JA_JP

ja_JP.UTF-8, 1041, 0x0411, JIS, Shift-JIS or EUC-JP

is a really cool feature where Windows can’t read Japanese characters so it vomits up a load of garbled text like this: ã�‹ã�‘ç®—3ã�®æ®µè¨€ã�ˆã‚‹? ã�°ã�£ã�‹ã�«ã�—ã�¦ã��ã‚Œã�¡ã‚ƒã�£ã�¦ã�‡ ã�¿ã�¿ã‚“ã�Œã�¿ ã�¿ã�¿ã‚“ã�Œ? ã�¿ haha don’t worry it’s supposed to do that.

So this one time I actually went to the place that invented ja_JP.UTF-8, 1041, 0x0411, JIS, Shift-JIS and/or EUC-JP, as a matter of fact I lived there for a whole year. In the UK, you’re able to apply for this visa called the Working Holiday visa where you go and live in Japan for a year or two, you have permission to work in order to supplement your travels.

Anyway, I think that ja_JP.UTF-8, 1041.. Japan for short is a pretty neat place, they also invented 7-Eleven, Super duper Mario, and the blue LED which is reason enough to like them.