Baumkuchen Day

Mar 4, 2016 21:06
Today, March 4th, is Baumkuchen day.

This is derived from the fact that Baumkuchen have been manufactured and sold since March 4th, 1919.

Today is also the sewing machine ( which is called "mishin" in Japan) day, because "mi" means "three," and "shi" means "four."

Furthermore, today is a sash(sasshi) day, a magazine(zasshi) day, and a three sisters(san-shimai) day("sa" and "za" means "three," "shi" means "four" in Japan).

However, most Japanese people don't think that March 4th is a special day.

I think that one of the reasons is because March 3rd is a special day as Dolls' Festival for Japanese.

Japanese set up a lot of dolls, and wish girls both health and growth on March 3rd.
バームクーヘンの日

今日、3月4日は、バームクーヘンの日です。

これは1919年の3月4日に、日本で初めてバームクーヘンが製造販売されたことに由来します。

また、ミシンの日でもあります。

そして、サッシの日、雑誌の日、三姉妹の日でもあります。

しかしながら、多くの日本人は3月4日を特別な日だとは思っていません。

その理由の一つは、日本人にとっては3月3日が、ひな祭りとして特別な日だからだと思います。

日本人は3月3日に人形を飾り、女子の健やかな成長を祈願します。
No. 1 Timmy's correction
  • Japanese set up a lot of dolls, and wish girls both health and growth on March 3rd.
  • (To mark the event, ) Japanese families set up platforms that are used to display a set of ornamental dolls, and wish girls both health and growth on March 3rd.
Interesting! So many reasons to celebrate.
Toru
Thank you so much always for correcting my post! :)
Yes, it's hard to remember all of them.
Timmy
You're welcome!^_^
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