May 4 – Greenery Day – Japan

    Posted on May 4, 2022

This is an update of my post published on May 4, 2011:

Today is near the end of Japan’s Golden Week, a string of holidays that includes Showa Day (April 29), Constitution Memorial Day (May 3), and Children’s Day (a.k.a. Boy’s Day, May 5).

This is a day to commune with nature and to be thankful for its blessings. Even though nature sometimes dishes out huge disasters (like the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Sendai and nearby areas of Japan!), there are plenty of things for which we all, including the Japanese people, can feel grateful. 

We could all use a Greenery Day to remind us to think of the environment. How about a visit to your local arboretum or botanical garden, a hike in the woods, or a work session in a garden. Don’t have a garden? Start one! Or use Google to find a community garden you can work in on a regular basis.

Also on this date:

Remembrance of the Dead in the Netherlands 

Intergalactic Star Wars Day

May the Fourth Be With You!

Bloomsday

Maytime Frolics for Irish Fairies

Actor and WWII hero Audrey Hepburn’s birthday

Restoration of the Republic of Latvia

Cassinga Day in Namibia

Petite and Proud Day

Birthday of Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of the piano

Great American Grump Out

(First Wednesday of May)

Plan ahead:

Check out my Pinterest boards for:

• May holidays 
• May birthdays 
• Historical anniversaries in May

And here are my Pinterest boards for:

• June holidays
• June birthdays
• Historical anniversaries in June