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Happy Fuji-san Day.

In Japanese that would be 富士山の日

Apparently today is the first year that this region of Japan (namely Shizuoka prefecture, and the areas surrounding Mt. Fuji) are celebrating a new, local holiday. It's so named because today is February 23rd　（2/23), and it has to do with the many readings of the words which make up the date.

It's complicated unless you study Japanese, but I'll try to explain. However, there are a few Japanese learners on my F'list who could probably even explain it better than I can.

*February is the second month - it's called Ni-gatsu in Japanese. In Japanese, 2 is "Ni". But the number 2 can also be read as "fu" as in "Futatsu" (which means two things).
This is the "Fu" in "Fuji-san"

*The number 2 apparently can also be read as "ji" (though I haven't learned this reading), so the 2 in 23 is "ji" in "Fuji-san"

*The number 3 is "san" in Japanese. So the number 3 in 23 is the "san" in "Fuji-san"

This is not a national holiday, and I can't even find anything online about it. But I guess most high school students got the day off, and some junior high schools in Fujinomiya were off too. Our students had a half day, and the lunch staff took the day off too, so there was no school lunch.

Anyway - that's my exciting news for the day.