Today is Mountain Day (Yama no hi), a public holiday in Japan. Mountain Day is intended is to provide “opportunities to get familiar with mountains and appreciate blessings from mountains”.
This is fitting as around 70% of the landmass of Japan is mountainous, and activities such as hiking and skiing are popular. All of Japan’s primary islands has a mountain range running through it. Mount Fuji (3,776 m) is the highest mountain in Japan, one of the nation’s “Three Holy Mountains”, and one of the most recognizable symbols of Japan. Other prominent mountains include Mount Kita, Mount Hotaka, Mount Yari, Mount Tate, Mount Haku, and Mount Kumotori. Some of them are active volcanoes.
Today is the birthday, in 1949, of Eric Carmen, American singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist, who with the The Raspberries had the 1972 US No.5 single ‘Go All The Way’ and the 1976 solo US No.2 single, ‘All By Myself’, plus other hits with ‘She Did It’, ‘Hungry Eyes’, and ‘Make Me Lose Control. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ssCL292DQA
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