Happy Mountain Day, Japan!!!

The present Doodle celebrates Japan’s Mountain Day (山の日), a national holiday in honor of geological wonders of the Japanese archipelago.

This year the occasion is seen on August 10, at first proposed to concur with the day after the end service of the Olympic Games, however is customarily praised every year on the eleventh day of the eighth month.

Many view imagery in the August 11 date, as the Japanese character for 8—八—takes after the sides of a mountain, and the numeral 11 appears as though two trees, as represented in the Doodle artwork.

Japan’s geography has been etched by a huge number of long stretches of structural movement. The outcome is one of the world’s most stunning assortments of pinnacles, which incorporates more than 100 active volcanoes.

With more than 80 percent of the nation canvassed in bumpy territory, the Japanese government chose in 2016 to devote a whole day to its towering scene.

Many celebrate by visiting one of Japan’s numerous peaks and getting a quiet hike in nature, or admiring their quiet excellence from far off.