Here’s some information on the days of the week that those with a cursory knowledge of Japanese may find interesting.
Now, these are the days of the week in Japanese (literal translation of kanji in parenthesis):
月曜日 (Day of the Moon) = Monday
火曜日 (Day of Fire) = Tuesday
水曜日 (Day of Water) = Wednesday
木曜日 (Day of Wood) = [...]

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FYI, the title and content of this post will make more sense for people who’ve studied Japanese for at least a week.
The title of this post is the current advertising slogan for Calpis. Long ago I came to terms with the amusing connotation of the beverage’s name in English, however this new slogan made me [...]

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You’re not going to see post YouTube stuff here that I didn’t have a hand in somehow, but this video is too amazingly awesome to not post.
Last year I went to a sumo tournament at the Ryogoku Kokugikan. After that and watching sumo on TV quite a bit makes this that much more awesome.

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For the purposes of modern television sets, TV networks in Japan broadcast via four systems. Two are terrestrial (analog and digital), and two are via satellite (BS and CS, both digital). If you happen to be interested in how Japan’s ISDB standard differs from the North American digital standards of ATSC, there are the Wikipedia [...]

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