Learn Japanese Online » national holidays http://talksushi.com Speak Japanese, learn Japanese words, read and write kanji with Japanese lessons. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:27:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 National Holidays http://talksushi.com/natonal-holidays/ http://talksushi.com/natonal-holidays/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:04:19 +0000 Nick http://talksushi.com/?p=214 Japanese are highly regarded for their commitment to work. Often putting work before family few Japanese take the paid holidays which they are legally entitled to. In my 10 years of living in Japan I have never known any of my Japanese friends to take more than a weeks holiday. Most Japanese will never use all their paid holidays and believe it is wrong to do so as it will cause trouble for fellow co-workers and so on.  Japanese may not take many personal holidays, but Japan celebrates many national holidays. Below is a list of the many national holidays Japanese take each year. Some of them sound a bit wacky like “Marie Day” or “Green Day”. However, most of these holidays are culturally significant in Japan. Some are in fact festival days. Setsubun and Hanabata are two very popular festivals widely celebrated in Japan  These days represent the few times most people can take a day off work without having to worry about what their co-workers are doing. Guilt free holidays! It would definitely impress Japanese if you were able to talk or ask questions about national holidays.


National Holidays

Date Romaji English
January 1st Gantan New Year’s Day
January 15th Seijin no hi Coming of Age Day
February 3rd or 4th Setesubun The Bean Throwing Ceremony
March 3rd Hinamatsuri The Doll Festival
April 29th Midori no hi Green Day
May 5th Kodomo no hi Children’s Day
July 7th Hanabata The Start Festival
July 20th Umi no hi Marine Day
September 15th Seijin no hi Respect for the Elderly Day
October 10th Taiiku no hi Sports Day
November 3rd Bunka no hi Culture Day
December 23rd Tenno tanjyoubi The Emperor’s Birthday
December 31st Oomisoka The Last Day of the Year
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