The superstition of Number 4 has a long history in Japan, coming from the fact that 4 is pronounced shi, a homonym for “death". As I wrote before, the number 4 is rarely used to number a room, gifts should never be made of 4 pieces, and I was accommodated in hotels where 4 was skipped in the floors numbering.

Recently, while visiting Matsuyama, Ehime, I noticed that the tram route 4 is also missing, the city’s tramways being numbered 1,2,3… 5 and 6.

Matsuyama, Ehime

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