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P-KAN is a Japanese slang which mostly people loving outdoor sports use. It is a complete fine day with really no cloud.

KOJIEN Dictonary tells P-KAN was a slang among movie staff originally who were sensitive to the weather. Kajiro Yamamoto, a famous movie director wrote a phrase of "The summer sun shined as P-P-KAN-KAN" in his essay in 1955. We say KAN-KAN-DERI for sunshine in a hot summer day, but I do not know what P means. Some guesses P-KAN would come from Peace Can. Peace was an old famous brand name of a Japanese cigarette. Kajiro Yamamoto might love Peace cigarettes. The can package color was blue.

Japanese who loves hiking, trecking and mountainering know this slang, but rarely know the origin, I guess.

For more details, refer to following Japanese web pages.

 

http://skip.tbc-sendai.co.jp/tenki/diary2/20031104.html

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/himekuri/021004.htm

 

ciao,

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