Holidays..India & Japan
Got a mail today morning from my PL with the subject :oyesumi wo itadakimasu [I'm on leave]. So thought of looking to the list of Japanese holidays and there came the surpising facts abt the holidays these hard workers are njoying. Always I thought India is the country with higher number of holidays : 13 national hoilidays a year and few more local holidays. But now I feel Japanese are njoing more holidays than we Indians. Number of official holidays in Japan is 15. List of Japanese National holidays : Jan 1 : o-shogatsu [New Year Day] Jan 2nd Mon : seijin-no-hi [Coming of Age Day] Feb 11 : kenkoku-kinenbi [National Foundation Day] March 21 : shumbun-no-hi [Vernal Equinox Day] April 29 : midori-no-hi [Greenery Day] May 3 : kempo-kinembi [Constitution Day] May 4 : Kokumin-no-kyujitsu [People's Day] May 5 : kodomo-no-hi [Children's Day] July 20 : umi-no-hi [Maraine Day] Sep18 : keiro-no-hi [Respect For Aged Day] Sep 23 : shubun-no-hi [Autumnal Equinox Day] Oct 2nd Mon : taiik