Comments on: Kit Kats and other Lucky SOUNDING Charms for Japan`s Entrance Exam Season http://blog.alientimes.org/2010/01/kit-kats-and-other-lucky-sounding-charms-for-japans-entrance-exam-season/ A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:30:35 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Kaori http://blog.alientimes.org/2010/01/kit-kats-and-other-lucky-sounding-charms-for-japans-entrance-exam-season/comment-page-1/#comment-35412 Kaori Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:13:23 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=6170#comment-35412 I found another interesting gokaku kigan goods on sale since last year. A company called ACE KOKU, which makes an instant wakame soup,has used its name, which has three sylables EI SU and KOKU and writes then with the characters 英　数　and 国, which mean English, math and Japanese, respectively ( these are important subjects on entrance examinations). Then it changes wakame, which is seaweed, to the word wakaru, which means understand. Therefore the package on the soup reads EI SU KOKU wakaru, which means I understand English, math and Japanese. Here is a link to more on it http://news.walkerplus.com/2009/1202/16/ I found another interesting gokaku kigan goods on sale since last year. A company called
ACE KOKU, which makes an instant wakame soup,has used its name, which has three sylables EI SU and KOKU and writes then with the characters 英　数　and 国, which mean English, math and Japanese, respectively ( these are important subjects on entrance examinations). Then it changes wakame, which is seaweed, to the word wakaru, which means understand.
Therefore the package on the soup reads EI SU KOKU wakaru, which means I understand English, math and Japanese.

Here is a link to more on it

http://news.walkerplus.com/2009/1202/16/

]]> By: HTC Tattoo http://blog.alientimes.org/2010/01/kit-kats-and-other-lucky-sounding-charms-for-japans-entrance-exam-season/comment-page-1/#comment-35367 HTC Tattoo Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:22:23 +0000 http://blog.alientimes.org/?p=6170#comment-35367 Спасибо за полезные и интересные посты :) Спасибо за полезные и интересные посты :)

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