Green beer. Long queues. Silly hats.



A tent in which you could learn about investment opportunities in Northern Ireland, manned by a bloke drinking a can of Guinness.

Such was the scene two years ago in Yoyogi park, central Tokyo for the St Patrick’s Day “I love Ireland” celebration.



As someone from an Irish family, it’s nice to know that wherever you go in the world, on 17 March it’s possible to find someone playing the fiddle.

It’s also a day where things can get a bit... average, as this guy knows. But naffness, particularly on this of all days, is nothing to be scared of.



And it is in the indomitable spirit of our long-running and mildly nonsensical underwhelming series that we’d like to see your St Patrick’s Day photos.



It’s what St Patrick himself would have wanted.

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