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.
The celebration will be marked with a variety of exhibitions and major sell-out in specialized stores of the country. There is also a tradition to give the first in life clock to children.
The Babylonians began to count the passage of time: 3.5 thousand years ago they invented a sundial. They fixed small rod on flat stone with marks, the shadow of rod served as a clock hand. At night one could know the time thanks to the water clocks called clepsydra by the Greeks. In Europe and China there was a fire watch – candles notches on which showed time while they were melting.
About a thousand years ago the first hourglass came to usage. But this sand indicator became relatively accurate only with the development of glass-mastery, and it counted the small intervals of not more than half an hour.
The first medieval tower clock proclaimed only time of prayer in monasteries. They had neither face nor hands, and were equipped with a bell only.
In the second half of the fifteenth century watchmaker Peter Henlein from Nuremberg made the clock which was portable. Its case was made of gilded brass and had the shape of an egg, it was 100-125 mm diameter, 75 mm thick and people wore it in hand or on neck. The closest analogue of modern mechanical clock was invented by Dutchman Christiaan Huygens in 1657.
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.
On the 15-th of April the Day of Love in Georgiais celebrated.This holiday, dedicated to lovers, as an alternative to the famous Western holiday called Valentine's Day,was organized by Georgian parliament that accepted proposal of Besik Chubinidze - a famouspersonality in local show business.
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.
Arabic language day has been celebrated since 2010. Before the International day of native language the department of United Nations on the public relations offered to set up the own holiday for each of six official languages of organization.
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.
The experts of NASA published video record and several shots which show how the planet Earth looks during New Year holidays if one looks at it from the Universe.
The famous in the world artist Hailey King working under the trademark FLOX has created the design of Christmas baubles depicting flower with medical peculiarities manuka. With the help of sales FLOX intends to arrange December campaign on the collection of financial expenses for the support of hospices in New Zealand.
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.
International Day of chocolate is non-official holiday dedicated to the favorite delicacy of many people on the planet. It is always celebrated on the 13-th September annually. This holiday is the wonderful reason to take a piece of chocolate, even if you try cutting down on sweets.
