Japan Post New Year Holiday

New year shogatsu or oshogatsu in japan is quite enjoyable it is considered one of the most important holidays and yearly festivals in japan there are a lot of things to do during the new year holiday as i have planned to do something for this wonderful holiday season i hereby express what i know about japanese new year celebration you will know how do japanese celebrate it and other.

Japan post new year holiday. In japan after the 25th of december it s as if christmas never happened. Japan holiday news 23 october 2020. Businesses government offices banks and the post office will all be closed for a stretch of about nine days at the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020.

If you match any of those number you can win a prize 100 000 yen cash travel electronics food or stamps. According to nhk the idea of combining nengajo with a lottery started in 1949 when the price of a postcard was 2 yen. In japan the end of the year and beginning of the year holidays are combined into one long holiday called nenmatsu nenshi oyasumi 年末年始お休み.

That s because christmas here is like halloween just another fun holiday without much traditional or cultural let alone religious significance the traditional winter holiday for the japanese is oshogatsu literally first month or new year. Banks the post office including the japan post bank same as government offices. Saturday december 29th to thursday january 3rd.

Years are traditionally viewed as completely separate with each new year providing a fresh start. Saturday december 29th to thursday january 3rd. Request to send christmas cards early this year.

Officially a holiday for banks post offices and government institutions. If you want to move out of tokyo on dec 28 31 consider taking air flights which you can book before you come to japan. In mid january japan post selects random numbers similar to a new year postal lottery.

Click here for the 2019 2020 japan new year holiday schedule. Resumption and temporary suspension of acceptance delivery delays of mail items destined to various countries territories updated on october 8 september 29 2020. Only 1st january is an official national holiday but the new year period shogatsu is considered to last until the 3rd and many business re open on the 4th or 5th.