Studying on vacation? Learn how one prefecture in Japan is giving kids more time with their parents – but only if they keep hitting the books.
Things appear to be “back to normal” for Japan’s extended Golden Week holiday – and the result is jam-packed tourist traps.
Japan ranks 7th worldwide for most public holidays. Learn about all the official (and a few unofficial) holidays in Japan and how they’re celebrated.
How did Japan’s notoriously long yearly holiday get even longer? Inside the holidays that make up Golden Week.
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