Japan loves a good pun, in fact there are a plethora of unofficial national days based around date puns. There are so many different ways to pronounce numbers, that when it comes to dates, people have tons of ammo for pun-creation.

For example, 11th November (1/11) can be read out using the English pronunciation ‘one, one, one’, which sounds like ‘wan, wan, wan’ in Japanese, the sound a dog makes. For that reason, 11th November became known as ‘Dog Day’.

29 can be read as ‘ni ku’, the same as the Japanese word for meat ‘niku’. The 29th of every month is jokingly referred to as ‘Meat Day’ in Japan, a day when you should indulge in a meaty dish such as steak or burgers. 29th November is special because it is written as 11/29, with 11 resembling "ii" (いい), Japanese for "good". This elevates it to ‘Good Meat Day’ when you should go all out satisfying your meaty desires.

Since there’s are many ways to create puns based on the numbers such as Japanese readings, English readings and even just from looking at what words the numbers resemble, there are sometimes battles over what day it should be. The yearly debate takes place on Twitter for August 2nd. Is it Bunny Day or Panties Day?

Though Meat Day has been popularised, on Japanese Twitter a competitor appeared for 11th November. ‘Nikukyuu’ means the soft pads on the underside of a cat’s paw, known in English slang as ‘toe beans’. As you can see, it’s similar to the word ‘niku’.

Proponents for ‘Good Toe Beans Day’ say that the cute cat paws have healing powers for humans.

So which do you support? ‘Good Meat Day’ or ‘Good Toe Beans Day’?