Examples of right-to-left writing in Japan

This page was created on Thu Feb 21 2013 and last changed on Sat Oct 05 2024.

焼み好お風島広

土浦魚市場

スペシャル　ドリンク

The above sign has now disappeared from the golf club.

This is a sign from the WW2 era. The sign is on display in the Edo Tokyo Museum, which is near the national sumo stadium.

This poster was on display in the Edo Tokyo Museum.

事商輸運藤新

This is a typical right-hand side of a truck.

In this truck, the name "KUKIZAKI" is written in reverse as "IKAZIKUK" underneath the reversed Japanese letters.