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

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

Monkey! Monkey!

I've always wanted a pet monkey, although I hear they're actually a lot of trouble.

Monkey!

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

I showed one of these pics to my boss and she said "I used to have a monkey! It was like living with an -- I don't know what. A monkey!" She's been telling monkey disaster stories every since :)

[cutieperson]

there's a place in Boston that trains helper monkeys for quadriplegics. i hear they need foster families to socialize the monkeys.