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Japan Public Holidays

Japan public holidays data. National holidays with dates and names in Japanese and English. Updated annually. MIT licensed open data.

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Japan Public Holidays Scraper

Scrape all Japan national public holidays with dates and names in both Japanese and English. Built on the open-source holidays-jp dataset (MIT license).

What data does it provide?

This Actor fetches the complete list of Japan's national public holidays, including:

  • Holiday date in YYYY-MM-DD format
  • Japanese name (e.g., 元日, 成人の日, 春分の日)
  • English translation (e.g., New Year's Day, Coming of Age Day, Vernal Equinox Day)
  • Day of week (Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
  • Year, month, and day as separate fields for easy filtering

All 16 standard Japanese national holidays are covered, plus substitute holidays and special one-time holidays.

Use cases

  • Tourism and travel apps - Show upcoming holidays when planning trips to Japan
  • Calendar integrations - Import Japanese holidays into scheduling systems
  • Business planning - Account for Japanese holidays in international business operations
  • HR and payroll systems - Track non-working days for Japanese offices
  • Market analysis - Correlate business metrics with holiday periods
  • Cultural education - Learn about Japanese national celebrations

Input parameters

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
yearintegerall yearsFilter holidays by year (e.g., 2026)
include_englishbooleantrueInclude English translations of holiday names
max_resultsinteger100Maximum number of results (1-5000)
log_levelstringINFOLogging verbosity: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR

Output schema

Each item in the output dataset has the following fields:

{
"date": "2026-01-01",
"name_ja": "元日",
"name_en": "New Year's Day",
"day_of_week": "Thursday",
"year": 2026,
"month": 1,
"day": 1
}

Example output

[
{
"date": "2026-01-01",
"name_ja": "元日",
"name_en": "New Year's Day",
"day_of_week": "Thursday",
"year": 2026,
"month": 1,
"day": 1
},
{
"date": "2026-01-12",
"name_ja": "成人の日",
"name_en": "Coming of Age Day",
"day_of_week": "Monday",
"year": 2026,
"month": 1,
"day": 12
},
{
"date": "2026-05-05",
"name_ja": "こどもの日",
"name_en": "Children's Day",
"day_of_week": "Tuesday",
"year": 2026,
"month": 5,
"day": 5
}
]

Japan's 16 national holidays

JapaneseEnglishTypical Date
元日New Year's DayJanuary 1
成人の日Coming of Age Day2nd Monday of January
建国記念の日National Foundation DayFebruary 11
天皇誕生日Emperor's BirthdayFebruary 23
春分の日Vernal Equinox DayAround March 20
昭和の日Showa DayApril 29
憲法記念日Constitution Memorial DayMay 3
みどりの日Greenery DayMay 4
こどもの日Children's DayMay 5
海の日Marine Day3rd Monday of July
山の日Mountain DayAugust 11
敬老の日Respect for the Aged Day3rd Monday of September
秋分の日Autumnal Equinox DayAround September 23
スポーツの日Sports Day2nd Monday of October
文化の日Culture DayNovember 3
勤労感謝の日Labor Thanksgiving DayNovember 23

Data source

  • API: holidays-jp (https://holidays-jp.github.io/api/v1/date.json)
  • License: MIT
  • Authentication: None required (free public API)
  • Update frequency: Updated annually when the Japanese government announces the next year's holidays