Today is Marine Day, a public holiday in Japan. Also known as Ocean Day, Sea Day or ‘Umi no hi’, it is a day for the island nation of Japan to show appreciation for the seas and oceans.
Marine Memorial Day was established in 1941 to mark the anniversary of the 1876 return of the Meiji Emperor to the Port of Yokohama, on the two-masted topsail schooner Meiji-Maru, from a tour of the Tohoku and Hokkaido regions, in the northeast of the country.
In celebration of Marine Day, all the national aquariums organize special events, water sports competitions, water shows, and cultural activities relating to the sea take place. Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force fully dress their ships with flags and banners to mark the occasion.
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Hokusai’s most famous print, the first in the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, c. 1829–1832
Today is the birthday, in 1931, of American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist Plas Johnson. He is best known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s ‘The Pink Panther Theme’, as well as playing on innumerable records by Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Ricky Nelson and Bobby Vee. This isn’t him, but a great rendition…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe_uqv5GNNw
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