• f314@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Haha! Though they were probably more of a patriot than a drunk: Japan is the land of the rising sun, after all!

    And by that I mean that the name of the country (in Japanese) literally means “origin of the sun”, and that the emperor is traditionally considered a direct descendant of the sun goddess.