How many countries in the world have infomercials on TV for whale bacon?

-1 Japan
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My original plan for Golden Week this year was to take my bike on a bus up north to Aormori, ride a loop Lake Towada then head back to Fukushima. That would have been 550 km over five days.
Unfortunately, while out cycling on Wednesday my right knee got a sudden sharp pain that flares up [...]

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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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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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