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1. Wim ???? (wim_v12e@octodon.social)'s status on Monday, 10-May-2021 06:14:37 JST Wim ????

   This is a blog post I wrote a few years ago: "A shop, the planets and the days of the week"

   In Tokyo there is a shop called Sui Kin Chi Ka Moku Do Ten Mei Kai, written 水金地火木土天冥海. At first glance this seems a very long, hard to pronounce and difficult to remember name, so why name a shop like that? I went to find out and from there got on to the connection between the planets and the days of the week in #Japanese.

   https://quickandtastycooking.org.uk/articles/suikin-planets-weekdays/

   • とねぢ ＠Minoh-don（ash） (toneji@minohdon.jp)'s status on Monday, 10-May-2021 06:23:57 JST とねぢ ＠Minoh-don（ash）

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     @wim_v12e @Eidon In Japan, we use this phrase in science class to memorize the names of the planets in the solar system in order of proximity to the sun. The reason why the order of Neptune and Pluto is different is that there was a time when Pluto was in the inner part of the solar system. There was some confusion when astronomers announced that Pluto was not a planet:)