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What comes to your mind when thinking of Japan?

by QuestionGuy June 28, 2022, 1:55 am

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TIL one of the unifiers of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, once built an entire castle in secret near a castle he had put under siege. After 80 days, he had the trees covering it cut down, making it seem like a castle had sprung up overnight. His enemies surrendered shortly thereafter.

by whatilearned June 25, 2022, 5:04 am

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TIL unlike USA and Northern Europe. It is common for most physicians in Eastern Europe and Japan to not inform patients about either diagnosis or prognosis of their cancer

by whatilearned June 17, 2022, 5:06 pm

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TIL about Shiranui, or Unknown Fire, an atmospheric ghost light seen in the water off Kyushu, Japan. When approached, the lights appear to get farther away. They were formerly believed to be the lamps of the Dragon God, and fishing was prohibited when they were seen.

by whatilearned June 15, 2022, 6:38 am

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TIL just after WW2, the US occupied two provinces of Northern China with 50,000 marines to repatriate the 600,000+ Japanese soldiers and Korean conscripts still in China after the war since neither Japan nor either side of the Chinese Civil War were logistically capable of doing so at the time.

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 11:59 am

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TIL about “Bonin English” — a dialect that is an English/Japanese fusion, spoken on the Ogasawara Islands. Previously uninhabited, the islands’ first modern inhabitants were anglophones in the 19th century. The islands went back and forth between the UK, US, and Japan. Today, they are part of Japan.

by whatilearned June 12, 2022, 6:26 am

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TIL the first game with console crossplay was Capcom vs SNK2 in 2001 which in Japan allowed PS2 and Dreamcast players to play against each other online

by whatilearned June 11, 2022, 5:12 pm

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Why doesn’t Japan get criticized as much as Germany for what they did in WW2 when their crimes are at the same level?

by QuestionGuy June 10, 2022, 11:45 am

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TIL that in Japan, if a train is late, you will receive a ticket saying as such that you can then give to your employer/teacher to prove that your tardiness wasn’t your fault.

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 10:39 pm

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TIL Tactile pavers (the bumpy yellow things at crosswalks) were invented in Japan in 1965 by Seiichi Miyake. He used his own money to create Tenji blocks when one of his close friends was going blind. Now they are used in almost every city across the world.

by whatilearned May 30, 2022, 12:57 am

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TIL that the Animals broke up because, while touring in Japan in 1968, their manager was kidnapped by the tour promoters, who were Yakuza, and put him up for ransom. After the manager escaped, the band was forced to flee the country or be killed by the Yakuza, leaving all of their tour gear behind.

by whatilearned May 28, 2022, 4:39 am

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TIL that Thomas the Tank Engine has several real replicas of the well-known locomotive. They greet tourists throughout Europe, North America, and Japan on heritage railways as part of a “Day Out with Thomas”.

by whatilearned May 22, 2022, 5:39 am

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