October 26thCircus Day.
At a shrine for the war dead, Japan's first circus was performed.
A French troupe, under Msr. Soullier performed at Yasukuni Shrine in 1871. They had previously performed a smaller show at Yokohama in August the same year.Genda Circus.
Captain Minoru Genda served on the Akagi, and was a member of a Aviation Demonstration team known as 'Genda's Flying Circus'
