Japan Public Holidays 2025
Japan has 16 national public holidays in 2025, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2025 and ending with Labor Thanksgiving Day on 23 November 2025, observed on Monday 24 November 2025. Three holidays move this year: Emperor's Birthday falls on 23 February 2025 but the day off is taken on Monday 24 February 2025. It is counted once, on the day observed.
2025 has ended. This page is kept as a record of what the calendar was. For dates you can still plan around, see Japan in 2026 or Japan in 2027.
Looking back: Japan observed 16 national public holidays in 2025, one fewer than in 2026. One fell on a Saturday or Sunday, against zero in 2026. The calendar produced nine long weekends that year, against eight in 2026.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's Dayๅ ๆฅ | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| Coming of Age Dayๆไบบใฎๆฅ | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Foundation Dayๅปบๅฝ่จๅฟตใฎๆฅ | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Emperor's Birthdayๅคฉ็่ช็ๆฅ | in lieu of | Monday | Public holidayMoved |
| Spring Equinox Dayๆฅๅใฎๆฅ | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Showa Dayๆญๅใฎๆฅ | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Constitution Dayๆฒๆณ่จๅฟตๆฅ | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Greenery Dayใฟใฉใใฎๆฅ | in lieu of | Tuesday | Public holidayMoved |
| Children's Dayใใฉใใฎๆฅ | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Marine Dayๆตทใฎๆฅ | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Mountain Dayๅฑฑใฎๆฅ | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Respect-for-the-Aged Dayๆฌ่ใฎๆฅ | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Autumnal Equinox Day็งๅใฎๆฅ | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Sports Dayในใใผใใฎๆฅ | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Culture Dayๆๅใฎๆฅ | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Labor Thanksgiving Dayๅคๅดๆ่ฌใฎๆฅ | in lieu of | Monday | Public holidayMoved |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2025 needs no separate publication.
- Last verified
- The newest check behind a Japan entry, against the source named in the corrections log.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with no corrections needed for Japan.Always confirm official dates with a local authority before booking travel. How these calendars are built. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will check it.
May is the densest month for holidays, which tends to shape travel and shopping patterns. One of them falls on a weekend in 2025, so it is worth checking whether that day is made up during the week. Use the table below to see each 2025 holiday in Japan, when it happens and which day of the week it lands on. We track national holidays only, leaving out regional variations, so the list stays consistent and easy to compare with other countries.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Japan have in 2025?
Japan has 16 national public holidays in 2025. The first is New Year's Day on 1 January 2025 and the last is Labor Thanksgiving Day on 23 November 2025, observed on Monday 24 November 2025.
What is the first public holiday of 2025 in Japan?
The first public holiday of 2025 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2025.
When is New Year celebrated in Japan in 2025?
In 2025, New Year's Day in Japan is on 1 January 2025.
Which 2025 holidays in Japan are moved to another day?
3 are: Emperor's Birthday, which falls on 23 February 2025 but is taken on Monday 24 February 2025, Greenery Day, which falls on 4 May 2025 but is taken on Tuesday 6 May 2025 and Labor Thanksgiving Day, which falls on 23 November 2025 but is taken on Monday 24 November 2025. A moved holiday is one holiday with a shifted day off, not two holidays, so it is counted once here. Sites that list both the weekend date and its replacement report a higher total than the official calendar does.
Are regional holidays included for Japan?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Japan are listed separately on the Japan holiday hub, together with the regions that observe them.
Do the Japan holiday dates change from 2025 to the next year?
Some of them do. Seven of the 16 holidays in 2025 sit on a moving rule (set weekday of the month, equinox or solstice and substitute day), so their date has to be recalculated for every year. The rest keep the same calendar date and only change weekday. Moving ones this year include Coming of Age Day on 13 January 2025, Spring Equinox Day on 20 March 2025 and Marine Day on 21 July 2025, plus 4 more.
How far ahead is the Japan calendar actually fixed?
Through 2027. The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan fixes the equinox dates for the following year in February, when the calendar is published in the official gazette, so anything past that is computed from the rules in force rather than read off an official list. No corrections to the underlying dataset were needed for Japan.
Which Japan holidays are regional, and which move?
The table above is the national calendar for 2025. Some holidays keep the same date every year while others are tied to Easter, to a lunar calendar or to a named weekday, and some parts of the country add their own days off. The Japan holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Japan with other countries in the same year, see the 2025 worldwide overview.
Other years for Japan
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Japan public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Japan 2025 calendar
Knowing the dates is half the question. The other half is what they add up to: which of them create a long weekend and how many working days the year leaves. The 2025 worldwide overview compares every country on holiday count and weekend overlap, and the country index ranks all 44 of them. The same figures are available as JSON, and the dates as a calendar file.