Japanese holidays and cultural events

represents a national holiday.

January

January 1: New Year's Day
January 15: Coming-of-Age Day

February

Around the third of February: Setsubun
February 11: The Commemoration of the Founding of the Nation
(National Founding Day)
February 14: St. Valentine's Day

March

March 3: Dolls' Festival (Girls' Festival)
March 14: White Day
Around the twenty-third of March (On the day of the Vernal Equinox): Vernal Equinox Day

April

End of March or early April: Hanami
April 29: Greenery Day

May

May 3: Constitution Memorial Day
May 4: National Holiday
May 5: Children's Day
Around Greenery Day through around Children's day: Golden Week
The second Sunday in May: Mothers' Day

June

The third Sunday in June: Farthers' Day
June through July: Rainy Season

July

July 7: Star Festival
July 20: Ocean Day

August

August 13-15: The Buddhist festival of the dead

September

September (On the day of full moon): Moon Viewing
September 15: Respect-for-the-Aged Day
Around twenty-third of September (On the day of the autumnal Equinox)): Autumnal Equinox Day

November

November 3: Culture Day
November 15: 7-5-3 (The gala day for boys of three and five and girls of three and seven)
November 23: Labor Thanksgiving Day

December

December 23: The Emperor's Birthday
December 24: Christmas Eve
December 25: Christmas Day
December 31: New Year's Eve

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