Baumkuchen Day

Today, March 4th, is Baumkuchen day.

This is derived from the fact that Baumkuchen have been manufactured and sold since March 4th, 1919.

Today is also the sewing machine ( which is called "mishin" in Japan) day, because "mi" means "three," and "shi" means "four."

Furthermore, today is a sash(sasshi) day, a magazine(zasshi) day, and a three sisters(san-shimai) day("sa" and "za" means "three," "shi" means "four" in Japan).

However, most Japanese people don't think that March 4th is a special day.

I think that one of the reasons is because March 3rd is a special day as Dolls' Festival for Japanese.

Japanese set up a lot of dolls, and wish girls both health and growth on March 3rd.

バームクーヘンの日

今日、3月4日は、バームクーヘンの日です。

これは1919年の3月4日に、日本で初めてバームクーヘンが製造販売されたことに由来します。

また、ミシンの日でもあります。

そして、サッシの日、雑誌の日、三姉妹の日でもあります。

しかしながら、多くの日本人は3月4日を特別な日だとは思っていません。

その理由の一つは、日本人にとっては3月3日が、ひな祭りとして特別な日だからだと思います。

日本人は3月3日に人形を飾り、女子の健やかな成長を祈願します。

• Japanese set up a lot of dolls, and wish girls both health and growth on March 3rd.
• (To mark the event, ) Japanese families set up platforms that are used to display a set of ornamental dolls, and wish girls both health and growth on March 3rd.

Interesting! So many reasons to celebrate.