Showa Day

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Showa Day is a Japanese national holiday on April 29 that honors the reign and legacy of Emperor Showa (Hirohito) and encourages reflection on Japan’s history during his era.

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Surface form Occurrences
Shōwa no Hi 1
昭和の日 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese national holiday
public holiday
associatedWithEmperor Emperor Hirohito
surface form: Emperor Showa

Emperor Hirohito
surface form: Hirohito
associatedWithEra Showa era
category Holidays in Japan
Spring holidays
commemorates birthday of Emperor Showa
country Japan
date April 29
dayOfMonth 29
establishedAsCurrentForm 2007
firstObservedAsShowaDay 2007
frequency annual
historicalContext Showa period of Japanese history
honors Emperor Hirohito
surface form: Emperor Showa

Emperor Hirohito
surface form: Hirohito
languageOfName Japanese
legalBasis Act on National Holidays and related cabinet orders
surface form: Act on National Holidays of Japan
month April
namedAfter Emperor Hirohito
surface form: Emperor Showa

Showa era
observanceActivities government ceremonies
public discussions and events about history
visiting museums and historical sites
observedIn Japan
officialNameInJapanese Showa Day self-linksurface differs
surface form: 昭和の日
partOf Golden Week
partOfSeries Golden Week
surface form: Japanese Golden Week holidays
predecessorHoliday Greenery Day
purpose to encourage reflection on Japan’s history during the Showa era
to honor the reign and legacy of Emperor Showa
reclassifiedFrom Greenery Day
relatedHoliday Children’s Day
Constitution Memorial Day
Greenery Day
romanizedName Showa Day self-linksurface differs
surface form: Shōwa no Hi
status current national holiday of Japan
theme consideration of Japan’s postwar reconstruction
reflection on the Showa era
typeOfObservance secular holiday
wasPreviously Greenery Day

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Showa Day officialNameInJapanese Showa Day self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 昭和の日
Showa Day romanizedName Showa Day self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Shōwa no Hi