敬老の日

Yesterday morning on my way to work the 'headline news story' was "Chinese man still climbing trees at 90 years of age," sounds strange, but not really news worthy to me. It wasn't until lunch time when it was explained to me that today is 敬老の日 (Keirō no hi --> respect for the aged day), a Japanese national holiday, that I made the connection. Apparently, the media takes the opportunity to feature the elderly in their reporting on this day. The story about the Chinese tree climber was lengthy, it explained his history of tree climbing, how he is able to retrieve different types of foods, and also how he must hide this hobby from is concerned family.

I Love You Grandma!