Rissun - Early Spring
Rissun - Early Spring is held on February 4. Risshun - リッスン - New Year in Japan. This event in the first decade of the month february is annual.
Since 1873, Japan has followed the same months as the Gregorian calendar, so January 1st is the official New Year's Day for Japan.
Traditional East Asian lunisolar calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms. Lìchūn, Risshun, Ipchun, or Lập xuân is the 1st solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 315° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 330°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 315°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around February 4 and ends around February 18.
Similar holidays and events
Korean New Year on February 1 (is based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar);
Historic start of the new year on March 25 (Lady Day in England, Wales, Ireland, and the future United States until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1752. The year 1751 began on 25 March; the year 1752 began on 1 January. It is one of the four Quarter days in Ireland and England);
Mahl New Year, or Alathu Aharudhuvas on April 14 (Maldives and India's Lakshadweep and Kerala state);