Marine Day
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, known as 'Ocean
Day' or 'Sea
Day' is a Japanese national holiday
celebrated on the third Monday in July. Many people take advantage of the holiday and summer weather to take a beach trip.
, and a brief stop in Hakodate before returning to Yokohama
on July 20 of that year. "Marine Day" was declared a national holiday in 1995 as a day of gratitude for the blessing
s of the oceans and to hope for the economic prosperity of maritime
Japan
.
First observed on July 20, 1996, the legislation moved the date from July 20 to the third Monday of July from 2003.
Ocean
An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas.More than half of this area is over 3,000...
Day' or 'Sea
Sea
A sea generally refers to a large body of salt water, but the term is used in other contexts as well. Most commonly, it means a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, and is commonly used as a synonym for ocean...
Day' is a Japanese national holiday
Holidays of Japan
Public holidays in Japan were established by the of 1948 .A provision of the law establishes that when a national holiday falls on a Sunday, the next working day shall become a public holiday, known as . Additionally, any day that falls between two other national holidays shall also become a...
celebrated on the third Monday in July. Many people take advantage of the holiday and summer weather to take a beach trip.
History
The day was known as Marine Memorial Day (海の記念日 umi no kinen bi) until 1996. Communications Minister Shozo Murata designated the holiday in 1942 to commemorate the Meiji Emperor and his 1876 voyage in the Meiji-Maru, an iron steamship constructed in England in 1874. The voyage included a trip around the Ou district, embarking on a lighthouse boat in AomoriAomori, Aomori
is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the city had an estimated population of 302,068 and a density of 366 persons per km². Its total area was 824.52 km².- History :...
, and a brief stop in Hakodate before returning to Yokohama
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
on July 20 of that year. "Marine Day" was declared a national holiday in 1995 as a day of gratitude for the blessing
Blessing
A blessing, is the infusion of something with holiness, spiritual redemption, divine will, or one's hope or approval.- Etymology and Germanic paganism :...
s of the oceans and to hope for the economic prosperity of maritime
Sea
A sea generally refers to a large body of salt water, but the term is used in other contexts as well. Most commonly, it means a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, and is commonly used as a synonym for ocean...
Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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First observed on July 20, 1996, the legislation moved the date from July 20 to the third Monday of July from 2003.