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Were anniversaries and events organized by companies?
In addition, did Japanese tradition actually originate overseas?
Tonight, Manabu will explore the roots of anniversaries and events that are not known to many people.
I'm Manabu. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
Our guests for tonight are the two of them, who are in reverse order.
Have you heard of "yojo"?
Oh, it's true. It's my first time hearing of it.
That's right. It changed from "yojo" to "tsukune".
Even though you're doing it for us to remember your name, you're making a lot of mistakes.
That's right.
The staff will say, "Oh, I'm sorry about that."
What's the worst mistake you've made?
Um, "gakupensoku oimo-sama".
It's not "oimo-sama".
It's completely different.
Our special teacher for tonight is the writer, Seido Ujii.
As a writer, he has written hundreds of radio dramas.
In "The Truth of Japanese Tradition," which was released last year,
he has written about various habits that are called "traditions".
And as a broadcaster, he has written "Ucchan Nanchan no Yaru Nara Yarameba".
He's a broadcaster.
He's a generation of broadcasters.
He's been watching "Ucchan Nanchan" a lot.
"Find Nanchan"!
"Find Nansaga"!
Nansaga is down.
Is that so?
It's very difficult but there was a person who was amazing and knew everything.
He said, "It's definitely like that" and it was Nansaga at a completely different place.
He had it!
He had it, it was there!
It was very fun!
It was there!
It was youth, guys.
I looked at it a lot.
This time we will learn from teacher that in fact there are surprising roots for certain habits that are taken for granted right now.
And first up is this!
"Actually, someone made me do it." A habit rooted in Japan.
It's a habit that we do as usual, but "Actually, someone made me do it."
The first one is this.
Valentine's Day was the strategy of the chocolate industry.
Somehow you know about this, right?
That's right.
A man named Valentine came around the 3rd century.
At that time, young people were told not to get married.
If you have a wife with you as a soldier, it's not easy for you to get married.
That's why I told you not to get married.
But Valentine secretly got you married.
But it was found out and you were executed.
This was on February 14th.
He was originally a Christian priest.
That's right.
Since then, in Western countries, lovers have been sending each other cards and gifts.
So chocolate has nothing to do with it.
It's not related to it in the first place.
In 1958 in Japan, a campaign called "merry chocolate" started.
From girls to boys, let's send chocolates with love confessions.
That's how it started.
What is the strategy of "merry chocolate"?
It's a strategy.
It didn't spread for about 10 years, but it became popular in the 1970s.
The chocolate industry didn't stop there.
They came up with a new strategy.
It's not love confessions, but "merry chocolate" with gratitude.
I think it started naturally, but there's only one person who likes it.
There are a lot of "merry" people.
I think a lot of chocolates will be sold.
That's it!
In the end, everyone will give chocolates.
That's right.
The chocolates that one person bought will be sold to five or ten people.
Of course, the chocolate industry will continue.
That's right.
Will NMB members also give out chocolates?
It's hard.
It's hard, isn't it?
I think I'll get fat.
I'll get a lot of chocolates.
You'll get a lot of chocolates.
I see.
That's why "strange me" is popular now.
There are a lot of "strange me" chocolates.
This is it.
Is it "merry chocolate"?
It's "merry chocolate".
That's right.
The other day, Mr. Apon made a hamburger for Valentine's Day.
It's new.
I can't eat it because I get a lot of sweets.
At that time, I thought it would be nicer if I got a hamburger or rice.
Did you give out those little hamburgers to everyone?
Yes, I made it and took it with me.
What do you think? Would you be happy if you got it?
I took it.
You buy chocolate for yourself.
I've heard of it.
You buy chocolate for yourself on Valentine's Day.
I want to eat this because there is a lot of chocolate.
It is sold in convenience stores.
The opposite of chocolate.
From a man to a woman.
What do you think of it?
I don't like it.
What do you think of it?
When I imagine it with udon...
Could you stop it?
She likes udon.
Could you stop it for a moment?
When I imagine it with udon...
I don't like it when udon has chocolate.
What are you talking about?
You shouldn't say that in front of a great writer.
I think you should organize it a little.
She is messy.
Not only chocolate, but also chocolate for friends and for yourself will continue to increase.
The financial effect of this year's Valentine's Day is about 1.3 billion yen.
The success of this Valentine's Day gave birth to...
A month later, we received our reward.
It's a very Japanese way of receiving a reward.
It was a very successful name, but I think it's a failure.
Why is that?
I don't know what to send.
I don't know either.
I had an image of marshmallows.
I had an image of cookies.
Me too.
Candy...
White chocolate...
The adjustment of the association didn't work.
It was scattered, so it didn't seem like it was concentrated.
Everyone had a lot of fun on that day.
How is it?
You don't give it away.
You all give it away, right?
What's good about it?
Is there anything good about it?
Handkerchiefs are a little heavy.
Handkerchiefs are heavy?
I remember when I'm using a handkerchief.
I'll kill you!
Remember it!
Why don't you remember it?
In addition, in Halloween, which has recently settled in Japan, the industry of sweets and cosplay has been well incorporated.
It's like a Japanese obon. A deceased person comes to see you.
At that time, evil spirits follow you and you dress up to threaten them.
That's what it is.
Since the 90s, Disney has been promoting and saying that Halloween is fashionable.
Then everyone started to dress up.
It is said that the economy and economy are now out of Valentine's Day.
In 2003, it was finally out of recent culture.
That's right.
Halloween is always...
Don't shake hands!
That's right.
What did you do?
I did a sailor's march last year.
Sailor's march, right?
And as a foreign culture, there is something that is said to come after Halloween.
What is it?
The resurrection of Christ! Easter!
Everyone knows it!
You don't know, do you?
Easter? What is Easter?
It is said that Christ was resurrected after being nailed.
It is said to celebrate it.
Easter eggs and such are famous.
How many days is it?
This is difficult. It's a good question.
It is difficult to count from the first full moon to the first Sunday after Spring Festival.
What is it? Does it change every year?
It changes every year.
By the way, this year...
This year is April 1st.
It changed.
And next year is April 21st.
It's quite different.
It's been about 10 years since Disney set up Halloween.
Easter is about 10 years away.
It's a good idea to keep various rights now.
I see. Easter rights.
Easter rights.
Last year, we got caught up in an event like this and couldn't do anything.
We set August 8th as an anniversary day.
That's good!
Well, it's already decided.
Why two of you?
You're the first one.
Adam and Eve of the tsukune industry.
The first two.
There's more.
In fact, they used to do it.
June Bride.
This is the image strategy of the hotel industry.
Juno is the goddess.
If you marry in June, the goddess will protect you.
Then, June Bride will be happy.
In June abroad, the weather is very good.
But in Japan, it's rainy season.
That's right.
In rainy season, there are few people getting married.
So, hotels and wedding halls do this abroad.
It's an image strategy of such companies, but in fact, there was such a strategy more than 100 years ago.
That is this.
"Hatsumode" on New Year's Day was made by a railroad company.
This is surprising.
It has an image like Japanese ancient culture.
But there is no such thing in Edo period.
But there is something like "hatsumode".
"Ehomairi".
"Ehomairi" means "greeting" in a good direction of that year.
You can ride a railroad in Meiji period.
If you can ride a railroad, you can ride from Osaka to Shiho.
But "ehomairi" only comes once in five years.
Your own "ehomairi".
That's right.
I don't want it to come every year.
That's right.
So, it's not "ehomairi", but "hatsumode" is good.
I wanted it.
You succeeded in erasing the smell of "ehomairi".
That's right.
Every year.
How many anniversaries do you think there are in a year?
365 days.
I see.
Do you have one in a day?
I do.
Let's see.
1,800!
That's a lot.
1,800 anniversaries in a year.
If you add up all of them, it will be like this.
But this is an anniversary registered in the Japanese Anniversary Association.
If you add up the unregistered ones, there are about 2,800.
It's full of anniversaries.
It's like the "ear fire" of the Japanese Anniversary Association.
That's right.
If you add up the two, it's like that.
There is also a day with the most anniversaries in a year.
October 10th.
47.
47 registered in one day.
This is the most common.
It's the opening day of the last Tokyo Olympics.
That's why you do sports and sweat.
The opening day is September 10th.
September 10th.
And on September 10th...
What is "kameda's persimmon seed day"?
Persimmon seed and peanuts.
I see.
How do you know?
By the way, there is also "Udon day".
You know this, don't you?
Of course I know.
It's July 2nd.
You know it.
Of course I know. I'm a princess.
Do you know why it's July 2nd?
Well, Nenopyon is cute, so...
You have a sweet tongue.
It's like the day when "Housaku" became popular.
"Housaku" became popular.
If you can't remember it, please remember it.
Even if you can't remember it, please show a little pride and don't say "it's an agricultural culture".
I thought it was a mistake.
Let's go to the next one.
This is a tradition that didn't originate in Japan, but came from overseas.
Let's introduce a tradition that originated in Japan, but came from overseas.
For example, this one.
Everything is from overseas.
A bear with a wooden cage placed in front of the front door.
"Kendama" is from France.
It's similar in many parts of the world, but this kind of tradition became popular.
"Carlter" is from Portugal.
Doctors call it "carte".
It's the same. It's German.
In Portuguese, it's "carta".
In English, it's "card".
It's like "carter".
Yes, it's like "carder".
And there's a bear with a wooden cage.
This was originally from Switzerland.
It became famous in Switzerland.
A man who went on a trip to Switzerland brought it back to Hokkaido.
Why don't you make something like this?
The man said and made it.
In Switzerland, they don't add sake.
Oh, is that so?
Sake is an original drink of Hokkaido.
In addition, this kind of thing also originated from overseas.
Kotowaza
I thought it was Japanese culture.
There's also a foreign word "kotowaza".
"Time is money".
You all know this, right?
You know it, right?
"Toki wa kane nari".
It's a little Japanese.
It's like Japanese, but it's said that
Benjamin Franklin, an American nomad and founding father...
America!
He brought the words he said to Japan and translated them into Japanese.
"Nari" is what I came up with.
"Nari" is Japanese.
He brought it up a little.
"Two kill two birds with one stone".
Are you kidding me?
"One stone, two birds".
That's correct.
This is a 17th century English "kotowaza".
I see.
After all, if you throw a stone like this,
the bird in the garden will fall.
"The scales fall from one's eyes".
This is a little difficult.
Nagisa!
"Look at what is expensive with one eye".
I haven't heard of it.
Yamarina!
"The scales fall from one's eyes"?
That's correct!
"Scales" also means "uroko" in Japanese.
It originally meant "seisho".
"Seisho"?
"Seisho" means "seashore" in Japanese.
Ta-dah! We're here!
How are you feeling today?
It's been a while since I've been here, so I'm scared.
Even if it's an honor, it's a lot of work, isn't it?
The order given to the three of them is "Train your head's rotation power with a rotating sushi shop".
We're here at Sushiro's South Suita Store, which has 497 stores all over Japan, centered in Kansai.
The three of them will try the sushi quiz which will be held there.
The members who answer the quiz correctly will receive a reward of sushi for each question.
Furthermore, the members who got the most correct answers in the end
will be able to eat "desert best 3" recommended by Sushiro Cafe Club.
Then, let's start with the first question.
Sushiro's sushi ranking.
First place is tuna, second place is hamachi, and third place is...
What!?
If you think about it normally...
Ready, go!
Ta-dah!
Squid.
Egg!
Natto roll.
Well, if you say "sushi", it's tuna and egg, right?
There are many people with their families, right?
So, if you let me eat natto roll, I'll be full.
No, no, no.
The correct answer is...
Squid.
I got it!
I heard something.
Sushi.
Chihiro got the correct answer.
Chihiro got a reward, Sushi and Squid.
It's too good.
It's chewy and rich in flavor.
Here is the second one.
Write "gunkan" in kanji.
Wait, I think I can do it.
Wait, wait, wait.
Write it slowly, everyone.
One, two...
"gunkan"!
What?
I always remember kanji as a silhouette.
So, when I moved the silhouette, it became like this.
It looks like a baseball giant's head.
The correct answer is...
All of you are correct.
What?
Wait, Chihiro is the worst.
I'm close.
What?
I wrote "gunkan" in kanji.
How much was it?
How much did you eat?
Here is the third one.
Chihi and Moka got the correct answer.
What is this?
It's my first time eating it, but I'm scared.
I'm scared.
It's good.
It's like a side dish.
It's like rice.
It's good.
Here is the fourth one.
How many sushi did you sell in a year in Shishiro?
Here we go.
30 million.
10 million.
272,500.
The correct answer is...
10 million.
Why anchovy?
Yes!
The closest anchovy was mara flavor, red shrimp and fried onion.
It smells good.
It's savory.
It spreads in my mouth.
After that, anchovy got two questions right and got raw salmon, tomato basil and medium fatty tuna.
Moka got one question right and got Ezo abalone.
So far, anchovy got three questions right and took a step ahead of Moka and Chihi.
And the final question has a one-shot reversal chance.
Kanji for "sakana-hen".
Write it down.
Please.
I don't know.
"sakana", "sakana", "sakana".
Yes!
First, anchovy.
This is "iwasu", right?
"sakana-hen" and "shu".
Yes.
There are two correct answers.
Next, Moka got...
"nikutai", right?
There is "tai".
Oh, no!
She got six correct answers.
"sawara", "nasu" and "chihi" got five correct answers.
So...
Moka, who earned a lot of kanji, won a reversal.
She got "desert best three".
First of all, cheesecake with a big peach on it.
Cheesecake.
The peach is very soft and the cheesecake is very good.
It's very good.
It's good.
Next, pudding-style mode.
It's a rich pudding and it's really good.
Next, condensed milk shaved ice strawberry.
It's refreshing and has a little bit of sourness of strawberry and milk of sherbet.
It goes well and it's good.
I can hear it coming out of my mouth and it looks really good.
The person with the least points will have a punishment game.
Wait!
What's this?
What's going on?
The punishment game is "wasabi sushi".
Moca and Chihi can put wasabi as much as they like.
Chihi, you're taking too much. It's funny, isn't it?
It looks like sea urchin, doesn't it?
It doesn't look like sea urchin.
Special wasabi sushi is complete.
Here we go!
She's attacking me right now!
Everyone, please come and visit Kushiro-san!
Kushiro! Kushiro!
All of a sudden?
I know you!
Now, let's announce this week's winner, Kashiko's "not good at all" candidate.
You can win a badge and a reward. It's a penalty game!
Yes! So, I'll announce it! This week's winner is...
Yamarina!
Yes!
She's a great actress and a great voice actor!
Wonderful!
Now, and this week's candidate for "stupid girl" is...
Nenapyon and...
Apon!
Yes!
Nenapyon doesn't know much about udon, and Apon has a hamburger incident.
Hamburger incident.
2.14, hamburger incident.
Please be careful.
Now, the two of you will compete in "quiz show", "this day", "what day", "the day you're curious about"!
Now, please show us what day it is.
Now, let's go! First question!
What day is July 28th?!
Please write it down on the white board!
Huh?!
I don't know...
It's possible for you to know if you think about it.
I know!
Open at once!
Apon, what day is it?!
Yes!
Nenapyon...
Nana...
Nii-chan...
Tsukushi-tabetai...
It's "tsukune", "tsukune"!
It's the worst!
The worst!
The meaning is...
Apon is correct!
What?!
If you're going to joke around, do it properly!
Now, the second question!
What day is every month on the 22nd?!
Do you know this?!
Please write it down!
Huh?!
Let's see...
Open!
Apon, "twin-tail" day.
Yes!
Lenapeon, "meow meow" day.
"Cat" day!
Both of you are wrong!
What?! No way!
But "meow" is "meow", right?!
"Meow meow" is correct, but...
The correct answer is "shortcake" day!
Why?
If you look at the calendar, the number "one" is above "22", right?
Number "ten" and "one" make "shortcake" day.
You're a genius!
Lenapeon is the winner!
See you later!
Let's pick up Lenapeon!
Lenapeon is cute!
Ouch!