Closure expectation
HighConstitution Memorial Day is modeled as a public holiday in Japan; expect office, bank, school, and service-hour changes unless a local exception applies.
Holiday guide
Constitution Memorial Day.
Global holiday guide rooted in Japan's calendar, observed nationwide.
Next occurrence
May 3, 2027
Monday · Asia/Tokyo
Next occurrence
May 3, 2027
Monday
Observed in
1 country
Current holiday dataset
Primary context
Japan
Public
Planning timezone
Asia/Tokyo
UTC+09:00
Countdown
Next: May 3, 2027 (Monday)
Constitution Memorial Day
178 days away177Days
19Hours
54Min
50Sec
Constitution Memorial Day is one piece of Japan's Golden Week cluster, so its importance comes from both civic meaning and the way it joins a high-travel holiday period. In the current dataset this holiday is only listed for Japan.
Dates draw from the curated holiday catalog (tracked window 2025-2027); cultural context comes from the source-cited curation library when an entry exists.
Holiday details
Local statutory mode, country coverage, date rule, timezone spread, and related planning context for Constitution Memorial Day.
Primary calendar
Japan · Public
Cultural family
secular civic holiday · East Asia
Observed scope
Nationwide observance
Coverage reach
1 country in the current holiday dataset
Timezone context
Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
Next date signal
May 3, 2027 · Monday
Forward window
2025: May 3, 2025 · 2026: May 3, 2026 · 2027: May 3, 2027
Related planning set
New Year's Day · Children's Day · Greenery Day
Regional spread
Asia 1
Reference posture
fixed story profile plus catalog dates
Holiday data fingerprint
The rows below are built from this holiday's actual route, country, local-name, date, rule, timezone, observed-country, and adjacent-calendar records. They make Constitution Memorial Day in Japan distinct from holidays with similar names or the same season.
Route identity
constitution-memorial-day · Constitution Memorial Day · Japan · JP
Local name and scope
憲法記念日 · Public · nationwide
Rule and family
secular civic holiday · East Asia · fixed-date
Country/date clusters
May 3, 2027 (1)
Observed type mix
Public: 1
Forward date window
2027: May 3, 2027 (Monday) · 2028: May 3, 2028 (Wednesday) · 2029: May 3, 2029 (Thursday) · 2030: May 3, 2030 (Friday) · 2031: May 3, 2031 (Saturday)
Timezone anchor
Asia/Tokyo · Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00)
Calendar neighbors
previous: Shōwa Day (4 days before) · next: Greenery Day (1 days after)
Source depth
5 reference checkpoints · fixed story profile plus catalog dates
Closure and planning risk register
The practical risk is not just the date. Constitution Memorial Day can affect closure expectations, bridge-day leave, country-specific substitutions, cross-border date drift, and timezone reminders differently in each jurisdiction.
Date confidence
Projected tail4 forward rows are projected from a fixed-date rule after the tracked catalog window; verify long-range statutory calendars before committing.
Bridge-day pressure
MondayConstitution Memorial Day next falls on May 3, 2027 (Monday). Built-in long-weekend pressure because the holiday touches the weekend directly.
Cross-border drift
Local onlyConstitution Memorial Day is effectively a Japan detail page in this dataset; local rules matter more than international comparison.
Timezone handling
Single zoneJapan has a single primary timezone in this country record, so date-boundary risk is lower than in multi-zone countries.
Source posture
ReferencedConstitution Memorial Day has 5 visible reference checkpoints on the page. fixed story profile plus catalog dates.
Source and verification checkpoints
This page keeps the date answer separate from statutory verification. The catalog supplies the tracked date rows; the checkpoints below show which authority, story profile, local specificity, and dossier layer should be reviewed when the holiday affects bookings, payroll, travel, or public-service hours.
Country authority checkpoint
Cabinet Office Japan national-holiday calendar; Japan substitute-holiday and bridge-day rules
Story and rule checkpoint
fixed holiday profile: Constitution Memorial Day is one piece of Japan's Golden Week cluster, so its importance comes from both civic meaning and the way it joins a high-travel holiday period.
Local specificity checkpoint
Local specificity comes from the selected country calendar row, local name, observance type, timezone record, nearby holidays, and observed cross-country date spread.
Dossier checkpoint
No full manual dossier is attached yet; the page keeps cultural claims bounded to the story profile, source checklist, and catalog-derived date facts.
Reference stack
- Cabinet Office Japan national-holiday calendar
- Japan substitute-holiday and bridge-day rules
- Japan Golden Week calendar references
- Internal curated holiday catalog for tracked date rows
- countries.json and zones.json for country and timezone context
Reliability and cross-border spread
This block separates the local Japan holiday answer from two common sources of programmatic-calendar confusion: countries that use the same holiday name on different dates, and future rows that are projected from a rule rather than directly tracked.
Cross-border date spread
Constitution Memorial Day is currently anchored to Japan in the observed-country dataset, so cross-border date drift is not a major concern on this page.
Projection reliability
Constitution Memorial Day has a projectable fixed-date pattern, but projected rows are explicitly labeled and should not be treated as official statutory notices. Source posture: no curated dossier attached.
Observed next-date clusters
May 3, 2027
1 country · Japan
Observed type mix across countries
Public1
Local names and country context
Name in Japan
憲法記念日
The local catalog name for Japan is 憲法記念日; the English display name is Constitution Memorial Day.
Country calendar role
Constitution Memorial Day is recorded in Japan as a public holiday with nationwide scope.
History and significance
The date commemorates Japan's post-war constitution and sits inside a broader spring sequence that reshapes domestic movement, leisure, and business closures each year.
That combination of constitutional symbolism and Golden Week timing makes it more consequential than a standard one-day civic observance.
Constitution Memorial Day is marked as a nationwide observance in the current Japan holiday data.
Date behavior and next years
Constitution Memorial Day is scheduled on May 3 each year. In the tracked 2025-2027 data window, it stays on May 3 and only the weekday changes.
Because Constitution Memorial Day stays on the same calendar date, the only year-over-year planning shift is the day of the week — that controls long-weekend math, school-closure timing, and how the holiday lands in payroll cycles.
The current static build keeps the tracked 2025-2027 date window online for curated holiday detail pages.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 3, 2025 | Saturday |
| 2026 | May 3, 2026 | Sunday |
| 2027 | May 3, 2027 | Monday |
Next 5 occurrences and weekday distribution
The first rows are taken from the tracked catalog window (2025-2027); rows after the catalog cut-off are projected forward because Constitution Memorial Day has a fixed-date rule. Easter-cycle, lunar, and country-specific custom-rule holidays are never projected — those rows simply stop at the catalog edge.
| Year | Date | Weekday | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | May 3, 2027 | Monday | Catalog |
| 2028 | May 3, 2028 | Wednesday | Projected (fixed rule) |
| 2029 | May 3, 2029 | Thursday | Projected (fixed rule) |
| 2030 | May 3, 2030 | Friday | Projected (fixed rule) |
| 2031 | May 3, 2031 | Saturday | Projected (fixed rule) |
Projected rows assume the fixed-date rule continues to repeat the same calendar date; weekend-substitution and other statutory adjustments may shift the actual local observance day.
Seasonal placement
Constitution Memorial Day next lands in the spring planning band for Japan. That matters for school terms, travel season, and whether the holiday sits near year-end, spring religious calendars, summer travel, or autumn civic cycles.
Weekday distribution in this window
Friday1
Monday1
Saturday1
Thursday1
Wednesday1
How Constitution Memorial Day is observed
Constitution Memorial Day is a secular civic anchor: its meaning is constitutional, political, or statehood-related, with little religious or seasonal content driving the date.
Searches for Constitution Memorial Day usually want the exact date, the public-closure status in Japan, and a quick read of why the date is on the calendar at all.
Cultural family
secular civic holiday
Origin region: East Asia
Statutory mode
Constitution Memorial Day is listed as a public holiday in Japan (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close.
Planning notes for teams, travel, and operations
As a secular civic holiday sitting in the Japan calendar, Constitution Memorial Day matters for planning because office, bank, and school closures stack on the same day. The next tracked occurrence is May 3, 2027 (Monday), which controls long-weekend math for that year.
Constitution Memorial Day also appears in other country calendars such as Japan. Recorded next dates include Japan on May 3, 2027 — slight differences across borders are common because each country can apply weekend-substitution or regional-only rules to the same nominal holiday.
Japan plans this holiday primarily around Asia/Tokyo. Because Constitution Memorial Day stays on the same calendar date, the only year-over-year planning shift is the day of the week — that controls long-weekend math, school-closure timing, and how the holiday lands in payroll cycles. Teams often line Constitution Memorial Day up with New Year's Day, Children's Day, and Greenery Day when blocking off the broader holiday window.
Holiday planning depth
What the Constitution Memorial Day entry signals
A compact read of the holiday catalog row: rule kind, observance scope, country reach, and what curated context (if any) is attached. Useful before deciding whether the headline date alone answers a planning question.
Calendar fingerprint
Constitution Memorial Day is tracked as a public entry in Japan (nationwide). It reads as a secular civic holiday with origins in East Asia; the date follows a fixed-date rule.
Date and rhythm
Next tracked occurrence is May 3, 2027 (Monday). Forward dates: 2027: May 3, 2027 (Monday), 2028: May 3, 2028 (Wednesday), 2029: May 3, 2029 (Thursday), 2030: May 3, 2030 (Friday), and 2031: May 3, 2031 (Saturday).
Cross-country reach
Constitution Memorial Day is currently a single-country entry in the dataset, anchored to Japan. Adjacent planning entries on the same calendar include New Year's Day, Children's Day, and Greenery Day.
Local planning anchor
Japan plans this holiday around Asia/Tokyo. The page treats the country-level closure rule (public) as the headline operational signal, not a generic public-holiday template.
Curation depth
No curated dossier is attached. The page still surfaces the catalog metadata but skips the source-cited cultural depth panel.
Statutory and projection cautions
Weekend substitution is country-specific: Japan may observe the nominal date, grant a substitute weekday, or apply regional-only rules depending on the statute and year. Constitution Memorial Day is currently anchored to Japan in the observed-country dataset, so cross-border date drift is not a major concern on this page. Constitution Memorial Day has a projectable fixed-date pattern, but projected rows are explicitly labeled and should not be treated as official statutory notices. Source posture: no curated dossier attached.
Local-name context
The local catalog name for Japan is 憲法記念日; the English display name is Constitution Memorial Day.
Holiday calendars drift year over year as governments revise statutory observance rules; treat the tracked window as a reliable reference and verify the exact local rule before committing to long-range schedules.
Previous and next observed holidays
The closest observed holidays before and after Constitution Memorial Day in the Japancalendar show the local scheduling neighborhood for 2027.
Previous holiday
Shōwa Day
April 29, 2027 · Public
4 days before Constitution Memorial Day; local label: 昭和の日.
Next holiday
Greenery Day
May 4, 2027 · Public
1 day after Constitution Memorial Day; local label: みどりの日.
Local calendar neighborhood
These are the closest holidays around Constitution Memorial Day in the Japancalendar for 2027. They help separate this guide from holidays in the same season or religious/civic family.
Greenery Day
May 4, 2027 · Public
1 day after Constitution Memorial Day. Local label: みどりの日.
Children's Day
May 5, 2027 · Public
2 days after Constitution Memorial Day. Local label: こどもの日.
Shōwa Day
April 29, 2027 · Public
4 days before Constitution Memorial Day. Local label: 昭和の日.
Vernal Equinox Day
March 21, 2027 · Public
43 days before Constitution Memorial Day. Local label: 春分の日.
The Emperor's Birthday
February 23, 2027 · Public
69 days before Constitution Memorial Day. Local label: 天皇誕生日.
Marine Day
July 19, 2027 · Public
77 days after Constitution Memorial Day. Local label: 海の日.
Observed countries and regions
Constitution Memorial Day is only listed for Japan in the current dataset.
Asia
1 country
Country-by-country timing snapshot
Constitution Memorial Day is currently a single-country entry, so the next-date row below is the operational anchor for Japan.
| Country | Next date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | May 3, 2027 | Public |
Related holidays in Japan
Related links are selected from the same country calendar first, with family matches such as Easter-cycle or lunisolar festivals preferred before nearby-date filler.
New Year's Day
January 1, 2026 · Public
Curated country planning companion
Open curated guide
Children's Day
May 5, 2026 · Public
Curated country planning companion
See 2026 calendar
Greenery Day
May 4, 2026 · Public
Curated country planning companion
See 2026 calendar
Coming of Age Day
January 12, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
Foundation Day
February 11, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
FAQ
Is Constitution Memorial Day a public holiday in Japan?▾
Yes — Constitution Memorial Day is listed as a public holiday in Japan on a nationwide basis.
When is Constitution Memorial Day in Japan in 2027?▾
In 2027, Constitution Memorial Day in Japan falls on May 3, 2027 (Monday). Subsequent dates: 2028 May 3, 2028, 2029 May 3, 2029, 2030 May 3, 2030.
How is the date for Constitution Memorial Day determined?▾
Constitution Memorial Day is scheduled on May 3 each year. In the tracked 2025-2027 data window, it stays on May 3 and only the weekday changes. Because Constitution Memorial Day stays on the same calendar date, the only year-over-year planning shift is the day of the week — that controls long-weekend math, school-closure timing, and how the holiday lands in payroll cycles.
What kind of holiday is Constitution Memorial Day?▾
Constitution Memorial Day is listed as a public holiday in Japan (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close. It reads as a secular civic holiday with origins tied to East Asia.
What is the local name for Constitution Memorial Day in Japan?▾
The local catalog name for Japan is 憲法記念日; the English display name is Constitution Memorial Day.
Where is Constitution Memorial Day observed?▾
Constitution Memorial Day is only listed for Japan in the current dataset.
What timezone should I use for Constitution Memorial Day planning in Japan?▾
Japan uses Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00) for local planning.
Which holidays are commonly planned alongside Constitution Memorial Day?▾
Constitution Memorial Day is often compared with New Year's Day, Children's Day, Greenery Day on the Japan calendar.