Japanese public holidays in 2024

Japan has 21 public holidays in 2024: 16 national holidays and 5 substitute holidays. Here they are with the day of the week and their Japanese names, followed by every long weekend in the year.

All 21 holidays in 2024#

As JSON: https://marubox.jp/holidays/jp/2024.json

Long weekends in 2024#

Every stretch of three days or more off, counting Saturdays and Sundays.

• Sat 30 Dec – Mon 1 Jan, 3 days: New Year's Day
• Sat 6 Jan – Mon 8 Jan, 3 days: Coming of Age Day
• Sat 10 Feb – Mon 12 Feb, 3 days: National Foundation Day, Substitute Holiday
• Fri 23 Feb – Sun 25 Feb, 3 days: The Emperor's Birthday
• Sat 27 Apr – Mon 29 Apr, 3 days: Shōwa Day
• Fri 3 May – Mon 6 May, 4 days: Constitution Memorial Day, Greenery Day, Children's Day, Substitute Holiday
• Sat 13 Jul – Mon 15 Jul, 3 days: Marine Day
• Sat 10 Aug – Mon 12 Aug, 3 days: Mountain Day, Substitute Holiday
• Sat 14 Sept – Mon 16 Sept, 3 days: Respect for the Aged Day
• Sat 21 Sept – Mon 23 Sept, 3 days: Autumnal Equinox Day, Substitute Holiday
• Sat 12 Oct – Mon 14 Oct, 3 days: Sports Day
• Sat 2 Nov – Mon 4 Nov, 3 days: Culture Day, Substitute Holiday

Golden Week 2024#

Golden Week is the cluster of holidays from Shōwa Day on 29 April to Children’s Day on 5 May. In 2024 the longest unbroken stretch off is Fri 3 May – Mon 6 May, 4 days. It is the busiest travel week of the year, and many offices close for the whole of it.

Add the holidays to your calendar#

Subscribe once and the calendar keeps itself up to date: new years appear when the Cabinet Office publishes them. Use the English calendar, or the Japanese one if you would rather see the names as they appear on a Japanese calendar.

English names

https://marubox.jp/holidays/jp.ics

Japanese names

https://marubox.jp/holidays/jp-ja.ics

1. Google Calendar: Other calendars → + → From URL, paste the address, then Add calendar.
2. Outlook: Add calendar → Subscribe from web, paste the address, then Import.
3. Apple Calendar: File → New Calendar Subscription, paste the address, then Subscribe.

The days are marked free rather than busy, so they will not block out time in anything that reads your calendar for availability.

Closing for holidays without thinking about it#

If you take appointments, the dates above are the ones customers try to book and you forget to block. Business Box uses this same list: turn on Close on Japanese public holidays and your booking page stops offering times on every one of them, substitute holidays included. It is free to use. How holiday closing works

Last reviewed 28 September 2026.