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The Most Important Day of the Year: Goya Day!
May 8th in Okinawa is designated “Goya no Hi” (ゴーヤーの日) or “Goya Day” which celebrates the vegetable (gouyaa, bitter melon) popular in Okinawa and after which Goyaboy and Goyablog takes their names. It’s May 8th because of the homonym for the word for “5″ (go) and “8″ (ya) (5.8 = May 8th). This is, of [...]