinking Taiwan or even HK, perhaps.
viking@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 1y
That's Chinese.
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de · 27 pts · 1y
Slightly more believable than "the best in the world".
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 1y
Seems pretty Braggable. Why wouldn't you flaunt that?
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 1y
Yeah, unless the second best is next door id probably settle.
Jeeve65@ttrpg.network · 8 pts · 1y
Hokkaido is also a type of ice cream. Apparently available elsewhere, too. The rest of the text is chinese (at least, deepl recognizes it as such)
BussyCat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
My understanding is it’s less a type of ice cream and more a source of dairy
NorthWestWind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
It's just "second to none" but written more verbosely
WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 1y
Wouldn't it be "second to one"?
NorthWestWind@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
There's a sentence in Cantonese "我認第二冇人敢認第一", which means "if I declare second, no one will declare first".
I wasn't super sure if they meant that because Simplified Chinese is not likely to be Cantonese but Mandarin.
markovs_gun@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
No. Second to none means the best, this means the second best.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel