Japan Thanksgiving Day,

Thanksgiving in japan in japan thanksgiving is a national holiday called labor thanksgiving day.

Thanksgiving meal at disney world. After world war ii in 1948 the modern holiday was established as labor thanksgiving day which is for the people to honor labor celebrate manufacturing and give thanks to one another in japan they dont eat turkey dinner or thanksgiving dinner like we do in the us. In japanese kinro kansha no hi it is on november 23rd every year and its the day to appreciate everyones hard work. Sometimes you literally thank those people school kids sometimes make thank you cards and gifts for municipal workers like police firefighters and hospital workers.

In japan labor thanksgiving day is about being thankful for workers who do their job and do it well. More properly the holiday is called labour thanksgiving day and is more like a combination of the thanksgiving and labour day holidays of other countries. Japan holiday news 23 october 2020.

Thanksgiving day is a national holiday in japan held every year on november 23it is respected as a non worked day in most work offices. Government suggests extended new year break to cut covid 19 risks source. With the exception of new years day if a holiday falls on a sunday the following day is treated as a holiday instead.

The origins of labor thanksgiving day stretch back over 2000 years to when rice first began to be cultivated in japan and it was an ancient autumn harvest festival named niinamesai. International day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict the united nations un international day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict is held on november 6 each year. New years day is the first day of the year or january 1 in the gregorian calendar.

The first written account is found in the chronicle of japan one of the oldest histories of japan dating from 720 which says that a niinamesai took place in november 678. The day is dedicated to being thankful for the hard work of the workers of japan of all walks of life. Thanksgiving day in america and labor thanksgiving day in japan are both similar and different in the way they are celebrated.

Each 23 november is japanese thanksgiving. History of labour thanksgiving day the history of niinamesai goes back many centuries.