Japanese Kanji Shirt 初来日 Visiting Japan for the First Time

Wearing a Kanji Shirt is cool. But if you understand the authentic information about what you wear, you can impress everyone. On this page, you can make sure this Kanji T-Shirt is right for you.

Basic Info about This Kanji
Who Should be Wearing It
Examples of Qualification
Designs Available

初来日 Visiting Japan for the First Time Kanji Shirt: Basic Info

Japanese Kanji: 初来日
Pronunciation: hatsu-rai-nichi
Spelling Variety: hatsurainichi, haturainichi, hatsurainiti, haturainiti
Meaning: Visiting Japan for the First Time
Category: Japanese Kanji for Fun
Image of this Kanji Word: Exciting, Commemorable, and (on T-Shirt)Funny

The kanji idiom “初来日 (hatsu-rai-nichi: Visiting Japan for the First Time)” is very common word that we see on media in Japan.

Everytime when rock stars or sport teams come to Japan for the first time, media use this term like “あのハリウッドスターが初来日! (That hollywood star is visiting Japan for the first time!”

The first kanji “初 (hatsu)” means “First Time”. And the second one “来(rai / 来る kuru)” means “Come”.

The third one “日 (nichi / hi)” usually means “Day” but it’s used as shorten word of “日本” here. “日本 (nihon / nippon)” means “Japan”.

初来日 Visiting Japan for the First Time Kanji Shirt: Who Should be Wearing It

The specific image of this kanji usually applies to:

People Visiting Japan for the First Time
People Who Want a Memento of Visiting Japan for the First Time

初来日 “Visiting Japan for the First Time” Kanji T-Shirt: Examples of Qualification

Of course anyone can wear a Kanji T-shirt. But this Japanese shirt is for specific people. Here are some examples of actual people who would qualify.

a Businessman Who Got Transferred to Japan for the First Time
an Exchange Student Visiting Japan for the First Time to Study Japanese Language and Culture
an Elderly Couple Visiting Japan for the First Time to See Monkeys in the Hot Spring
a Businessman Visiting Japan for the First Time to Have a Business Tour
a Little Boy Visiting Japan for the First Time to Meet His Japanese Grandparents
an Anime & Manga Fan Visiting Japan for the First Time to Join the Biggest Convention
a Young Girl Visiting Japan for the First Time to Prove Her Independence

I hope anybody, who is “Visiting Japan for the First Time”, owns these Japanese Kanji Clothes.

初来日 “Visiting Japan for the First Time” Kanji Shirt: Designs

Items and colors vary. Each Japanese Kanji has 2 choices of text colors, Black or White. And There is also a version with a KansaiChick stamp and English text (translation) available.