New Year S Holidays Japan

Japan holiday news 23 october 2020.
New year s holidays japan. It s a chance for families to not only reflect on the past year and their dreams for the future but also to spend time together catch up cook eat and play games. Name date remarks ref. Most businesses shut down from january 1 to january 3 and families typically gather to spend the days together.
The following are japanese national holidays and some of the most important other annual nationwide events. Monday 26 october 2020 12. Discover both modern and traditional japanese new year s traditions.
Japanese new year celebrations are quite different from typical western ones. In addition there are countless local annual festivals. New year 正月 shōgatsu is the most important holiday in japan.
Years are traditionally viewed as completely separate with each new year providing a fresh start. The government plans to request companies to resume business only on january 12. The traditional winter holiday for the japanese is oshogatsu literally first month or new year.
The new year holidays cherry blossom season summer holidays and the oben week the autumn color season the golden week and the silver week are the important days to keep in mind. Japan could extend the new year holidays by a whole week in 2021. You can only say this before the clock strikes january 1st 12 00am.
Shops restaurants and tourist attractions in japan are generally open on national holidays except on new year. With the exception of new year s day if a holiday falls on a sunday the following day is treated as a holiday instead. Have a happy new year.