Japan Public Holiday Check API

Japan has 16+ national holidays plus substitute holidays (振替休日) and sandwich holidays (国民の休日). Torify provides accurate holiday detection including 2027+ projections.

Endpoint

GET https://torify.dev/v1/holiday/check

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
date string Yes YYYY-MM-DD 2024-01-01
year integer No Year — returns full annual list 2024

Response example

{ "ok": true, "data": { "date": "2024-01-01", "isHoliday": true, "name": "元日", "type": "national" } }

Code examples

curl

curl "https://torify.dev/v1/holiday/check?date=2024-01-01"

TypeScript (x402-fetch)

import { wrapFetchWithPayment } from 'x402-fetch';
import { privateKeyToAccount } from 'viem/accounts';

const account = privateKeyToAccount(process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`);
const fetchWithPayment = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, account);

const res = await fetchWithPayment(
  'https://torify.dev/v1/holiday/check?date=2024-01-01'
);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data); // { ok: true, data: { ... } }

Python (requests)

import requests

# Free MCP tier (no auth) or API key (X-API-Key header)
res = requests.get(
    "https://torify.dev/v1/holiday/check?date=2024-01-01",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "your_torify_pro_key"}
)
print(res.json())

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Pricing

$0.02 per call via x402 (USDC on Base). Or use a Pro API key ($49/mo, 10,000 calls/month).