Japanese New Year

January 1, a national holiday in Japan (the first day of the first month of the East Asian Lunar calendar prior to 1873)
Event annual_event Q701398
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Japanese New Year

Summary

Japanese New Year is an annual event[1]. It draws 578 Wikipedia views per month (annual_event category, ranking #29 of 238).[2]

Key Facts

  • Japanese New Year is in the country of Japan[3].
  • Japanese New Year's instance of is recorded as annual event[4].
  • Japanese New Year followed ōmisoka[5].
  • Japanese New Year is a type of East Asian New Year[6].
  • Japanese New Year is part of New Year[7].
  • Japanese New Year's Commons category is recorded as New Year celebrations in Japan[8].
  • Japanese New Year's commemorates is recorded as Lunar/Lunisolar New Year[9].
  • Japanese New Year's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as January 1[10].
  • Japanese New Year's foods traditionally associated is recorded as osechi[11].
  • Japanese New Year's topic's main category is recorded as Category:New Year in Japan[12].
  • Japanese New Year's topic has template is recorded as Q109777358[13].
  • Japanese New Year's has characteristic is recorded as public holiday in Japan[14].
  • Japanese New Year's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '正月'}[15].
  • Japanese New Year's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'お正月'}[16].

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When and Where

Japanese New Year is in the country of Japan[3].

Context

Japanese New Year is part of New Year[7]. Its instance of is recorded as annual event[4]. It followed ōmisoka[5].

Why It Matters

Japanese New Year draws 578 Wikipedia views per month (annual_event category, ranking #29 of 238).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6h ago · Immanuelle · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → shinto:Japanese New Year
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bcl', 'bg', 'ca', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'hu',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P6262]]: shinto:Japanese New Year, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791182916249"
  2. 11w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commemorates → Lunar/Lunisolar New Year
    Subclass of → —
    Follows → —
    Part of → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Kadomatsu M1181.jpg, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261334|batch #261334]]"
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