Friday, November 28, 2014

Japanese Thanksgiving

yeah, okay, so I've already missed a day, but give me a break it was thanksgiving. That being said, did you know that there is Thanksgiving in Japan? Well, kinda. In Japan they have Labor Thanksgiving Day, a national holiday occurring annually on the 23 of November. This isn't anything like the Thanksgiving in America. It is the modern name for a type of harvest festival and was established after WWII to mark changes in the constitution of Japan that allowed for basic human and workers rights. The day is spent giving thanks to workers and laborers and grade schoolers will often give drawings to the local police station.
Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Thanksgiving_Day

I know I shouldn't trust wiki but this isn't school and it's never lead me far from the truth before so screw it, I'm using it.

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