Travel in Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day
Labor Thanksgiving Day is celebrated as a national holiday in Japan.
As a means of celebrating the work done throughout the year, Japan celebrates a Labor Thanksgiving Day every year on 23rd November. This day in Japan is a national holiday, and many government and banking operating will not be functioning.
A Little About This Japanese Holiday
Labor Thanksgiving Day celebrates not just the work done by oneself, but also serves as an opportunity to thank others for doing work on your behalf.In ancient times this festival was celebrated as the Rice Harvest Festival or popularly known in local language as Niiname-sai. The festival can be traced all the way back to the year 678, which is the earliest recorded instance of Niiname-Sai. It is the tradition for the emperor to offer some of the new harvest to the Gods on this day.
This festival has been celebrated in Japan on the same day since the Meiji Era (1868-1912). As such, it appears in the Japanese calendar on the same date every year.The modern version of this festival was started after World War II in the year 1948, but the ancient tradition is still continued behind closed doors by the imperial family while the Labor Thanksgiving Day is celebrated by the public as a national holiday.
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