What day is it today?
It was established in 1987 (Showa 62) by the Japan Civil Engineering Contractors Association and others with the support of the Ministry of Construction (now the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism).
The kanji for “civil engineering” can be broken down into the characters “juuichi” (11) and “juuhachi” (18), so November 18th is the date.
“Civil Engineering Day” Prompt
Anime style, digital blending mode, portrait of a nun carrying lumber for building a building. The nun wears a white wimple on her head, a short red leather skirt, a studded belt, a black and white zebra print tank top that reveals her navel, and a white leather jacket on top. Her heavy metal inspired outfit exudes youthful energy. The combination of modern impressionism and surreal details expresses the vibrancy and spontaneity of a building site.By the way, it also happened to be “Yukimi Daifuku Day”, but it seems the image generation AI had not learned about Yukimi Daifuku, and it kept putting all sorts of things in its mouth, so it was scrapped.
It’s something you put in your mouth, and since it was “Caspian Sea Yogurt Day” I tried it, and “Midjourney” gave me a wild output, so I’ll post it here.
“Caspian Sea Yogurt Day” Prompt
Anime style, digital blend mode, portrait of a nun eating yogurt with a spoon in a trendy cafe. The nun wears a white wimple on her head, a short red leather skirt, a studded belt, a black and white zebra print tank top that shows her navel, and a white leather jacket on the outside. The heavy metal inspired outfit exudes youthful energy. The combination of modern impressionism and surreal details expresses the vibrancy and spontaneity of the cafe interior.It’s also “Mickey Mouse’s birthday”… well,
Summary of what day it is in Japan today:November 18th
- Civil Engineering Day: Established to commemorate the founding of the Japan Engineering Society, this day is a day to reaffirm the importance of civil engineering technology.
- Yukimi Daifuku Day: Established by Lotte to promote their product “Yukimi Daifuku”. November is a play on words, “1 (i) 1 (i)”, and the 18th is because the stick and two Yukimi Daifuku look like “18”.
- Caspian Sea Yogurt Day: Established by Kyoto University Professor Emeritus Yukio Yamori, who brought Caspian Sea yogurt to Japan, and Fujicco, which commercialized Caspian Sea yogurt.
- Self-Checkout Day: Established by NCR Japan Inc. to mark the day when the first self-checkout was put into operation in Japan.
- Music Copyright Day: On this day in 1939 (Showa 14), the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) was founded.
