The mystrery of "August 10, the Day of Road" has been resolved in me for the first time in 24 years

August 10 is the Day of Road (in Japan).

When was in junior high school (24 years ago), I went on a bicycle trip with my friends on early August. We saw everywhere on information board, screen, and banner on the road, read "August 10 is the Day of Road." All of we wondered why, but I haven't looked up why until now.

Just now I looked up on ja.wikipedia.org, and knew that this day in 1920 was the beginning of the  first plan of improving (modernizing) roads in Japan.

I'm not sure if there are such information even now, but if I drive or ride on a bike along a national road, I'm probably going to see the information of the day on the information signs along the road.

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