Guangzhou Style (Patreon)

During the past week I was in Guangzhou, China for work (FYI, this is a city a few dozen kilometers inland from Hong Kong or Macau). Although I know not many Japanese people like to travel to this much bigger western neighbor now, and obtaining the visit visa was a big pain, I nonetheless admit I really enjoyed the stay. The food was very good (important!) and there was this air of  benign aggressiveness with its people, that I may choose to write about later on.

In the pic - "Lawson" is originally a Japanese convenience store chain which franchises in China, but it seems China people added a new promo character which is much prettier than our own. She is still Japan-esque, but looks a bit antique (like in our 00's style?). In all, I perceive it to be a very cute intercultural nod :-)

(Photos by Aster)