Monday, April 18, 2011

Golden Week

Dear friends,

Today I would like to introduce a special holiday season in May.

It is called Golden Week.

We all look forward to this holiday because we will have many tourists visiting Kyoto.

I will tell you a brief history of this holiday, and how it is made.


GW (Golden Week) often refers to a particular week that starts from Apr 29.

GW contains four national holidays: Apr 29, Showa Day
: May 3, Constitutional Memorial Day
: May 4, Greenery Day
: May 5, Children's Day

When the national holiday lands on Sunday, thet next day substitutes the holiday. So if we
had Children's Day on Sunday, we will have the coming Monday off.

Let's take a look at this year's calender.


If you take a few paid holiday, you will have maximum 10 days off!

That is why we have many visitors in GW.

We will have many interesting events coming soon, so stay tuned!

Yours,
Teshi




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