Today is one of the national holidays called shunbun no hi(春分の日), the Vernal Equinox Day. It falls on the day of vernal equinox, therefore it is usually March 20th or 21st. To be on 20th or 21st is officially decided by the first business day of February a year earlier. They say this is a very unique holiday system in the world because it is fixed by the astronomy.
Today is shunbun (春分), the vernal equinox. Shunbun is one of the nijyushisekki (二十四節気), 24 terms. The last one was keichitsu (啓蟄) on March 5 and the next one is seimei (清明) on April 5.
Today is also higan no chunichi(彼岸の中日), the middle day of equinoctial week. Since it is a holiday, many people usually visit their ancestor's graveyard.
I think many people have 3-day weekend (三連休：san ren kyu) because it is Friday today. Have a nice weekend!
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