Golden Week is Here!!

Golden Week is coming soon.

What is Golden Week :

Golden Week (ゴールデンウィーク, Gōruden Wīku^?), often abbreviated to GW, is a Japanese term applied to the period containing the following public holidays:

• April 29
  • The Emperor's Birthday (天皇誕生日, Tennō Tanjōbi^?), until 1988^[1]
  • Greenery Day (みどりの日, Midori no Hi^?), from 1989 until 2006^[2]
  • Shōwa Day (昭和の日, Shōwa no Hi^?), since 2007^[2]
• May 3
  • Constitution Memorial Day (憲法記念日, Kenpō Kinenbi^?)
• May 4
  • Citizen's Holiday (国民の休日, Kokumin no Kyūjitsu^?), from 1985 until 2006
  • Greenery Day (みどりの日, Midori no Hi^?), from 2007^[2]
• May 5
  • Children's Day (こどもの日, Kodomo no Hi^?), also customarily known as Boys' Day (端午の節句, Tango no Sekku^?).

Note that "kokumin no kyūjitsu" or "citizen's holiday" is a generic term for any official holiday. May 4 was until 2007 an unnamed but official holiday because of a rule that converts any day between two holidays into a new holiday. May Day is not a public holiday. Instead, Japan has Labour Thanksgiving Day, a holiday with a similar purpose. When a public holiday lands on a Sunday, the next day that is not already a holiday becomes a holiday for that year.^[3] In some cases, a Compensation Holiday (振替休日, Furikae Kyūjitsu^?) is held on either April 30 or May 6 should any of the Golden Week holidays fall on Sunday; 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 have had Compensation Holidays for Shōwa Day, Children's Day, Greenery Day, and Constitution Memorial Day
respectively.
-- WIKIPEDIA


Golden Week is one of the popular time for traveling among Japanese people.  If you are lucky you can even get 10 days off this year.  Naturally for those who live away from their home town, it is tome for them to go back home and spend time with their family. Some plan long trips out of Japan or find time to travel within Japan. Shinkansen,trains, buseses, sbuway. Every mean of transportation is too crowded. 

So to all who are in Japan, enjoy Golden Week! Cheers!