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Toki no Kinenbi: The Japanese Anniversary of Time 時の記念日 ときのきねんび
Toki no Kinenbi, or The Anniversary of Time in Japan, on June 10th every year commemorates the day when a clock device was first used in Japan.
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Why Does Time Have an Anniversary in Japan?
Toki no Kinenbi, or the Anniversary of Time commemorates, the day when a clock device was first used in Japan. Established in 1920 by the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory and the Japan Life Improvement Alliance, an external organization of the Ministry of Education. It was set up to spread the awareness of respecting the importance of time by calling on the Japanese people to “save time and improve and streamline life in the same way as Europe and America”. Although it is an anniversary, it is not a legal national holiday. But since there are no legal national holidays on this particular day or the early part of April in Japan, some people think that this one might do sometime in the future.
On Toki no Kinenbi kindergarten and children in day cares across Japan color pictures of clocks and watches. There is even watch and clock simple origami! All children learn how to tell the time and basic numbers at least through 12. If you have a chance to check these kiddie crafts, please do so. They are so cute!References
In English
http://kimikokitani.blogspot.com/2009/06/toki-no-kinenbi-anniversary-of-time.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_anniversaries_and_memorial_days
In Japanese
https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/時の記念日
https://kotobank.jp/word/時の記念日-582293
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