Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/February/February 3
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- 1607 - Sarugaku (a kind of circus-like performance) is held at Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese Date: Seventh Day of the First Month, 1607)
- 1835 - Kunitomo Tōbē of Ōmi Province begins his scientific observation of sunspots. (Traditional Japanese Date: Sixth Day of the First Month, 1835)
- 1851 - John Manjirō returns to the Ryūkyū Islands (modern day Okinawa). (Traditional Japanese Date: Third Day of the First Month, 1851)
- 1875 - The first international shipping lane is opened between Yokohama and Shanghai.
- 1901 - Fukuzawa Yukichi, best known as the founder of Keiō University, dies.
- 1972 - The Eleventh Winter Olympics are held in Sapporo where Kasaya Yukio becomes the first Japanese ever to win a gold medal. Kasaya Yukio and two other from Japan won all three medals in the 70 meter jump, prompting people to refer to them as the "flying hinomaru."
