ようこそ、令和元年へ！

[dorchadas]

Just past midnight in Japan, so it's officially the Reiwa era!

Microsoft better update their IME--it still doesn't provide 令和 as a possible output of れいわ.

When the Heisei era began, I'm pretty sure I was playing through the original Legend of Zelda on my newly-acquired NES. Now as it ends, I'm finishing up Breath of the Wild. What a lovely symmetry.

令和時代は日本と全世界のために繁栄の元号になりますように

Comments

[helvetica]

Ah, very cool info! I had no idea :)

[acoustic_sister]

Do you speak Japanese along with writing it? I've been trying to teach myself how and it's kind of hard. I can only write some of the hiragana, pronounce the syllables correctly (I hope), and say common phrases like 'thank-you' and 'good-evening'. I have books and printouts as my 'teachers'.

Do you know of any good, free software/websites that might help?

Can you explain to me about the eras?