Greeting cards for Japan

21 holidays and observances locally associated with Japan.

The list below gathers every CardVerse occasion that Wikidata associates with Japan. It includes nationally observed public holidays, religious holidays of the country’s major faith communities, cultural festivals, and civic remembrance days. If you’re sending a card to someone in Japan, this page is a good shortcut for finding an occasion they’re likely to recognise immediately.

Some occasions appear under more than one country — widely shared holidays like New Year, Christmas and Mother’s Day may show up here even though they aren’t exclusive to Japan. For occasions that aren’t country-specific (birthdays, anniversaries, sympathy, friendship cards), see the categories index.

Cultural deep-dives for Japan

Beyond the dated calendar above, CardVerse keeps editorially curated cultural-detail pages for the major festivals of East Asia & Pacific. Each one covers origin, native-language greetings, design tips and reference links.

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