Yuriko.Net in English

I bought a commuter pass of East Japan Railway yesterday. The expiration date is “22.2.22″ — quintet 2 — which means “Heisei 22nd year”, Feburary, 22nd. In Japan, the order of the date is usually year, month, date. And month is generally number, not letters. “Heisei 22nd year” means the 22nd year from the current [...]