Meaning of も in Xは日本でも有名だ


> 新潟県長岡市の花火大会は日本で **も** 有名で、２日間で１００万人が見に来ます。  
>  Nagaoka's firework display is famous in Japan, and 1 million people will
> come to see it over a two day period.

What does the も (in bold) add to this sentence? The meanings of 'also'/'even'
don't seem appropriate here.




I think by 「日本」 the writer meant "all of Japan" as opposed to just 長岡市 or 新潟県.
That is the only justification for using 「も」 I can come up with. But in that
case 「全国」 or 「日本中」 would be a more appropriate word. As written it sounds to
me as if the fireworks were first and foremost famous outside Japan or 新潟県長岡市
weren't located in the country.

So the 「も」 has its usual meaning of "also/even", but the「日本」 is used with a
slightly unexpected meaning. I take that the general drift of the sentence is
"Nagaoka's firework display is famous outside it's locale too, and so it draws
a million people from across the country over a two-day period."




I think by 「日本」 the writer meant "all of Japan" as opposed to just 長岡市 or 新潟県.
That is the only justification for using 「も」 I can come up with. But in that
case 「全国」 or 「日本中」 would be a more appropriate word. As written it sounds to
me as if the fireworks were first and foremost famous outside Japan or 新潟県長岡市
weren't located in the country.

So the 「も」 has its usual meaning of "also/even", but the「日本」 is used with a
slightly unexpected meaning. I take that the general drift of the sentence is
"Nagaoka's firework display is famous outside it's locale too, and so it draws
a million people from across the country over a two-day period."

