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No discussion about Don Quijote can be complete without the theme song playing in the background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJyYrrDKYZE https://www.youtub

No discussion about Don Quijote can be complete without the theme song playing in the background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJyYrrDKYZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJyYrrDKYZE This plays on continuous loop at all stores.

eru 8y ago
They have an English version in Singapore. They relented on the continuous loop, but you still hear it quite often. They also have hilariously bad Engrish on their in-store signs. I assume it's deliberate, because anyone I talked to there speaks English just fine. The baked yams the article mentions are really super popular here, too.
- Teknoman117 8y ago
  I've been in a few and also assume it's deliberate. To be honest, I get a huge kick out of funky/odd/slightly off translations. I know they're trying their best and I seriously appreciate that, but I still find it humorous when it's really bad, just as I expect them to find humor in me goofing up trying to say something in Japanese. On the really bad note, I saw what I assume to be donation box on the memorial to mobilized children in Hiroshima that said 'Please Help Yourself'. I had to do a second read of that and it conjured up a mental image of some American digging around in the box for spare change to the sheer horror of Japanese onlookers. But who knows, maybe that was the proper translation and it was for the poor who couldn't quite make the change they needed for something essential. But when I see a box of money bolted to a memorial, I generally assume it's either for the people being memorialized or upkeep of the memorial. Other interesting translations from my Japan vacation: - 24 hr Reparking - The coke of food for specified health use. - A lamp warning label that said "mind the burn."
  - eru 8y ago
    Oh, my remark on the signage was about the in-store signs in Don Don Donki in Singapore (where English is the most common language), not in Japan.
hn_throwaway_99 8y ago
Continuous loop? I feel for their employees' sanity.
- beetwenty 8y ago
  It isn't literally a continuous loop, not in all locations at least. The ones I visited when I was touring last year were playing a more typical department store tracklist, but I did hear the theme at least once.
gabaix 8y ago
I visited a Don Quijote for my first night in Japan. I went for a stroll at 3am as I was jetlagged. I stumbled upon one Don Quijote. The music was playing very loud among the empty aisles. I stayed there for a while, completely bemused by the sheer level of noise and lighting.
rladd 8y ago
The Don Quijote I go to sometimes in Asakusa plays only the first 26 seconds of that on a continuous loop. It's maddening.
benbojangles 8y ago
That's not true Donki, this is true Donki: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp-0hieFC9D/?utm_source=ig_web_options_share_sheet https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp-0hieFC9D/?utm_source=ig_web_o...
SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
Definitely not unique to Donki though. Loft do it too (FWIW I love their theme song, it's ridiculously catchy).

eru 8y ago

They have an English version in Singapore. They relented on the continuous loop, but you still hear it quite often. They also have hilariously bad Engrish on their in-store signs. I assume it's deliberate, because anyone I talked to there speaks English just fine. The baked yams the article mentions are really super popular here, too.

Teknoman117 8y ago
I've been in a few and also assume it's deliberate. To be honest, I get a huge kick out of funky/odd/slightly off translations. I know they're trying their best and I seriously appreciate that, but I still find it humorous when it's really bad, just as I expect them to find humor in me goofing up trying to say something in Japanese. On the really bad note, I saw what I assume to be donation box on the memorial to mobilized children in Hiroshima that said 'Please Help Yourself'. I had to do a second read of that and it conjured up a mental image of some American digging around in the box for spare change to the sheer horror of Japanese onlookers. But who knows, maybe that was the proper translation and it was for the poor who couldn't quite make the change they needed for something essential. But when I see a box of money bolted to a memorial, I generally assume it's either for the people being memorialized or upkeep of the memorial. Other interesting translations from my Japan vacation: - 24 hr Reparking - The coke of food for specified health use. - A lamp warning label that said "mind the burn."
- eru 8y ago
  Oh, my remark on the signage was about the in-store signs in Don Don Donki in Singapore (where English is the most common language), not in Japan.

hn_throwaway_99 8y ago

Continuous loop? I feel for their employees' sanity.

beetwenty 8y ago
It isn't literally a continuous loop, not in all locations at least. The ones I visited when I was touring last year were playing a more typical department store tracklist, but I did hear the theme at least once.

gabaix 8y ago

I visited a Don Quijote for my first night in Japan. I went for a stroll at 3am as I was jetlagged. I stumbled upon one Don Quijote. The music was playing very loud among the empty aisles. I stayed there for a while, completely bemused by the sheer level of noise and lighting.

rladd 8y ago

The Don Quijote I go to sometimes in Asakusa plays only the first 26 seconds of that on a continuous loop. It's maddening.

benbojangles 8y ago

That's not true Donki, this is true Donki: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp-0hieFC9D/?utm_source=ig_web_options_share_sheet https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp-0hieFC9D/?utm_source=ig_web_o...

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago

Definitely not unique to Donki though. Loft do it too (FWIW I love their theme song, it's ridiculously catchy).