Talk:Public holidays in Japan

Current Japan-related collaboration
This article is the first Current Japan-related collaboration. I propose that we improve this article to featured-status quality in about 30 days.

The article has these parts:
 * 1) Introductory (lead-in) paragraph
 * 2) Table of Japanese holidays
 * 3) Other holiday dates
 * 4) Recent changes
 * 5) Planned changes
 * 6) See also
 * 7) External links

We can change the organization any way we like. I propose to replace the present Table of Japanese holidays with text. The text will come in two sections: one for legal holidays, one for other holidays. A merged list below the text will have the holidays in chronological order, if we feel that is important.


 * I believe the current Table of Japanese holidays is thus acceptable, and that replacing it with text would be of no particular benefit. However, the background colour of rows could be changed depending on the nature of the holidays. Grumpy Troll Talk 13:07, 20 November 2005 (UTC).

Although it is acceptable, it is missing the holiday celebrated on August 6th, the WWII memorial to honor the deaths caused by the bombings.


 * Actually, I like the table too. My question is this: will the article reach featured status if its main content is in a table? I'm not sure of the answer. And if the answer is "no," then my next question is whether featured status is worth sacrificing the table for. Again, I'm not sure how I'd answer. (My goal, again, is "featured-status quality" rather than featured status itself, and I definitely believe we can attain that quality with the table intact.) So at least unless Peer Review or Featured Article Candidacy indicates strong objection to the table, I'm very happy to work within it. And, thanks for signing on! Fg2 07:17, 21 November 2005 (UTC)


 * However, the table makes it difficult to insert images. Please see below. Fg2 07:36, 21 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I should think that the article will reach featured status if the table hosts the content better than several paragraphs, which I believe is the case; I agree that unless opinion unfavourable to the table is expressed until Peer Review or Featured Article Candidacy, we should work with it. Thank you for welcoming me heartily, it is my pleasure to work on this article. Grumpy Troll Talk 18:24, 21 November 2005 (UTC).


 * I think the table is fine, but at the moment, it is unclear which holidays are national holidays (public holidays). I came here looking for this answer and now I'll have to troll elsewhere.  Stephen.frede 02:32, 23 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Apologies! I intended to include that information with every holiday. If you can tell me which holidays don't have this information, I'll be happy to add it! Thanks Fg2 07:03, 23 January 2006 (UTC)


 * It appears that most entries indicate whether they are national holidays or not, but perhaps this distinction could be made immediately evident through a binary color-code system. The cells containing National Holidays could be one color and Traditional, but unofficial holidays could remain clear. Kirkpatrick 13:53, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Other holiday dates: this is not dates, so we should change the title. Maybe merge with Recent changes and Planned changes to make one substantial section.

References: We'll likely need references to get this article featured. They can be books, periodicals, reference works etc.

Timeline:

Images
We can illustrate this page with images of anything related to the holidays. Please add to this list of ideas:
 * New year's greeting card, osechi ryori, kadomatsu, kagami mochi
 * Adults wearing kimono on coming of age day
 * Beans being thrown, or another event such as goma kuyo, on setsubun
 * Dolls for hinamatsuri
 * Chocolate gifts for white day
 * Tanabata decorations
 * Daimonji-yaki for obon
 * Kids in kimono for shichi-go-san
 * Well-wishers at the Imperial Palace for the Emperor's birthday

Volunteers
Please add your name to the list to indicate your interest in improving this article. If you have a specific task you want to carry out, please list it, and feel free to do it!


 * 1) Fg2
 * 2) Grumpy Troll Talk
 * 3) BăoBăo
 * 4) MS_TO_BW — Preceding unsigned comment added by MS TO BW (talk • contribs) 03:20, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Comments
Please feel free to use this discussion page as usual to discuss the contents of the article, the direction I've proposed, etc.

In the "Holidays in 2019" section, I find "May 1 † - Emperor Naruhito's Ascension to the Throne". Is "Ascension" correct? I think "Accession" is more appropriate. The Name should be "Emperor Naruhito's Accession to the Throne". References: https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/accession+to+the+throne https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/Ascension

Sample entry
Here's what I envision as a sample entry for the text to replace the table:

January 1 stands at the beginning of Japan's most important holiday season. Japanese call this season shōgatsu or o-shōgatsu. The term may refer to January 1–3, 1–7, or 1–20. Historically, shogatsu was a name for January. January 1 is a national holiday.

We can continue by briefly describing what people do, incorporating material from Japanese New Year, the Japanese Wikipedia, references etc.

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This was found in holiday, anyone know what it is about? -- The most celebrated holiday in Japan is the return of Burruku and Sie. They are the Goddesses of the dead. Every two years they are honored for their intelligence and magical tributions. They sacrificed themselves to let Japan become its own country. They are the most significant Goddesses in Japanese world history. They are honored with tributes of Japanese art such as anime, manga, and calligraphy. -- MickMacNee (talk) 19:43, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * That passage provides more information about the person who added it to the article than about holidays or deities of Japan. Never heard of any such goddesses or holidays. Fg2 (talk) 21:37, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * That's what I suspected, it isn't in any article as of now. MickMacNee (talk) 23:02, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Labor Thanksgiving Day 2008
This year, the Labor Thanksgiving Day is not November 23, 2008 (today), but tomorrow November 24. Does anyone know, if it's because of the Happy Monday System? In 2009 the 23. November is a Monday, so no change there. I couldn't find any reliable source, only this   —Preceding unsigned comment added by R0pe-196 (talk • contribs) 11:24, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Not very clear
Merely labelling these days as "holidays" is not very informative to a non-Japanese reader. Are they days off for everyone or for certain groups of people? Do schools close? Shops? Public services? 91.105.63.39 (talk) 20:13, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

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