It’s Sports Day (体育の日; taiiku no hi) in Japan today. So I thought it would be fitting to share a four-character idiom in Japanese (四字熟語; yoji jukugo) that encapsulates the spirit of this national public holiday - 生気溌剌（せいきはつらつ; seiki hatsuratsu） In good old Aussie slang this means you’re ‘full of beans’ (ie, full of energy & enthusiasm) - something a physically active lifestyle is likely to promote! Who knows any other Japanese idioms that are a slam-dunk fit for Sports Day? #

The last day of our virtual pub quiz takes us to Japan’s largest and most famous prefecture: Tokyo.

The second-last day of our virtual journey around all the prefectures of Japan has us back in Kanto to visit Kanagawa.

The last day of week 9 has us visiting the largest prefecture of the Kansai region: Osaka. Its capital also goes by the same name.

Day 44 has us back in the Chubu region of Japan as we pay a visit to Aichi. Its capital is Nagoya.

Day 43 keeps us in the Kanto region of Japan as we visit Chiba’s landlocked neighbour: Saitama Prefecture.

Day 42 has us back in the Kanto region to visit Chiba. Its capital also goes by the same name.

On the second-last week we head back to the Kansai region of Japan to visit Hyogo. Its capital is Kobe.

The last day of week 8 has us visiting the northernmost prefecture of Japan: Hokkaido.

Day 39 has us back in the island of Kyushu to visit Fukuoka.

Day 38 has us back in the Chubu region of Japan to visit the prefecture of Shizuoka. Its capital also goes by the same name.

Day 37 has us back in the Kanto region of Japan to visit Ibaraki. Its capital is Mito and the prefecture faces the Pacific Ocean.

The start of week 8 has us back in the Chugoku region of Japan to visit Hiroshima prefecture. Its capital also goes by the same name.

The last day of week 7 has us back in the Kansai region to visit Kyoto prefecture. Its capital also goes by the same name.

We head up to the Tohoku region of Japan to visit the Pacific-Ocean facing prefecture of Miyagi.

For the third day in a row we stay in the Chubu region of Japan to visit Niigata Prefecture, which faces the Sea of Japan.

We stay in the Chubu region on day 32 to visit another landlocked prefecture: Nagano. Nagano is also the name of its capital.

Today we are back in the Chubu region of Japan to visit the landlocked prefecture of Gifu. Its capital also goes by the same name.

Day 30 sees us crossing over to Gunma prefecture, which is the westernmost prefecture of the Kanto region.

We are in the northern part of the Kanto region on day 29 to visit the landlocked prefecture of Tochigi.