Time in Japan

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Happy Cat Day!

In Japan, it’s Cat Day!

That’s because 2 (二)in Japanese is pronounced “ni”,  and the sound that cat’s make is ニャ(“nya”.  That makes today’s date 2/22 (technically, 二月二十二日 or 2月22日“nigatsu nijuuninichi”, but possibly ににに(“ni ni-ni” close enough to “nya-nya-nya” to count.


Yes, it’s a stretch, but it’s been Cat Day since 1986.

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