It's 5.30pm!

Song from anime "Totoro"


Every evening at 5.30pm, the PA system in my bf's neighbourhood will play a short music, followed by an announcement with the above song as background. The recorded announcement goes something like this: "It's 5.30pm now. Children who're playing outside, it's time to go home. Those working, you've worked hard for the day."

The PA system will also play a short music at 12 noon, but w/o announcements.

Quite an interesting system they have here. Sometimes I'll nuah until i hear the music, then i'll prepare lunch/dinner coz by the time it's ready, my bf's home.

On New Year's day at 10am, they played some traditional folk songs for a while. There was also an announcement inviting villagers to go to the community hall for party, free-of-charge.

These announcements and parties are apparently done only in countryside/villages in Japan. I don't remember hearing such announcement in Okazaki/Seto. Hmm....imagine S'pore having such a system.... every evening play announcement asking school children to go home.....