Holiday Religion Time of Year Location Important Sites New Year's (Shogatsu) Shinto and Buddhist Jan 1-3 Tokyo Bay, Huis Ten Bosch in Nagasaki Tokyo Disneyland, Kawaguchiko (Mt. Fuji), Atami Onsen Obon Buddhist-Confucian August 13–16 Hachigatsu Bon Kyoto, Tokushima Golden Week Shinto and Buddhist late April to early May nationwide event Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka Coming-of-Age Day Shinto second monday of Jan nationwide event Meiji Jingu (Tokyo), Senso-ji (Asakusa), and Ikegami Honmonji Temple Respect for the Aged Day Shinto, and Buddhism third monday of Sep nationwide event Taka Town, Yōrō no Taki waterfall Culture Day Shinto and Buddhism Nov 3 nationwide event the Imperial Palace in Tokyo overview of japan holidays
