;Japan-(Nippon) ;Unitary parliamentary democracy & constitutional monarchy ;language: Nihongo (Japanese), Japanese has no official status, but is the de facto national language ;Time zone: JST (UTC+9) ;YOU NEED MovingOperation _LUX, _LU2, _NE7 ;For a syntax description see PTBSync Help! ;If you find an error please contact: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com LANGUAGE=UTF8 IMAGE=Holiday_Japan.gif COMMENT=Updated July 15, 2020 \nsee also: Japan-solar terms or Cal. solar terms-Japanese Typ=Holy 01.1.*LUX =Ganjitsu ;Note=if Sunday free day on Monday ;English=New Year's Day 15.1.<2001 =Seijin no hi ;Note=honors people who attain the age of 20 years, 2001 >2nd Monday January ;English=Coming-of-Age Day 01.1.+2Mo>2000 =Seijin no hi ;Note=honors people who attain the age of 20 years, Jan. 15 till 2000 ;English=Coming-of-Age Day 29.1.>1871<1873 =#1871th Kigensetsu ;Note=legendary enthronement of Japan's first emperor, Jimmu, 1st off. 1872 {d-02-11} ;English=Empire Day 11.2.>1872<1946 =#1871th Kigensetsu ;Note=legendary enthronement of Japan's first emperor, Jimmu, 1st off. 1872 {d} ;English=Empire Day 11.2.*LUX>1965 =#1965th Kenkoku kinen no hi ;Note=1st 1966, if Sunday free day on Monday, legendary enthronement of Japan's first emperor, same date Kigensetsu (1873>1945) {d} ;English=National Founding Day 23.2.*LUX>2019 =Tennō tanjōbi ;Note=if Sunday free day on Monday ;English=Emperor's Birthday 20.3.*LUX =#0805th Shumbun-no-hi ;Note=if Sunday free day on Monday, 1st 806 {d} ;English=Vernal Equinox Day 29.4.*LUX>1984<1989 =Tennō tanjōbi ;Note=if Sunday free day on Monday ;English=Emperor's Birthday 29.4.*LUX>1988<2007 =Midori no hi ;Note=if Sunday free day on Monday, 2007 >May 4 ;English=Greenery Day 29.4.*LUX>2006 =#2006th Shōwa no hi ;Note=if Sunday free day on Monday, 1st 2007 {d} ;English=Showa Day 03.5.>1947 =#1947th Kenpō kinenbi ;Note=if Sunday free day on Wednesday, 1st 1948 {d} ;English=Constitution Memorial Day MOVE=Always 03.5.*NE7+3Dy>1947 =#1947th Kenpō kinenbi ;Note=if Sunday free day on Wednesday, 1st 1948 {d} ;English=Constitution Memorial Day MOVE=User 04.5.>1998<2007 =Kokumin-no-kyujitsu ;Note=1st 1999, >2006 ;English=People's Day 04.5.*LU2>2006 =Midori no hi ;Note=if Sunday free day on Tuesday, Apr. 29 1989>2006 {d} ;English=Greenery Day 05.5.*LUX>1947 =Kodomo-no-hi/Tango-no-sekku/Ayame no hi ;Note=1st 1948, if Sunday free day on Monday {d} ;English=Children's Day/Irisfestival 20.7.<1996 =Umi no kinen bi ;Note=1996 >Marine Day, July 20 till 2002 ;English=Marine Memorial Day 20.7.>1995<2003 =Umi-no-hi ;Note=till 1995 Marine Memorial Day, 2003 >3rd Monday July ;English=Marine Day 01.7.+3Mo>2002<2021 =Umi-no-hi ;Note=till 1995 Marine Memorial Day, July 20 till 2002 ;English=Marine/See Day ;2021 Tokyo Olympics, moving Japanese public holidays (Marine Day [01.7.+3Mo]) ;Due to the postponement of the Olympics, the 2021 date will be moved to July 22 22.7.>2020<2022 =Umi-no-hi ;Note=till 1995 Marine Memorial Day, July 20 till 2002 ;English=Marine/See Day 01.7.+3Mo>2021 =Umi-no-hi ;Note=till 1995 Marine Memorial Day, July 20 till 2002 ;English=Marine/See Day ;11.8.>2015<2020 =Yama no Hi ;Note=1st 2016 {d} ;English=Mountain Day 11.8.*LUX>2015<2020 =Yama no Hi ;Note=1st 2016 ;English=Mountain Day ;2020 Tokyo Olympics, moving 2020 Japanese public holidays (Mountain Day [11.8.]) 11.8.*LUX>2020 =Yama no Hi ;Note=1st 2016 {d} ;English=Mountain Day 15.9.>1965<2003 =#1965th Keirō no hi ;Note=1st 1966, 2003 >3rd Monday September {m} ;English=Respect-for-the-Aged Day 01.9.+3Mo>2002 =#1965th Keirō no hi ;Note=1st 1966, Sep. 15 till 2002 {m} ;English=Respect-for-the-Aged Day 23.9.*LUX =Shūbun no hi (±1 day, Autumn equinox JST) ;Note=astronomical Autumn equinox Japan Standard Time, if Sunday free day on Monday {d} ;English=Autumnal Equinox Day 10.10.>1965<2000 =#1965th Taiiku-no-hi ;Note=anniversary opening 1964 Tokyo Olympics, 1st 1966, 2000 >2nd Monday October {m} ;English=Health-Sports Day 01.10.+2Mo>1999<2020 =#1965th Taiiku-no-hi ;Note=anniversary opening 1964 Tokyo Olympics, 1st 1966, Oct. 10 till 1999 {m} ;English=Health-Sports Day ;2020 Tokyo Olympics, moving 2020 Japanese public holidays (Health-Sports Day [01.10.+2Mo]) 01.10.+2Mo>2020 =#1965th Taiiku-no-hi ;Note=anniversary opening 1964 Tokyo Olympics, 1st 1966, Oct. 10 till 1999 {m} ;English=Health-Sports Day 03.11.*LUX>1947 =#1947th Bunka no hi ;Note=if Sunday free day on Monday, 1st 1948 {d} ;English=Culture Day 23.11.*LUX>1947 =#1947th Kinrō kansha no hi ;Note=if Sunday free day on Monday, 1st 1948 {d} ;English=Labor Thanksgiving Day 23.12.*LUX>1988<2019 =Tennō tanjōbi ;Note=if Sunday free day on Monday ;English=Emperor's Birthday ;Reigai-teki ;any date that falls between 2 public holidays, will henceforth also be a public holiday (revised holiday Act 43, May 13, 2005). This means that there will be a 5-day period of public holidays in 2009, 2015, and 2026. 22.9.>2008<2010 =Shukusaijitsu ;Note=2009 22.9.>2014<2016 =Shukusaijitsu ;Note=2015 22.9.>2025<2027 =Shukusaijitsu ;Note=2026 ;one-off non-working public holiday (Tokyo Olympics), compensated ;23.7.>2019<2021 =one-off non-working public holiday ;Note=day before the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ;24.7.>2019<2021 =one-off non-working public holiday ;Note=opening day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ;10.8.>2019<2021 =one-off non-working public holiday ;Note=closing day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ;All 3 of these one-off non-working public holidays in Japan in 2020 would be compensated, by moving other 2020 Japanese public holidays (Marine Day [01.7.+3Mo], Mountain Day [11.8.] and Health-Sports Day [01.10.+2Mo]). ;one-off non-working public holiday ;any date that falls between 2 public holidays, will henceforth also be a public holiday (revised holiday Act 43, May 13, 2005), period of 10 consecutive days of public holidays in Japan (April 27 until May 6, 2019) 29.4.>2018<2020 =Shukusaijitsu ;Note=2019 {n} ;English=one-off non-working public holiday 01.5.>2018<2020 =Shukusaijitsu ;Note=2019, Accession of the New Emperor {n} ;English=one-off non-working public holiday 02.5.>2018<2020 =Shukusaijitsu ;Note=2019 {n} ;English=one-off non-working public holiday 22.10.>2018<2020 =Sokuirei Seiden no Gi ;Note=2019, Sokuirei Seiden no Gi, the core ritual of the enthronement ceremonies {n} ;English=one-off non-working public holiday TYP=Local 02.1. =Bank Holiday ;English=Bank Holiday 03.1. =Bank Holiday ;English=Bank Holiday 31.12. =Bank Holiday ;English=Bank Holiday TYP=LocalHalf ;31.12. =New Year's Eve ;Note=Banks/Government TYP=Normal ;daylight saving time (DST) is not observed ;national days 01.1. =O-shougatsu ;Note=Jan. 01>03 ;English=New Year's Day 02.1. =O-shougatsu ;Note=Jan. 01>03 ;English=New Year's Day 03.1. =O-shougatsu ;Note=Jan. 01>03 ;English=New Year's Day 07.1. =Nanakusa no sekku ;Note=seasonal festival 11.1. =Kagami Biraki* ;Note={d} ;English=Opening the Mirror/Breaking of the Mochi 01.1.+3Mo =Haru-No-Yabuiri* ;Note=Day of No Work for the Overworked {m} 26.1.>1954 =Bunkazai bōka dē ;Note={n} ;English=Cultural property fire protection day 03.2. =Setsubun (Mamemaki No Hi) ;Note=one day before beginning of spring {d} ;English=Bean-Throwing Ceremony 04.2. =Lìchūn/Risshun (±1 day) ;Note=day can vary by ±1 day {d} ;English=start of spring 07.2.>1981 =Hoppōryōdonohi no #1981-nichi-me ;Note=1982 1-nichi-me {d} ;English=Day of the Northern Territories 14.2. =Barentaindē ;Note=pronounced barentain dei ;English=Valentine's Day 18.2.>2006 =Amami-guntō/Amami-shotō, #2006th Hōgen no Hi ;Note={d} ;English=Amami Islands, Dialect Day 22.2.>1987 =Neko no Hi* ;Note=1st 1987, Nyan Nyan Nyan {d} ;English=Cats Day 22.2.>2004 =Shimane Prefecture, Takeshima no hi ;Note=1st 2005 {d} ;English=Takeshima Day 03.3. =Hinamatsuri ;Note={d} ;English=Doll festival/Girl's festival 03.3. =Momo-no-sekku ;Note=Originally celebrated on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month {d} ;English=Peach Blossom Festival ;? 01.3.+2Mo>2019 =Presidential Chancellorship Day 14.3. =Howaitodē ;Note=pronounced howaitto-dei ;English=White Day 15.3. =Hōnen matsuri* ;Note={d} ;English=Harvest Festival 23.3. =Shunki-Korei-San* ;Note=Japan's emperor pays homage to his imperial ancestors {d} ;English=Spring Imperial Spirit Festival ;01.4. =beginning of the government's fiscal year ;01.4. =corporations often form or merge ;01.4. =many new employees begin their jobs ;01.4. =start of many real-estate leases ;01.4. =school year begins 08.4. =Hana matsuri/Kambutsu-e ;Note=celebration of Buddha's Birthday ;English=Flower Festival 18.4.>1953 =Hatsumei no hi ;Note=1954 {d} ;English=Invention Day {n} 28.4.>2012 =Shuken kaifuku no hi ;Note=1st 2013 {d} ;English=Restoration of Sovereignty Day 29.4.>1925<1985 =Tennō tanjōbi ;Note=1985 >National day of rest ;English=Emperor's Birthday 01.5.+2Su =Haha no hi ;Note=Mother's Day 05.5. =Lìxià/Rikka (±1 day) ;Note=day can vary by ±1 day {d} ;English=start of summer 09.5.>2014 =Gokū no hi ;Note=1st 2015 {n} 01.6. =Koromogae ;English=Seasonal changing of clothes 01.6.+3Su =Chichi no hi ;English=Father's Day 07.7. =Tanabata Matsuri ;Note=in some localities Aug. 7 ;English=Star Festival 13.7. =Eastern Japan, Shichigatsu Bon 1 ;English=Bon in July, Festival of Souls 14.7. =Eastern Japan, Shichigatsu Bon 2 ;English=Bon in July, Festival of Souls 15.7. =Eastern Japan, Shichigatsu Bon 3 ;English=Bon in July, Festival of Souls {d} ;16.7. =Eastern Japan, Shichigatsu Bon 4 ;English=Bon in July, Festival of Souls 13.8. =Western Japan, Hachigatsu Bon 1 ;English=Bon in August, Festival of Souls 14.8. =Western Japan, Hachigatsu Bon 2 ;English=Bon in August, Festival of Souls 15.8. =Western Japan, Hachigatsu Bon 3 ;English=Bon in August, Festival of Souls {d} ;16.8. =Western Japan, Hachigatsu Bon 4 ;English=Bon in August, Festival of Souls 25.7.+1Nm+12Dy =northern part of the Kantō region, Chūgoku region, Shikoku, Okinawa Prefecture, Kyu Bon 3 (±1 day moon observation) ;Note=Old Bon, 13th day 7th Chinese month #-2698 ;English=7th month, orchid month 25.7.+1Nm+13Dy =northern part of the Kantō region, Chūgoku region, Shikoku, Okinawa Prefecture, Kyu Bon 3 (±1 day moon observation) ;Note=Old Bon, 14th day 7th Chinese month #-2698 ;English=7th month, orchid month 25.7.+1Nm+14Dy =northern part of the Kantō region, Chūgoku region, Shikoku, Okinawa Prefecture, Kyu Bon 3 (±1 day moon observation) ;Note=Old Bon, 15th day 7th Chinese month #-2698 {h} ;English=7th month, orchid month 06.8. =Heiwa no hi ;Note={d} ;English=Peace Day 06.8. =Hiroshima heiwa kinen shikiten ;Note=1945 {d} ;English=Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony 07.8. =Lìqiū/Risshū (±1 day) ;Note=day can vary by ±1 day {d} ;English=start of autumn 07.8. =Tanabata Matsuri ;Note=in some localities July 7 {d} ;English=Star Festival 25.7.+1Nm+6Dy =Tanabata Matsuri (moon calendar, ±1 day moon observation) ;Note=7th day 7th lunar month ;English=Star Festival 15.8. =Shusen-kinenbi* ;Note={d} ;English=Memorial Day for the End of the War 02.5.>1951<1953 =Shinjuku Gyoen, Zenkoku Senbotsusha Tsuitōshiki' ;Note=1st, 1952 {n} ;English=National Memorial Service for War Dead 28.3.>1958<1960 =Zenkoku Senbotsusha Tsuitōshiki' ;Note=2nd, 1952 {n} ;English=National Memorial Service for War Dead 15.8.>1962<1982 =Zenkoku Senbotsusha Tsuitōshiki' ;Note=3rd 1963, yearly {n} ;English=National Memorial Service for War Dead 15.8.>1981 =Zenkoku Senbotsusha Tsuitōshiki' ;Note=1982 Diet enacted a law fixing the date at August 15 {n} ;English=National Memorial Service for War Dead ;15.8. =Yamaga toro ? 01.9. =Bōsai no hi (Bōsai kunren) ;Note=anniversary Great Kanto Earthquake (1923), 1960 1st Disaster prevention drill {d} ;English=Disaster Prevention Day (Disaster prevention drill) ;01.9.+1Fm =Tsukimi ;Note=full moon September {m} ;English=Moon Viewing 24.8.+1Nm+14Dy =Tsukimi/Otsukimi (moon calendar, ±1 day moon observation) ;Note=15th day 8th lunar month ;English=Moon Viewing 09.9. =Kiku no sekku ;Note=seasonal festival {d} ;English=Chrysanthemum Day 18.9.>2005 =Ryūkyū-shotō/Ruuchuu, #2005th Shima Kutuba no Hi ;Note={d} ;English=Ryukyu Islands, Island Languages Day 01.10. =Koromogae ;English=Seasonal change of clothes 01.10.>1982 =Kōhī no hi ;Note=1st 1983, All Japan Coffee Association {d} ;English=Coffee Day 01.10. =Nihonshu no hi ;Note={d} ;English=Sake Day 01.11.>1965 =Jiei-tai Kinen'bi ;Note=1st 1966 {n} ;English=Self-Defense Forces Commemoration Day 07.11. =Lìdōng/Rittō (±1 day) ;Note=day can vary by ±1 day {d} ;English=start of winter ;10.11. =Toiredē ;Note=in Japan the numbers 11/10 (for the month and the day) can be read as ii-to(ire), which also means "Good Toilet" ;English=Toilet Day 11.11. =Origami no hi ;Note={d} ;English=Origami Day 15.11. =Shichi-Go-San ;Note=Festival for 3 & 7 yrs old girls & 5 yr old boys {d} ;English=Seven-Five-Three 08.12. =Rōhatsu/Shaka-Jōdō-e/Jōdō-e* ;Note=Bodhi Day (Buddhist) {d} ;English=Bodhi Day/Waking Up 12.12. =Kotoshi no kanji ;Note=Japanese character chosen by the Japanese Kanji Proficiency Society, ceremony at Kiyomizu Temple {n} ;English=Kanji Day 25.12. =Kurisumasu ;English=Christmas 31.12. =Ōmisoka ;Note=traditional time for taking stock and paying debts in Japan {d} ;English=New Year's Eve ;local days 10.1. =Nishinomiya, Tōka-Ebisu ;English=Luckiest Man festival 02.3. =Obama, Omizu-okuri ;Note={d} ;English=Obama, Water Carrying Festival 13.3. =Nara, Kasuga Matsuri ;Note=Kasuga Grand Shrine {d} ;English=Monkey Festival 01.4.+2Su =Yukinoshita, Kamakura matsuri ;English=Kamakura Festival 14.4. =Takayama, Sanno Matsuri ;English=Spring Festival 15.4. =Takayama, Sanno Matsuri ;English=Spring Festival 01.5.+3Su =Kyoto, Mifune matsuri ;English=Three Boats Festival 14.7. =Nachisan, Nachi-no-Hi-Matsuri ;English=Fire Festival 02.8. =Aomori, Nebuta Matsuri (Yūgata) ;English=Nebuta Festival 03.8. =Aomori, Nebuta Matsuri (Yūgata) ;English=Nebuta Festival 04.8. =Aomori, Nebuta Matsuri (Yūgata) ;English=Nebuta Festival 05.8. =Aomori, Nebuta Matsuri (Yūgata) ;English=Nebuta Festival 06.8. =Aomori, Nebuta Matsuri (Yūgata) ;English=Nebuta Festival 07.8. =Aomori, Nebuta Matsuri (Hiruma) ;English=Nebuta Festival 03.8. =Akita, Kantō Matsuri 04.8. =Akita, Kantō Matsuri 05.8. =Akita, Kantō Matsuri 06.8. =Akita, Kantō Matsuri 05.8. =Yamagata, Hanagasa Matsuri ;English=Hanagasa festival 06.8. =Yamagata, Hanagasa Matsuri ;English=Hanagasa festival 07.8. =Yamagata, Hanagasa Matsuri ;English=Hanagasa festival 07.8. =Niigata Matsuri ;English=Niigata Festival 08.8. =Niigata Matsuri ;English=Niigata Festival 09.8. =Niigata Matsuri ;English=Niigata Festival 12.8. =Tokushima Prefecture, Awa odori ;English=Awa Dance Festival 13.8. =Tokushima Prefecture, Awa odori ;English=Awa Dance Festival 14.8. =Tokushima Prefecture, Awa odori ;English=Awa Dance Festival 15.8. =Tokushima Prefecture, Awa odori ;English=Awa Dance Festival 01.9. =Yatsuo, Owara kaze-no bon ;English=Bon Dance of the Wind 21.9. =Tokyo-Bunkyō, Reisai Matsuri 09.10. =Takayama, Hachiman Matsuri ;English=Autumn Festival 10.10. =Takayama, Hachiman Matsuri ;English=Autumn Festival 11.10. =Tokyo, O-Eshiki 12.10. =Tokyo, O-Eshiki 13.10. =Tokyo, O-Eshiki 14.10. =Himeji, Nada no Kenka matsuri ;English=Roughhouse Festival 15.10. =Himeji, Nada no Kenka matsuri ;English=Roughhouse Festival 22.10. =Kyoto, Jidai matsuri ;English=Festival of the Ages 03.11.>1998 =Tokyo-Asakusa, Jidai Matsuri 02.12. =Chichibu Yomatsuri ;English=Chichibu Night Festival 03.12. =Chichibu Yomatsuri ;English=Chichibu Night Festival 15.12. =Kasugano-cho, Wakamiya, On-Matsuri 16.12. =Kasugano-cho, Wakamiya, On-Matsuri 17.12. =Kasugano-cho, Wakamiya, On-Matsuri, Jidai Gyrotesu 18.12. =Kasugano-cho, Wakamiya, On-Matsuri ;The PTBSync holiday files are maintained by dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com ;On http://users.telenet.be/wdew/ you find a library of additional files for PTBSync ;The abbreviations {d} {m} {e} {y} ... are explained on http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Basis%20PTB/BasisEN.htm ;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Week_%28Japan%29 ;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holidays_of_Japan ;http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanse_feestdag ;https://sites.google.com/site/sprstrikesback/significantdatesandholidays ;http://www.pavc.ne.jp/~nigtief/EnglishVersion/living/climate.html ;24.2.2010, The government of Japan is planning to scrap the "Happy Mondays" system whereby 4 of Japan's public holidays always occur on a Monday, so that people can enjoy long holidays at a time instead of 3-day weekends