Most streets don't seem to have names unless you are in a 'downtown' area. Once you head out into the towns and villages (we live in a village within a town) there are many signs like this that seem to be names of intersections. For example, I took this picture of the Nango Tunnel Ent. sign, about 50 meters after exiting the Nango tunnel, while facing straight ahead.
Here is an Electric store I happened past during a walk. I'm pretty sure this stuff is outside day or night. Perhaps it's safe because if you move one thing, everything else will come crashing down and make enough noise that the owner would hear it. This is not an example of the regular business. Most are, though quite crowded, orderly and neat.
DD LOVED these little bunnies!
This building and many many others in Yokosuka are testament to the Japanese ability to focus on detail and be patient. I believe this building is 13 floors and still they took the time to tile and grout the entire thing with approx 3' x 3' tiles (where you see the darker ones, they are maybe 3' x 5').
This little sticker on the back of this car indicates that this is a handicap driver. They decided that the little guy in the wheelchair didn't seem very pleasant, so they have switched to clovers which are a symbol of goodluck and happiness. Do I detect some irony??
It's also common to see two-toned water drop stickers on cars indicating that it is an elderly driver. Allowed for those over 70, mandatory for those over 76.
And then the most scary sticker looks kinda like an open book, with one page yellow and one page green. These are the people you want to avoid! It is a requirement for new drivers to have this sticker on their car for the first full year they are driving, after that they are free to remove it. If you happen to be in an accident with someone who's a new driver, even if they t-bone you, guess who's fault it is... That's right, it's yours! Because as a seasoned driver, you should know how to get out of their way. More scary though than the fact that many of these cars are new drivers is that most of these drivers are Americans who, because they are nervous have put these on their car in hopes that others will avoid them. (if these folks hit you, it's shared fault, because they are not in fact 'new drivers') Anyway, their stickers work, cause I stay as far from them as I can.
Side note: Insurance here is SUPER CHEAP!! For our JCI (Japanese Compulsary Insurance)/liability it cost something like $350 for 2 years. The military requires us to have additional liability ins just in case, which cost us a pocket wrenching $280 a year. For both of us. The reason ins can be this cheap is that unless you are in an accident with someone handicaped, over 76 or driving less than a year, everyone is to blame. Doesn't matter who hit who. One of the guys from my husband's command was hit by a car while riding his motorcycle. He tried to tell his insurance that he had no fault. They refused to acknowledge the claim unless he accepted 1% blame. So he finally did and his 'at fault' portion was that he can't speak Japanese, which makes him 1% guilty in the accident. lol.
An overhead crosswalk system.
Japanese speed bumps.
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