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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Japan, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.

36
Observances
4
Subdivisions
1
Exchange
1
Calendar system

The next public holiday in Japan is

Mountain Day

In 4 days

08:49 local time in Japan Working day Last: Marine Day, 20 July 2026 · 18 days ago

Computed · local time Asia/Tokyo

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Japan public holidays in 2026

16 national closures in 2026, of 36 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.

DateObservanceEvidence
1 January 2026New Year's DayVerified
12 January 2026Coming of Age DayVerified
11 February 2026National Foundation DayVerified
23 February 2026Emperor's BirthdayVerified
20 March 2026Vernal Equinox DayCompiled
29 April 2026Showa DayVerified
4 May 2026Constitution Memorial DayVerified
4 May 2026Greenery DayVerified
5 May 2026Children's DayVerified
20 July 2026Marine DayVerified
11 August 2026Mountain DayVerified
21 September 2026RespectVerified
23 September 2026Autumnal Equinox DayCompiled
12 October 2026Sports DayVerified
3 November 2026Culture DayVerified
23 November 2026Labor Thanksgiving DayVerified

Long weekends in Japan, 2026

12 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. Weekends and national closures only.

WhenLengthBecause ofLeave
1 Jan – 4 Jan4 daysNew Year's Daytake Fri 2 Jan
10 Jan – 12 Jan3 daysComing of Age Dayno leave needed
21 Feb – 23 Feb3 daysEmperor's Birthdayno leave needed
20 Mar – 22 Mar3 daysVernal Equinox Dayno leave needed
2 May – 5 May4 daysGreenery Day, Children's Dayno leave needed
18 Jul – 20 Jul3 daysMarine Dayno leave needed
8 Aug – 11 Aug4 daysMountain Daytake Mon 10 Aug
19 Sep – 21 Sep3 daysRespectno leave needed
19 Sep – 23 Sep5 daysRespect, Autumnal Equinox Daytake Tue 22 Sep
10 Oct – 12 Oct3 daysSports Dayno leave needed
31 Oct – 3 Nov4 daysCulture Daytake Mon 2 Nov
21 Nov – 23 Nov3 daysLabor Thanksgiving Dayno leave needed

Next in each subdivision

2 subdivisions of Japan keep dates the national calendar does not. The next one in each is below — the full calendars are in the API.

SubdivisionNextObservance
Okinawa13 July 2027Obon Day 1
Tokyo2 January 2027New Year Second Day

How Japan keeps time

Observances36 across the national calendar and 4 subdivisions
Evidence16 verified · 0 corroborated · 20 compiled, from 16 named sources
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese
Calendar systemsgregorian
ExchangesXTKS
Last reviewed2026-08-03

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