Camellia Tea Ceremony🐱SUPER CATS & NINJA🥷
Happy 'Cat Day' (ねこの日/ニャンの日 'Neko-no-hi' or 'Nyan-no-hi')!😺🥳
'Meow' in Japanese is 'nya-' (にゃー)...
...as February 22nd (22.2 'ni ni ni') sounds a little like "nya nya nya", the day is devoted to our feline friends.
The date of National Cat Day is different for each country. In Japan the 'Executive Cat Day Committee' selected February 22nd in 1978🐈⬛🐈🐾
If you're a cat lover, please take a look at this previous thread over on X.
It's filled with photos of local cats, and information about a cat temple, cat snacks, cat charms, a shrine filled with cats, and mention of my very own micro-panthers...
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https://twitter.com/camelliakyoto/status/1449185216946335745?s=20&t=IF3UnvXIMibQpnwe1hlV2Q🐈⬛
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😺😼😽CATURDAY😹🙀😿 imperial palace- in Kyōto even cats have futons! 百敷や都は猫もふとん哉 -Issa (小林一茶), 1819. Kyōto is not particularly cat crazy, but there is a wealth of cat-inspired tales, sweets, charms & cuteness (or devilry) to be found. Let's explore!🔎 #caturday
🥷NINJA DAY🥷
So it turns out that February 22nd is not only 'Cat Day', but is also celebrated as 'Ninja Day' (忍者の日)🤯
Again it is thanks to word play.
22.2 = 'ni ni ni', a shortening of 'nin(ja) nin nin' (忍者 にん にん), the sound ninja make when striking a pose.
Shuriken (手裏剣 lit. 'hidden hand blade') came in many different shapes.
Samurai commonly carried 'bō shuriken' (棒手裏剣 'stick shuriken'), rather than the more familiar star-shaped ones, as these could kill in the right hands. 'Ninja stars' were intended more as a distraction.
This morning I came across a selection of 'bō shuriken' (棒手裏剣 'stick shuriken') in the storeroom. Commonly carried by samurai, rather than ninja, you can see that they come in all shapes and sizes.
#ninja #忍者の日 #shuriken #bōshuriken #棒手裏剣 #stickshuriken #Japan
