Did the Yokohama engraving thing
For schedule reasons, I wasn't able to join my gf in her trip to Japan to visit an old friend. However, my Leica MP did. She was gracious enough to help me get the thing done. I sent it with her along with a card in Chinese to tell the man I wasn't able to meet him directly and requested that he absolutely desecrate my camera as he pleased. My only true request was to have my government Chinese name put on there. She found him taking a nap in the back and a sign to say to wake him up via phone call. He woke and jumped straight into it with no hesitation.
Enjoy the results, or cry depending on what kind of tool owner you are.
For future thread rabbit holers: May 2026, still about 10,000 yen (CAD$ 87, USD$63), and took 20 mins. He still only speaks Chinese and won't be able to communicate much, as other threads have said. Gf noted there was a line up formed as soon as she woke him as he's becoming more and more popular from social media.