| Fathers' Day - Sunday June 20, 2021 cards/flowers :
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| Star Festival - Wednesday July 7, 2021 Culture : Tanabata - celebrated at night, after the stars have come out.
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| July Grand Sumo Tournament - Sunday July 11, 2021 Sports events : Ends 2 weeks of tournament in the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium http://www.sumo.or.jp/eng/
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| Festival of Souls - Tuesday July 13, 2021 Culture : Obon - commemoration of ancestors. May be observed on a later day in provincial Japan.
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| Festival of Souls - Wednesday July 14, 2021 Culture : Obon - commemoration of ancestors. May be observed on a later day in provincial Japan.
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| Festival of Souls - Thursday July 15, 2021 Culture : Obon - commemoration of ancestors. May be observed on a later day in provincial Japan.
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Wednesday July 21, 2021 School holidays :
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| Navy Day (Umi no hi) - Thursday July 22, 2021 Secular holiday : A recent celebration (1997) in port cities only, in tribute to Commodore Perry's arrival in 1853. Various events are dedicated to the sea.
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| Physical Fitness Day (Taiiku no hi ) - Friday July 23, 2021 Secular holiday : Commemorates the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
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| Summer Olympics Games (opening) - Sunday July 25, 2021 Sports events : in Tokyo
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| Hiroshima Peace Festival (Hiroshima only) - Friday August 6, 2021 Culture : In tribute to the victims of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. Observance is held at the Peace Memorial Park
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| Summer Olympics Games (end) - Sunday August 8, 2021 Sports events :
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| Closing ceremony of the Olympic Games - Sunday August 8, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Memorial Day (Nagazaki only) - Monday August 9, 2021 Culture :
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| Mountain Day - Monday August 9, 2021 Secular holiday : Designed to share opportunities to get familiar with mountains and appreciate blessings from mountains. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Fuji Rock Festival - Friday August 20, 2021 Culture : Lasts 3 days -
www.fujirockfestival.com in Naeba Ski Resort 2021 edition confirmed
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| Summer holiday (end) - Tuesday August 31, 2021 School holidays :
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| Respect for the Aged Day (Keiro no hi) - Monday September 20, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Fall Equinox (Shubun no hi ) - Thursday September 23, 2021 Shinto : This national holiday was established in 1948 as a day on which to honor one's ancestors and remember the dead. Prior to 1948, the autumnal equinox was an imperial ancestor worship festival called Shūki kōrei-sai (秋季皇霊祭) Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
[Wikipedia)
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| September Grand Sumo Tournament - Sunday September 26, 2021 Sports events : Ends 2 weeks of tournament in Kokugikan
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