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Name Date Remarks Ref. New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu): January 1 This national holiday was established in 1948, as a day to celebrate the new year. New Year's Day marks the beginning of Japan's most important holiday season, the New Year season (正月, Shōgatsu), which generally refers to the first one, three or seven days of the year.
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
A bus decorated with two flags in celeberation of Greenery Day, 2024. The present observation of Greenery Day (みどりの日, Midori no Hi) as a public holiday in Japan stems from the celebration of the birthday of the Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito, who lived from 1901 to 1989) on April 29 every year during the Shōwa era (1926 - 1989).
[9] [10] The Japanese government responded in 1948 by adopting a new national holiday law that renamed the holiday to Labor Thanksgiving Day while keeping the date the same. [11] May 1 is also celebrated as Labor Day by many trade unions in Japan, [12] which hold large rallies and marches in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. [citation needed]
At the time, 29 April was a national holiday celebrating the birth of the Shōwa Emperor. Upon his death in 1989, the day was renamed to Greenery Day ( みどりの日 , Midori no Hi ) . [ 3 ] In 2007, Greenery Day was moved to 4 May, and 29 April was renamed Shōwa Day to commemorate the late Emperor. [ 3 ]
Sports Day (スポーツの日, Supōtsu no hi), formerly Health and Sports Day (体育の日, Taiiku no hi, "Physical education day"), is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday in October. It commemorates the opening of the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, and exists to promote sports and an active lifestyle. [1]
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Since then, the Coming of Age Ceremony has been held on this day in most regions of Japan. Later, with the 1998 revision of the National Holidays Law, the Coming of Age Day was moved to the second Monday of January in 2000. [2] [13] [14] This amendment is called the Happy Monday System because it makes a long weekend (Saturday – Monday). In ...