Japan public holidays 2025

Japan 2025

The calendar above is already set to Japan holidays for 2025, ready to download as a PDF. Below is the full list, the weekday each holiday falls on, and the long weekends they create.

How holidays work in Japan

All 16 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1WednesdayNew Year's Day
January 13MondayComing of Age Day
February 11TuesdayFoundation Day
February 24MondayThe Emperor's Birthday
March 20ThursdayVernal Equinox Day
April 29TuesdayShōwa Day
May 3SaturdayConstitution Memorial Day
May 5MondayChildren's Day
May 6TuesdayGreenery Day
July 21MondayMarine Day
August 11MondayMountain Day
September 15MondayRespect for the Aged Day
September 23TuesdayAutumnal Equinox Day
October 13MondaySports Day
November 3MondayCulture Day
November 24MondayLabour Thanksgiving Day

These are the dates as officially observed. Where a country moves a day off because the holiday itself falls at a weekend, the moved date is the one shown, which is why a date here can differ from the traditional one.

Long weekends in 2025

Stretches of three or more days off in a row, counting weekends and nationwide public holidays together. Holidays that apply only to some regions are left out, since they would not give most people the day off.

DatesDaysBecause of
January 11 – January 133Coming of Age Day
February 22 – February 243The Emperor's Birthday
May 3 – May 64Constitution Memorial Day, Children's Day, Greenery Day
July 19 – July 213Marine Day
August 9 – August 113Mountain Day
September 13 – September 153Respect for the Aged Day
October 11 – October 133Sports Day
November 1 – November 33Culture Day
November 22 – November 243Labour Thanksgiving Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

One holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday in 2025, and Japan does not shift it to a weekday:

Print it

The generator at the top of this page marks every holiday listed here. The calendar language is a separate setting, so you can print Japan holidays with month names in any of 58 languages — or switch the holidays off and keep a plain calendar.

Other years

Other countries