Today we are celebrating yet another national holiday, Culture Day. Chad has the day off and while we aren't going to experience much culture today, he also took tomorrow off and we are taking a little trip to see some culture this weekend.
This holiday started in the 1800's as the then Emperor's birthday. When a new emperor came along it wasn't a holiday for awhile, but then it was reinstated in 1927. I'm noticing a real trend of renaming, moving and restructuring holidays in Japan. Traditionally the day is full of art exhibits, festivals and parades. I went out briefly today and didn't see much going on....there were a lot of people celebrating culture by shopping in the mall. ;)
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