On the 23-rd of December, Japan celebrates the national holiday – the Birthday of Akihito, the only ruling Emperor in the world at the moment. This year 125-th representative of the last dynasty is turning eighty.
Apart from the traditional street decoration with national flags and greeting speech of imperial dynasty members, this day palatial space is opened for visitors. Across the area, special tents with tables are set up so that everyone could leave written wishes of longevity for the governor.
Annually the Birthday of Emperor in Japan is announced as the day off. Even at the largest and never dormant company Tokyo broker’s board all exchange actions are stopped.
Every year on the 29-th of April Japan celebrates the state holiday - Day of the Sueva. It is celebrated on the birthday of Emperor Hirohito in memory of the period of his reign.
In Japan, the travel company offers visitors of a special First Airlines restaurant the opportunity to fly virtually to Paris, New York, Rome or Hawaii, without leaving Tokyo.
Let’s start with the fact that word «two» sounds as «nie», translating into Japanese. In some cases, one of which became a reason for launching of non-official Cat Day, «two» can be pronounced playfully – «nyan». We may only guess whether it is accidentally or no, however, the Japanese consider that the cat news just as «nyan-nyan-nyan». Then everything is going simply and logically. «Nyan-nyan-nyan» means «two-two-two», and «two-two-two», correspondingly, signifies twenty-second day of the second month.
Every year on the 12-th of December in Japan the citizens celebrate Kanji Day, or the Day of hieroglyphs. This day the so-called ‘kanji of the year’ is announced while the citizens of Japan are choosing the best hieroglyph in the way of voting.
The modern Japan is impossible to imagine without the period of Meidzi while it can’t be described without mentioning the emperor Meidzi (from the 3-rd of November, 1852 – the 30-th of July, 1912, the 122-nd emperor of Japan). The Culture day matches his birthday being the national holiday.
What have you heard about Japan? If you knowledge is limited only with sushi and blossoming sakura, you will be astonished that there is one of the best festivals of air navigation in the world. We have just mentioned International festival of air balloons in Saga where not only pilots go but also the tourists from all the countries.
Japanese corporation Toyota motor represented the robot Kirobo Mini who had to save Japanese from the solitude, exactly, it refers to those who more often cannot find their love partner and, thus, do not deliver children.
The cluster of red grapes is sold at the auction in Japan for the record amount at eleven thousand dollars. Owner of one of the supermarkets has paid approximately 360 dollars per each from 30 berries.
The authorities of Japan have made a decision for the nearest three years to limit the tourist flow to Fujiyama. The web-site of newspaper «The Asahi Shimbun» reports about that.
On June 10 the Japanese observe the Memorial Day of Time. According to legend it was on this day in 671, when the first clock appeared in palace of the Japanese Emperor.
In museum of nature and science Orbi Yokohama which is situated southward of Tokio, the sale of burgers with frog legs began. The Daily Mail reports about that.
Certainly, among the kindest festivals also considered as the most joyful ones in the world we may recall those, which founders were children. Sapporo Snow Festival or Festival of Snow Statues in Sapporo should be numbered among such festivals.
Annually on the second Monday of January Japanese celebrate national holiday Seijin no Hi – the Day of Majority. This day is to congratulate with their majority all the Japanese people who have reached 20 years over the past year.
Today on June 28 Tokyo holds a Parade devoted to Vyshyvanka (the Ukrainian traditional clothing with ethnic embroidery), as the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine informs.
