Japanese Holidays 2025. Traveling during these holidays may mean larger crowds at popular attractions and higher hotel prices. As many companies and government offices in japan will have public holidays from around december 29th to around january 3rd, the new year's holiday from 2025 (reiwa 7) to 2026 (reiwa 8) will be from december 27th (saturday) to january 4th (sunday).
Here’s a complete list of japan’s public holidays in 2025. Below, you can check out the exact dates for the 16 public holidays that will be celebrated in japan throughout 2025: