https://www.jluggage.com/blog/japan/why-is-japan-called-land-of-rising-sun/ - Japanese people like to see the first sunrise of the year and some of them go to the seashore to see the sunrise. They think it is something sacred. Japan is often called the country of the rising sun and the Japanese word for Japan is Nihon which means “where sun originates”. This page explains the reason Japan is known as the country of the rising sun.