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 280 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's follows is recorded as ōmisoka[5].
  • Japanese New Year's subclass of is recorded as East Asian New Year[6].
  • Japanese New Year's part of is recorded as 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 Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012y04[10].
  • Japanese New Year's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as January 1[11].
  • Japanese New Year's foods traditionally associated is recorded as osechi[12].
  • Japanese New Year's topic's main category is recorded as Category:New Year in Japan[13].
  • Japanese New Year's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Shogatsu[14].
  • Japanese New Year's topic has template is recorded as Q109777358[15].
  • Japanese New Year's has characteristic is recorded as public holiday in Japan[16].
  • Japanese New Year's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '正月'}[17].
  • Japanese New Year's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'お正月'}[18].
  • Japanese New Year's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00690293n[19].
  • Japanese New Year's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as お正月[20].
  • Japanese New Year's KBpedia ID is recorded as JapaneseNewYear[21].
  • Japanese New Year's McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID is recorded as Z/zjugwats[22].
  • Japanese New Year's AniDB tag ID is recorded as 2886[23].
  • Japanese New Year's Miraheze article ID is recorded as shinto:Japanese New Year[24].
  • Japanese New Year's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 正月[25].

Why It Matters

Japanese New Year draws 280 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.[26] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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  19. [21] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . anidb.net. Retrieved . anidb.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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