On the 14th of October, it will be Plarail Day. Yes, that is a real day! If you don't know of it, the significance is that October 14th was the day (in today's Gregorian calendar) where the first railway in Japan ran, and it is also more widely known in Japan as Railway Day. In 1997, Tomy honoured this by making another day called Plarail Day. All I know of what happens on this day is that an exclusive commerative item is released, and here's an account of the items released from 1997-2001.
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