Japanese New Year 2025. Due to the importance of the holiday and the preparations required, the preceding days are quite busy, particularly the day before, known as ōmisoka. The new year's holiday in 2025 (reiwa 7) will be 9 consecutive days off!

However, this depends on the type of business, as many large stores and such will remain open all year, with the exception of new year’s day. Visit cao.go.jp for the original release.