To Kanji… or NOT to Kanji? That is the Question.

Kanji it up. You only need to learn like 7 of them to identify the dates, plus it'll be much more unique...unless you live in Japan, then go for the English version 😀

Blue and red make it easier. I always Kanji.

I have my Seiko snk807 on arabic days

Kanji 💯

How hard can it be to learn 7 characters:)

Kanji! Just learn the days?

I’m just such a slow learner. 😁

This is good as it keeps this beautiful watch on your wrist🍻

Here's a head start:

If you can remember that 日 is the character for the sun, then you've got Sunday down. Then if you observe that 月 has a little sun reflected in its top half, you'll know that you're looking at the moon, and moon-day Monday is a piece of cake!

Now you've only got 5 left to worry about! 😉

That’s good info. Good for me — Sunday on the watch in both Arabic and Kanji is red. So that’s the one day I don’t need to learn. 😁

Kanji for sure, adds a special uniqueness + you get to learn some Japanese and you should already have an idea of what day of the week it is anyway, Kanji all the way

I'll always choose the non-English date, just for the novelty.

As others have said: learn the seven characters. It will be fun! 😃 This makes me want a Kanji day watch! 🤪

It’s really not hard to learn 7 characters (and there are plenty of other ways to figure out what day it is). And Kanji just looks cool.

Do it because you Kan(ji).

Another vote for Kanji - you'll learn some Kanji by osmosis. Looking for a Kanji day watch myself.

The days of the weeks are based around objects, it's a pretty cool system.

Always Kanji if given the option! Tuesday and Friday are my favorites!

To add to this, the characters for Tues, Wed, and Thurs looks like a little person, carrying some stuff. As the days go they're carrying more and more (your workload increases through the week). Friday looks like a small building - you go to an izakaya to drink some beer and unwind. Saturday looks like the little person is upside down - you drank too much and woke up on the floor, outside.

That’s new on me, and I love it! My brain has never forged strong links for Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday. Friday was always easy because I found the kanji easy to remember, and if you know it as “gold,” it’s easy to connect it to payday at the end of the week! But izakaya is terrific, too, and makes me very なつかしい!

When I learned Japanese in high school, my teacher was very good with associating various hiragana to little mnemonics to help us remember them. It was very effective!

Just learn the days of week in Japanese. Not too hard, Tuesday and Wednesdays are kind of similar. Most of my Seiko collection have Kanji day wheels.

I use kanji because, let's face it, most of us know the time, day, and date from a bunch of things that aren't the watch on our wrist anyway, so go for the fun and different option. Your life won't be ruined. Promise.

I’m really not trying to be a jerk here, but if you can’t read Kanji, and don’t think you can learn 7 symbols, then I think the answer is clear.

Use kanji--it will teach you as you use it.

If I had a watch with a day complication that featured a language that didn't use the Latin Alphabet, I'd have it set to that language. I'd Arabic- or Kanji my watch up if I had the opportunity.

Is that the tungsten model @PocketWatchTime ? 😍 Are going to make a YouTube review?

Yes I am. Stay tuned.

Great opportunity to learn to read some Kanji, yes? Only seven characters should be doable.