“Greenery Day” falls on May 4th
Today May 4th is one of the consecutive national public holidays in the Golden Week ,the “Greenery Day”(/みどりの日, Midori-no-hi). The Greenery Day used to fall on April 29th 1989-2006, which had been the ” Emperor’s Birthday”(/天皇誕生日, Tenno Tanjyobi) 1927-1988 when Emperor Showa reigned. However, as I wrote here before, April 29th has been re-designated as Showa Day, the Greenery Day was moved
to May 4th and started being celebrated since 2007. 
The Greenery Day is named so in token of Emperor Showa who was known as a renown botanist as well. Therefore, the holiday is set in order to ” become closer to nature, to appreciate it, and to nurture well-rounded character of the nation through those efforts ” according to the National Holidays Law. Actually, on a Greenery Day, a lot of greenery-related events,some of which are hosted by municipalities, some of which are held by private organizations, are implemented all over the country. For example, forums of environmental issues, such as greenhouse gasses emissions, heat island effect, and others are held to enhance the knowledge and awareness of citizens in those fields, some parks host green tours to teach names of plants to children and their parents, and some associations host events of planting memorial trees in gardens.
Green is also a symbol of peace, so those activities and movements are held to pray for eternal peace and happiness of people as well.
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