It is a national holiday called umi no hi (海の日), Marine Day. It was instituted in 1996. At that time it was July 20, but it has been on the third Monday of July since 2003 under the Happy Monday System. It is a day to appreciate the blessings of the sea, and to express wishes for the prosperity of Japan as a country surounded by the sea.
It was very hot today. Most of the places recorded the highest temperature of the year. The highest today in Japan reached 36.8 degrees centigrade in Kyushu. It is like body temperature.
When the highest temperature exceeds 35 degrees centigrade, it is called moushobi (猛暑日) in Japanese.
This is the end of 3-day weekend. Therefore there were many traffic jams here and there.
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