Feb 3

JetWit Blog Beat: The Cheetos Makeover

Anecdote Article, Blogs, Cartoon/Illustration, Humor, Writers Cheetos, Engrish, JetWit BlogBeat, Lars Martinson Comments Off on JetWit Blog Beat: The Cheetos Makeover

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JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong (Iwate-ken, 2002-04) is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni.  Crystal is a former English-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works as a media planner in Chelsea and sorely misses all her favorite midtown ramen joints.

Nothing brightens a gloomy winter morning faster than a dose of that irresistible Engrish the Japanese churn out so prolifically (despite our best efforts to guide them otherwise).

Cartoonist Lars Martinson (Fukuoka, 2003-2006), author of the graphic novel Tonoharu: Part 1, shares a gem found on a bag of “Gourmet Cheetos”: http://larsmartinson.com/sophisticated-junk-food/