Golden Week in Japan
From the end of April to early May, Japanese people have long holidays called Golden Week. Many companies close their offices and people go out for travel, shopping and so on. (this sounds a little unnatural to me, you can change it to "Many companies close their offices and people go out for things like travel and shopping.")
Since most of companies and schools start from on April in Japan, it's a great timing time especially for newcomers to take days off after getting settled in their into the new environment.
Golden Week includes these national holidays;
April 29 - Showa Day（昭和の日 しょうわのひ）
It honors the birthday of the Showa Emperor (the former emperor).
May 3 - Constitution Memorial Day （憲法記念日 けんぽうきねんび）
The holiday to commemorate the constitution of Japan implemented in 1947, after the World War II.
May 4 - Greenery Day（みどりの日）
The holiday to appreciate the blessings of nature.
May 5 - Children's Day（こどもの日）
The holiday to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness.
We have several traditional customs on the day, for example, hanging carp streamers at balconies. etc. (You shouldn't use "for example" combined with "etc." it sounds very weird)
http://www.koinobori-japan.jp/koinobori.html
May 6 - a make-up holiday（振替休日 ふりかえきゅうじつ）
I think this is just to add a holiday between Children's Day and the next Saturday in order to let people take longer holidays. How kind of the Japanese government, is, isn't it? right?
During Golden Week, I'm going to stay in a neighboring prefecture to enjoy the green scenery and a hot springs ;-)
Golden Week in Japan
From the end of April to early May, Japanese people have long holidays called Golden Week. Many companies close their offices and people go out for travel, shopping and so on. Since most companies and schools start from April in Japan, it's a great timing especially for newcomers to take days off after getting settled in their new environment.
Golden Week includes these national holidays;
April 29 - Showa Day（昭和の日 しょうわのひ）
It honors the birthday of Showa emperor (the former emperor).
May 3 - Constitution Memorial Day （憲法記念日 けんぽうきねんび）
The holiday to commemorate the constitution of Japan implemented in 1947, after the World War II.
May 4 - Greenery Day（みどりの日）
The holiday to appreciate the blessings of Nature.
May 5 - Children's Day（こどもの日）
The holiday to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness.
We have several traditional customs on the day, for example, hanging carp streamers on balconies, etc.
http://www.koinobori-japan.jp/koinobori.html
May 6 - a make-up holiday（振替休日 ふりかえきゅうじつ）
I think this is just to add a holiday between Children's day and the next Saturday in order to let people take longer holidays. How kind of the Japanese government, right?
During Golden Week, I'm going to stay in a neighboring prefecture to enjoy green scenery and a hot spring ;-)
Well done! Hope you have lots of fun during the holiday :D
Golden Week in Japan
From the end of April to early May, Japanese people have a long holiday called Golden Week. Many companies close their offices so that people may go out to travel, shop and so on. Since most of the companies and schools start from April in Japan, it's great timing. This is especially true for newcomers taking days off after getting settled into their new environment.
Golden Week includes these national holidays:
April 29 - Showa Day（昭和の日 しょうわのひ）
It honors the birthday of the Showa emperor (the former emperor).
May 3 - Constitution Memorial Day （憲法記念日 けんぽうきねんび）
A holiday to commemorate the constitution of Japan, first implemented in 1947, after World War II.
May 4 - Greenery Day（みどりの日）
A holiday to appreciate the blessings of Nature.
May 5 - Children's Day（こどもの日）
A holiday to respect children's personalities, and to celebrate their ongoing happiness.
We have several traditional customs on the day, for example, hanging carp streamers on balconies.
http://www.koinobori-japan.jp/koinobori.html
May 6 - A made up holiday（振替休日 ふりかえきゅうじつ）
I think this is just to add a holiday between Children's day and the following Saturday in order to let people take longer holidays. The Japanese government is so kind, isn't it?
During Golden Week, I'm going to stay in a neighbor's prefecture and enjoy the green scenery and their hot spring ;-)
