Radio Day

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Radio Day (denpa no hi)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Early Summer
***** Category: Observance

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Explanation

denpa no hi 電波の日 (でんぱのひ) "radio day"
denpa kinenbi 電波記念日（でんぱきねんび） radio memorial day

Electro-magnetic Waves Day

June 1
This is a constitutional holiday, introduced in 1950, marking the enactment of Japan's radio law and broadcast act.





There is a theory, that because of a similarity in pronounciation
6 can be read MU and 1 can be read SEN, the word

musen "ムセン"(無線) wireless

used for wireless radio transmission, the first day of the sixth month was choosen as this day.


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Each year on 18 April, radio amateurs celebrate
World Amateur Radio Day.


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HAIKU


風生先生矍鑠として電波の日
Fuusei sensei kakushaku to shite denpa no hi

Master Fusei
is still so vigorous . . .
Radio Day


Kishi Fusanro (Fuusanroo) 岸風三樓 (1910 - 1982)
(He was born in Okayama)


Kishi was a student of haiku master Fusei sensei.

. Tomiyasu Fusei (Tomiyasu Fuusei )富安 風生　
1885 - 1979　


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radio--
they walk side by side
sharing earphones

radio--
a man dances slowly
crossing the road

radio-
men sit a round to listen
to the arsenal match

radio--
she leaves me speaking
to myself

radio--
they shout to the changing
regea music

radio--
they shout energetic
to the unseen goal

radio--
he's twisting his small head
all the time

passengers enjoy
their morning ride -
radio music

radio--
cool passengers in a bus
burst in laughter

radio--
an old man is bargaining
for a modern system

Barrack Elung'ata
Kenya, Feburary 2011


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