Japan New Year Holiday
The japanese new year 正月 shōgatsu is an annual festival with its own customs.
Japan new year holiday. Japanese new year celebrations are quite different from typical western ones. New year 正月 shōgatsu is the most important holiday in japan. Since 1873 the official japanese new year has been celebrated according to the gregorian calendar on january 1 of each year new year s day 元日 ganjitsu.
January 2 bank holiday. January 1 this national holiday was established in 1948 as a day to celebrate the new year. Since the year end to new year holiday season in japan is a time for family reunions train stations and airports typically become overcrowded on certain days with those traveling home.
New year s day 元日 ganjitsu. Name date remarks ref. January 3 bank holiday.
Most businesses shut down from january 1 to january 3 and families typically gather to spend the days together. Coming of age day. The traditional winter holiday for the japanese is oshogatsu literally first month or new year.
But despite the date change japanese continued to keep older traditions in celebrating new year s day on 1 january. With celebrations extending until january 3rd new year in japan is largely a quiet solemn family affair. Unlike chinese korean or vietnamese new year japanese celebrate their new year on january 1.
On october 23 japan s. These include the annual white glove cleaning of the family home giving small sums of money in an envelope to kids and visiting the first shrine of the year on anywhere from the first to the third of january. For most japanese from dec 29 to jan 3 are new years holidays and a lot of people return to their home town on dec 28 30 to cerebrate the new year with their parents relatives or friends.