May 4 is one of national holidays called midori no hi (みどりの日), Greenery Day since 2007. Between 1989 and 2006 midori no hi was on April 29 and May 4 was called kokumin no kyujitsu (国民の休日), National Holiday.
April 29 became Showa no hi (昭和の日), Day of Showa, since 2007 therefore May 4 became midori no hi instead.
Today we asked the gardeners to come to trim the trees and clean the garden. Three gardeners came. They were supposed to come around 8:30 am, but they came around 7 am. I was so surprised. What early birds they are! They finished working around 3:30 pm. We are not sure how much it would cost until the end of this month, but I am glad to see trees are good taken care of.
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