Monkey park!

[moominmolly]

We went to a monkey park!


















We took the trolley to the end of the line, out to the edge of Kyoto, and we were wandering around, realizing that we didn't know how to say "monkey" or "park" or "monkey park" in Japanese, when we found a sign with a cartoony Monchichi thing pointing us down a road to the entrance. It said, in katakana, MANKII PAAKU. Oh! Of course. That's how you say "monkey park". "Monkey paaku!" Similar derivations have been spotted for "melon soda", as well as a thousand other nouns.

Anyway, the monkeys were really cute, walkin' around on their hands like that. I'll let dilletante keep telling the story. Me, I need a nap.

Monkey park!

Comments

[educatedidiot.livejournal.com]

I'd absolutely love to go. I'm all booked up for this year as far as trips go, but hopefully I can convince Deborah to go next year or the year after.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Ooh! I hope you can, too.

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