The age of the Internet and virtual communication, as well as the dominance of mobile phones, brought to the point that Japanese designers began to unobtrusively remind people what a person looks like when pronouncing words.
So far, this has resulted in innocent pepper shakers, salt shakers, and gravy shakers. In this set for spices, objects differ not in color and not in the usual letters on the side, by which the contents must be identified, but in the shape of the holes. They roughly repeat the movements of a person's lips when he calls the desired product. One white figurine depicts the sound "yu", part of the word "shoyu", which means soy sauce in Japanese. The second "says" "shi", that is, "shio" - salt. The third “pronounces” “ko”, the beginning of the word “kosho” is pepper.
All this is not obvious to you and me, and the Japanese should easily distinguish which jar is in what is. However, it will not be difficult for us to remember, and it is pleasant to revive the table with such silent chatter. After all, these figures are so discreet and at the same time very funny. And there is something to puzzle the guests …