日本の祝日

日本の祝日 covers Japan’s national holidays, substitute bank closures and major observance days across Japan, with the annual schedule anchored in the Act on National Holidays and commonly reflected by the Cabinet Office and the banking sector. The holiday calendar covers the fixed and movable dates that shape public life in Japan, including 元日, 成人の日, 建国記念の日, 天皇誕生日, 春分の日 and 昭和の日. It also captures days that affect opening hours and administrative planning, such as bank holidays clustered around the New Year period. The sequence moves through the winter and spring observances that define the Japanese public holiday year, then continues across civic, seasonal and cultural entries later in the cycle. Entries in the calendar are brief and practical: each item records the holiday name and, where relevant, the day on which banks or public institutions are likely to close. The pattern follows Japan’s seasonal holiday structure, with many dates tied to fixed civil observances and others tied to calendar rules that shift from year to year. Representative entries such as 成人の日, 建国記念の日, 天皇誕生日, 春分の日 and 昭和の日 show the mix of civic, imperial and seasonal observances that recur through the year. The calendar also reflects the country’s national context, since observance standards are set in Japan and affect workplaces, schools and transport planning across the country. For office staff, travellers, payroll teams and other groups coordinating around Japan’s holidays, the practical value lies in having the dates appear automatically in a day-to-day schedule. The feed is a Smart Calendar Feed, free to subscribe, and can be added to Apple Calendar. National holidays, bank closures and substitute days remain visible alongside meetings, travel and deadlines without manual entry. Organisations with Japanese operations often rely on this kind of calendar to reduce clashes with public closures and keep cross-border coordination aligned with the local timetable. The calendar updates regularly so changes to observance rules, substitute holidays or rescheduled bank closures appear automatically. That matters in Japan, where holiday arrangements can shift around weekends and special national events, and where the practical impact extends beyond government offices to finance, logistics, retail and education.