Nifty feature I noticed in the broadband passport today

[ShadowofBob]

I decided to boot up the Dreamcast Broadband passport for the first time in a long time today. I was surprised to find music and a what appears to be a samurai helmet of some sort on top of the TV on the menu. Then I remembered that it was boys day and the music actually sounded like the song we had to sing in my Japanese class today. :smt043

[dj898]

is this the one included in Internet Starter Kit?

cheers

[ShadowofBob]

I'm not sure. I was using the browser that came with my Japanese BBA.

[GaijinPunch]

It comes w/ the BBA only.

[dj898]

time to opne Internet Starter kit then...

from the look the included is passport 3 though...
cheers

[Yakumo]

I'm sure that Dream Passport 3 and Premier also have that feature. Come to think of it, so does Dream Passport 2. I remember using it on New Years day with it having all new graphics and music.

Yakumo

[Tachikoma]

You can use a lightgun to browse the web, obviously cant calibrate it, but it works!

[AntiPasta]

I decided to boot up the Dreamcast Broadband passport for the first time in a long time today. I was surprised to find music and a what appears to be a samurai helmet of some sort on top of the TV on the menu. Then I remembered that it was boys day and the music actually sounded like the song we had to sing in my Japanese class today. :smt043

What's boys day if I may ask?

[Yakumo]

What's boys day if I may ask?

He means Childrens day which is May 5th. In Japanese it's called KODOMO NO HI which translates as Child's (Kodomo No) Day (Hi) So it's not really a "Boys" day. The girls do have their own day though called HINA MATSURI which basically means Girl Festival.

Yakumo

[AntiPasta]

Thanks... is it something like that "day of the sea" that, I heard, was made up merely because of the lack of holidays? ;-)

Over here the 5th of May is a holiday too, but here we celebrate the end of the German occupation during World War II.

[GaijinPunch]

Thanks... is it something like that "day of the sea" that, I heard, was made up merely because of the lack of holidays? ;-)

That's pretty much true. It's technically a new holiday... I believe we're about to celebrate the 8th one. Golden Week is the first of May, and there's not another REAL holiday until September (when there's two: Autumn Equinox and something else I can't remember -- Hello Kitty Day I think). Obon is in August, but despite common knowledge, it's not a holiday, and the poor suckers that work in post offices, government buildings, or more importantly (in my case) banks, have to work.