The Japanese Embassy has not yet answered ROFL Indian’s question.His question is genuine.Poor guy.

Overnight, I had gained deep insights into the medicinal properties of Japani Oil. It seemed this concoction had definitely something to do with restoring the electrical charges of battered male batteries. Maybe the man and the woman in the picture weren’t afterall exhausted from doing the laundry. It was an exciting discovery of course, which needed independent verification. I contacted the Japan Information Centre of the Embassy of Japan, for help. Here’s the email I wrote to them (I’m not kidding. I actually wrote a mail to the embassy!)

Nao, an avid art lover in Yokohama announces a gallery opening for an Indian artist N.S. Harsha. A display of his vision of the Banana Leaf Thali exposes Japanese art lovers to the culinary culture of South India:

The food express the culture, I think that she express the people themselves who live in there trough the works. The people is unique, that’s why the works also interesting. [sic]

Wishing the photos were a bit bigger to reveal more detail, the plastic replicas immediately reminded me of the almost life-like knitted banana leaf thali that Nupur uses in her template for One Hot Stove.