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From: Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz>
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Subject: Equinox
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:28:15 +1300
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Vernal Equinox (20 March) - well, that happens everywhere*. But it seems 
to be a public holiday only in Japan.

春分の日, Shunbun no Hi [spring-division 's day] has been called that  only 
since 1948, replacing the Shinto Shunki Kōreisai (春季皇霊祭) [spring-season 
imperial-spirit-festival] "Like other Japanese holidays, this holiday 
was repackaged as a non-religious holiday for the sake of separation of 
religion and state in Japan's postwar constitution."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernal_Equinox_Day

*Except that it's Autumnal down here. Hey, Wiki just gave me "Northward 
Equinox", which I guess everybody could be happy with.