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This is a list of Japanese anniversaries and memorial days or kinenbi (記念日). Many dates have been selected because of a special relationship with the anniversary, but some are the product of Japanese wordplay (語呂合わせ, goroawase). These are listed by month in date order. Those excluded from the list are as follows:
Coming of Age Day (成人の日, Seijin no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January under the Happy Monday System. It is held in order to congratulate and encourage all those who have already reached the age of maturity between April 2 of the previous year and April 1 of the current year, and to help them ...
Marine Day: 海の日: Umi no hi: August 11: Mountain Day: 山の日: Yama no hi: Third Monday of September: Respect for the Aged Day: 敬老の日: Keirō no hi: September 22 or 23: Autumnal Equinox Day: 秋分の日: Shūbun no hi: Second Monday of October: Sports Day: スポーツの日: Supōtsu no Hi: November 3: Culture Day: 文化の日 ...
This day was marks an official beginning of new Japanese period, Reiwa. As of between 29 April and 5 May are already holidays, this caused 30 April and 2 May to be public holidays as well, making 2019's Golden Week at about ten consecutive days, from Saturday 27 April through Monday 6 May.
Cultural festivals (文化祭, Bunkasai) in Japan are annual open day events held by most schools, from nursery schools to universities at which their students display their artistic achievements. [1] People who want to enter the school themselves or who are interested in the school may come to see what the schoolwork and atmosphere are like.
Sports Day was established since the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics was held in 1964 The first Health and Sports Day was held on October 10, 1966, two years after the 1964 Summer Olympics . October was chosen for the unusually late Summer Olympics to avoid the Japanese rainy season , and Health and Sports Day continues to be one of the ...
Vernal Equinox Day became a public holiday in 1948. Prior to that it was the date of Shunki kōreisai (春季皇霊祭), an event relating to Shinto. Like other Japanese holidays, this holiday was repackaged as a non-religious holiday for the sake of separation of religion and state in Japan's postwar constitution. Pre-1945 State Shinto or ...
Children's Day (こどもの日, Kodomo no hi) is a public holiday in Japan which takes place annually on May 5 and is the final celebration in Golden Week. It is a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness.