Tokyo Explorer » Did you know? (Trivia)

Did you know? #37

TE — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:00:44 +0000

Japanese golfer Jumbo Ozaki is nicknamed the ‘Yen Collector’ due to his preference to play solely on the Japanese tour?

TE — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:00:24 +0000

Japan’s first prime minister – Ito Hirobumi – once attempted to burn down the early British Legation buildings? He failed.

TE — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:00:11 +0000

Van Gogh once considered becoming an ukiyo-e (woodblock print) dealer?

TE — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:00:21 +0000

The entire Japanese language is made up of 101 syllables?

TE — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:00:08 +0000

The Inazo Nitobe book Bushido, was penned in English – the Japanese language translation coming later?

TE — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:00:20 +0000

Mount Fuji last erupted in 1707 and is now dormant, as opposed to extinct?

TE — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:00:22 +0000

Japan has three basketball associations!?

TE — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:00:37 +0000

Former Beatles member Paul McCartney spent time in prison when visiting Japan in the early 1980s for possession of a ‘questionable substance’?

TE — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:00:02 +0000

The Japan owned Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific are known as the Bonin Islands in the west?

TE — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:00:14 +0000

The grave of Tokugawa Yoshinobu in Yanaka Cemetery stands for eternity beside that of his wife, surrounded by the graves of his concubines?