Ranar Mayu na ɗaya daga cikin ranakun da yawancin ƙasashe a duniya ke bikin Ranar aiki. Amma a Japan ba a hukumance gwamnatin Japan ta ayyana shi a matsayin ranar hutu ba.
Wato, wannan kwanan wata ba ta cikin sauran ranakun hutu na ƙasa, amma rana ce ta hutawa ga mafi yawan ma'aikatan Japan. Yawancin ma'aikata suna ba shi a matsayin ranar hutu don haka ma'aikata ke ɗaukar shi a matsayin "hutu da aka biya."
Ya kamata a ƙara cewa Mayu 01 yana faruwa yayin kira «Makon mako"Tare da Afrilu 29 (" Ranar Showa "), 3 ga Mayu (" Ranar Tsarin Mulki na Tunawa da Mutane "), 4 ga Mayu (" Green Day ") da May 5 (" Yara "). Ma'aikata galibi suna ɗaukar hutu daga aiki, ba don shiga zanga-zangar kan titi ko tarurrukan ƙungiyoyi ba, amma ƙari tafi hutu na wasu kwanaki a jere.
Wasu manyan kungiyoyin kwadago suna shirya taruka da zanga-zanga a Tokyo, Osaka da Nagoya. A shekarar 2011, kungiyar kwadago ta kasa ta gudanar da wani taro a Yoyogi Park tare da mahalarta 54.000, yayin da Majalisar Kwadago ta kasa ta gudanar da taronta na ranar Mayu a filin shakatawa na Hibiya.