29th July – 文月 From the end of July till early September, school kids have summer vacation in Japan. For most of adult who work at office, they also can get few days off in the middle of August. The common thing is that Japanese companies are mostly difficult to get continuous holidays, so thisContinue reading “夏休み (Natsu Yasumi) – Summer vacation”
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憲法記念日 (kenpou Kinenbi)
3rd May – 皐月 Today is a part of the Golden week, 3rd May is a public holiday called 憲法記念日 (Kenpou Kinenbi) – Constitution day. Cerebrate the establishment of the Japanese constitution and wish for the growth of country. The current constitution was announced on 3rd November 1946, and enforced from 3rd May 1947. TheContinue reading “憲法記念日 (kenpou Kinenbi)”
ゴールデンウィーク
28th April – 卯月 From the end of April to the start of May, Japan has huge continuous public holiday, called ゴールデンウィーク (Golden Week). This holiday consists of 昭和の日 (Showa no hi, 29th),憲法記念日 (Kenpou Kinenbi, 3rd), みどりの日 (Midori no hi, 4th), こどもの日 (Kodomo no hi, 5th). Japanese society is generally considered to be hard toContinue reading “ゴールデンウィーク”
11th February – 如月
建国記念の日 （Kenkoku Kinen no Hi） National foundation celebration day. Celebrating the enthronement of the first emperor 神武天皇 (Jinmu Tennou) From 1966, Japan has enacted the day of national foundation celebration on 11th of February. This day is not the actual foundation day so saying 建国記念の日 instead of 建国記念日 (‘no’ inside the name) to make the differenceContinue reading “11th February – 如月”
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