Today is Umi no Hi (海の日), or Marine Day, in Japan. It’s a national holiday that celebrates the oceans and Japan’s maritime prosperity. As we all know, Japan is an island country and relies on the oceans for much of its trade. I live near Yokohama, which is famous for its port. Yokohama has often had a celebration around Marine Day with fireworks, though that hasn’t always happened as planned. In 2009, they were held on August 1st. I took several videos of them 3 years ago, which you can watch here.
This year’s Marine Day for me involved going to work. That’s about it. I’m hoping to go to a festival this summer, though.
Happy 海の日! Shame that you had to work on this National Holiday. Hope you get to enjoy some of those summer festivals soon.
Thanks. I work most national holidays, unfortunately. Busy day, though.
Do you know that ads appear within your post? I’m just wondering if that’s on the visitor’s end only ?
Not passive aggressive I’m honestly wondering?
Yeah, I know there are ads. Unfortunately, I can’t do anything about it unless I upgrade my account. I don’t see the ads, though. I block them with Firefox. I will upgrade in the future, though.