Kaiju Tourism Bureau Posters

[Kiha66]

Found some fun takes on the old JGR posters!  They'd look great in a train room.

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/601998888/explore-japan-by-rail-kaiju-tourism?ref=shop_home_active_1&crt=1

https://www.etsy.com/listing/602000124/tour-japan-kaiju-tourism-bureau-poster?ref=shop_home_active_5

https://www.etsy.com/shop/chetart?section_id=24167832

[Cat]

We saw those earlier, and Roxanne declared she really liked the Gojira one a couple of times.  So that's on order for her birthday!
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[cteno4]

Damn you sam! Had to pick up the first one! Sucker for that old tourism poster style and of course goji!
 

jeff

[Cat]

His 'See Bavaria' movie inspired one is brilliant too.

[cteno4]

I’ll dig out my goji ramen and sushi tee shirts here.

 

jeff

[cteno4]

This guy has a nice warped sense of humor! 
 

https://www.teepublic.com/user/ChetArt

 

jeff

[railsquid]

Aaaarrgh, pity about the literal translation of "Japanese Government Railways", should be "鉄道省".

[Kiha66]

23 minutes ago, railsquid said:

Aaaarrgh, pity about the literal translation of "Japanese Government Railways", should be "鉄道省".

 

Is it possible the old JGR posters had the same mistake?

[railsquid]

4 hours ago, Kiha66 said:

 

Is it possible the old JGR posters had the same mistake?

 

Actually digging about a bit (looking for "鉄道省 ポスター") they seem to bear the name "○○鐵道局", i.e. the name of the regional office issuing the poster.

 

"日本の政府鉄道" is certainly rather odd usage in that context, sounds like a literal translation by a non-native speaker (and makes it sound like the Japanese Government has a railway for its own use).

[Kiha66]

Thanks Squid!  Sounds like the artists didn't have the benefit of a native speaker (or a train fan) when making that part of the poster.  

[Cat]

8 hours ago, railsquid said:

(and makes it sound like the Japanese Government has a railway for its own use).

 

Well, of course they have a railway for their own use, or at least for the use of the Japanese branch of the U.N.G.C.C.
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