It is a national holiday called taiiku no ni (体育の日), Sports Day. It used be on October 10, but because of the happy Monday system it has become on the second Monday of October since 2000.
It was fine and warm today.
This is the last day of the three day weekend.
I went to Yokohama to visit Hachifukujin (八福神), the Eight Gods of Fortune in Seya, Yokohama (横浜市瀬谷区：yokohama shi seya ku).
You may have heard about Shichifukujin (七福神), the Seven Gods of Fortune, but this place is famous for Eight Gods.
They are Daikokuten (大黒天), Ebisushin (恵比寿神), Bishamonten (毘沙門天), Benzaiten (弁財天), Hoteison (布袋尊), Fukurokuju (福禄寿), Jurojin (寿老人) and Daruma (達磨). The course is about 12 km long. My classmate and I started at 11 AM and finished 17:15PM at Seya Station of Sotetsu Line (相鉄線瀬谷駅：sotetsu sen seya eki). We visited not only temples which enshrine those gods but also interesting places and shrines on the way to visit the next temples. I saw many flowers including soba (そば) and fruits such as persimmons and Japanese oranges called mikan (みかん) here and there. I did not expect Yokohama has such fields. It was a nice walking.
It was fine and warm today.
This is the last day of the three day weekend.
I went to Yokohama to visit Hachifukujin (八福神), the Eight Gods of Fortune in Seya, Yokohama (横浜市瀬谷区：yokohama shi seya ku).
You may have heard about Shichifukujin (七福神), the Seven Gods of Fortune, but this place is famous for Eight Gods.
They are Daikokuten (大黒天), Ebisushin (恵比寿神), Bishamonten (毘沙門天), Benzaiten (弁財天), Hoteison (布袋尊), Fukurokuju (福禄寿), Jurojin (寿老人) and Daruma (達磨). The course is about 12 km long. My classmate and I started at 11 AM and finished 17:15PM at Seya Station of Sotetsu Line (相鉄線瀬谷駅：sotetsu sen seya eki). We visited not only temples which enshrine those gods but also interesting places and shrines on the way to visit the next temples. I saw many flowers including soba (そば) and fruits such as persimmons and Japanese oranges called mikan (みかん) here and there. I did not expect Yokohama has such fields. It was a nice walking.
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