Golden Week (Japan)

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The Golden Week ( Japanese ゴ ー ル デ ン ウ ィ ー ク , Gōruden Wīku , short: GW ), also Ōgon Shūkan ( 黄金 週 間 , German "golden week") or Ōgata Renkyū ( 大型 連 休 , German "big holiday series next to O. "), Is in Japan -Bon and New Years an important part of the holiday calendar.

Most workers try to get the days off between the holidays and the weekends, and many companies close one or more remaining working days entirely. The golden week is the most popular season, with reliably good weather and very pleasant but not too high temperatures, which allows a wide variety of activities.

The very seasonal prices in Japan for flights and also for hotels in typical holiday areas generally reach an intermediate high during Golden Week, and in some cases even an annual high. Flights and hotels are sometimes booked years in advance.

The Japanese holidays are:

  • April 29th: since 2007 Shōwa no Hi ( 昭和 の 日 , dt. " Shōwa day"), formerly Midori no hi ( み ど り の 日 , "green day"),
  • the 3rd of May Kempō Kinen-bi ( 憲法 記念 日 , " constitution day "),
  • May 4th: since 2007 Midori no Hi (“ Green Day ”), formerly Kokumin no Kyūjitsu ( 国民 の 休 日 , “People's Day ”), and
  • May 5th: Kodomo no Hi ( こ ど も の 日 , "Children's Day").

It should be noted that May 6th can also become a public holiday, as in Japan a public holiday that falls on a Sunday is rescheduled on the next working day. In 2009 this was the Kempō Kinen-bi on Sunday, May 3, so that Wednesday, May 6, is also part of the Golden Week. Similarly, April 30th becomes a public holiday if - as in 2012 - April 29th falls on a Sunday.

In 2019, the handover of the old Tennō Akihito to the new emperor Naruhito also made May 1st a national holiday. With the bridging day regulations customary in Japan, April 30th Heisei 31 and May 2nd Reiwa became public holidays of the 10-day Golden Week of this turning point .

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  1. ↑ Holiday regulation for accession to the throne. Japanese Cabinet Office, December 14, 2018, accessed May 4, 2019 (jap).
  2. ↑ Administrative regulations for 10 consecutive public holidays. Japanese Cabinet Office, accessed May 4, 2019 (jap).