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Labor Thanksgiving Day is intended to “honor labor, celebrate production, and encourage mutual gratitude among the people.”
Since Labor Thanksgiving Day falls on a Sunday in 2025, the following day, Monday, November 24, becomes a substitute holiday, creating a three-day weekend.
Originally, the Niinamesai (New Rice Offering Ceremony) was held. This ceremony involved offering the year’s harvested grains to the gods and giving thanks for the bountiful harvest. It was a highly significant ritual where His Majesty the Emperor personally offered the new grains to the gods and partook of them himself. After the war, this ceremony evolved into Labor Thanksgiving Day.
Labor Thanksgiving Day has been passed down to the present day not merely as a day to say “thank you” to working people, but as a day to express gratitude for nature’s blessings, the bounty of food, and the various activities that support society.
勤労感謝の日とは、「勤労をたっとび、生産を祝い、国民がお互いに感謝しあう」ことを趣旨としています。
2025年の勤労感謝の日は日曜日なので、翌日の11月24日（月曜日）が振替休日となり、3連休になります。
もともとは、新嘗祭を行われていました。この祭事は、その年に収穫された穀物を神様に捧げ、豊かな実りに感謝する祭事です。天皇陛下が自ら新穀を神々に供え、自身も召し上がるという、非常に重要な儀式でした。その祭事が戦後勤労感謝の日に変わりました。
勤労感謝の日は、単に「働く人にありがとう」と伝えるだけでなく、自然の恵みや食べ物の実り、そして社会を支える様々な活動に感謝し合う日として、現代に受け継がれています。