🎉 Time Day in Japan
Where: Ōmi Shrine, Ōtsu, Japan
📅 On This Day: June 10
June 10: Time Day in Japan. Today is Time Day in Japan. It comes from an old record that on this day in 671, Emperor Tenji first announced the time with a water clock called a rokoku. The day was set in 1920 to encourage people to be on time, and Ōmi Shrine in Ōtsu holds a ceremony every year.
✨ More events on this day
- 1793 🌿 The Jardin des Plantes museum opened in Paris; a year later it added animals and became the world's first public zoo.
- 1829 🏅 The first Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge universities was rowed on the River Thames, and the two teams still race every year.
- 2003 🚀 NASA launched the Spirit rover to Mars, a six-wheeled robot geologist that explored craters and hills there for more than six years.
🧠 Question of the day
What kind of clock first told the time in 671?
- A cuckoo clock
- A water clock
- A wristwatch
Show the answer
Answer: A water clock
Questions
What happened on June 10?
June 10: Time Day in Japan. It happened in Ōmi Shrine, Ōtsu, Japan.
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Source: ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/時の記念日