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Category: China, Korea, Japan, and Mongolia
Events, awareness days, holidays, celebrating, occurring in or tied to the nations of China, North and South Korea, Japan, and Mongolia.
East Asian events occur in or have cultural ties to China, the Koreas, Japan, or Mongolia.
China Japan & Korea Events
Zhong Yuan (Ghosts) Festival (CN): August...
Daily
The Zhong Yuan (Ghosts) Festival in China is celebrated every year on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month in the Chinese calendar. The Zhong Yuan (also known as Zhongyuan Festival by Taoists or Yu Lan P...
January
Paralympics (JP): August 24 - September 5
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Resceduled from 2020. The Paralympics is the largest competition of impaired athletics in the world and include both the summer and winter games, each held every four years on alternating two year periods...
January
Liberation Day, (CN)(1945): August 30
Daily
Liberation Day in Hong Kong marks the anniversary of August 1945 withdrawal of Japanese troops from the city. This is a city holiday celebrated on the last Monday of August. Whether it continues after 202...
January
Hong Kong Autonomy Revoked, (CN)(2020): Ju...
Daily
I benefitted directly from the British handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997. When that was announced in the early 1990s, the wealthy of Hong Kong bought up real estate in Northern Washington State and C...
January
Tanabata (JP): July 7*
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A Japanese cultural tradition originating in China, Tanabata, or the Star Festival, celebrates the meeting of the gods Orihime and Hikoboshi. Children take center stage, tying colorful ribbons adorned wit...
January
Bathing & Basking Festival, Xi Shai Jie (C...
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The Bathing and Basking Festival (Xi Shai Jie) is a Chinese tradition that provides the opportunity to clean out closets and air out the wardrobe. In Chinese culture, cleanliness is very important. Eve...
January
Constitution Day (KR)(1948): July 17
Daily
Constitution Day in South Korea marks the anniversary of July 17, 1948, the official date of the proclamation of the nation's constitution. This is a national holiday.
January
Marine/Oceans Day (JP): July 19
Daily
It is no surprise that an island nation like Japan would have a national holiday to celebrate the bounty and beauty of the sea. Marine or Oceans Day was first held in 1941 and is a national holiday.
January
Summer Olympics, Tokyo (JP): July 23 - Aug...
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Rescheduled to 2021 due to COVID-19. The 2020 Summer Olympics will occur in Tokyo, Japan and feature 50 sporting disciplines. This is the second summer games to occur in Japan and the fourth in total. Th...
January
Soma Nomaoi (JP): July 27-29
Daily
A celebration of culture and the past, Soma Nomaoi is an annual festival in Japan observed for over 1,000 years. In essence, 1,000 warriors dressed in ancient costume compete to obtain three flags on the...
January
Children's Day (CN): June 1
Daily
Children's Day in China is a national celebration of the joys of childhood. Parents are encouraged to something special with their children and spend quality time together. Throughout the nation, pageant...
January
Memorial Day (KR)(1920): June 6
Daily
Marking the anniversary of the Battle of Fengwudong, the first great battle of the Korean Independence Movement against Japan on June 6-7, 1920, Memorial Day in South Korea is a national holiday.
January
Monsoon Season (Asia) June 8 - September 3...
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Dragon Boat Festival (CN): June 14
Daily
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, Five-Five Festival or Zhongxiao Festival occurs in China near the summer solstice and celebrates fealty, filial and piety. This is a public holiday in China, popular with...
January
Tano/Dano Day (KR/KP): June 14
Daily
Korea's Tano Festival (also called Dano) is its welcome into summer. It is celebrated in the Koreas with dancing, food, wrestling, songs, swing competitions featuring women and worship of ancestors. Annua...
January
Macau Day (CN)(1622): June 24
Daily
Macau Day, also referred to as Saint John the Baptist Day, marks the anniversary of the day Dutch forces were chased off the island of Macau on June 24, 1622. This former Portuguese colony is now part of...
January
Labor Day/Worker's Day International (CN):...
Daily
May 1st is International Labor Day, an official holiday in over 80 countries including China and Mexico. International Labor Day remembers the Haymarket Martyrs in Chicago in 1886. It was 1886 when the...
January
Greenery Day (JP)(1901): May 4
Daily
Greenery Day is a national holiday in Japan originating from the celebration of Emperor Sh_wa's birthday on April 29. In 1989 the name of the holiday was changed from "Birthday of the Emperor" to "Green...
January
Youth Day (CN)(1919): May 4
Daily
Celebrated in China as a national holiday since 1949, National Youth Day commemorates the May 4, 1919 demonstrations by students in China that kicked off the revolution that eventually led to its shedding...
January
Children's Day (JP/KR): May 5
Daily
Children's Day is a national holiday in Japan and South Korea, which is observed on Monday if the 5th of May falls on a weekend. The day goes back to ancient times when the fifth day of the fifth month s...
January
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