ゴールデンウィーク日本語

Japan's Golden Week is a series of national holidays that fall on or around the end of April and the first week of May.

Many Japanese companies give their employees up to 10 days off in a row. As a result, many go on holiday either within Japan or abroad.

Today we are going to look at vocabulary related to the holiday period.

First are the common terms for the week.

ゴールデンウィーク＝Golden Week

大型連休（Ogata renkyu）roughly means "big holiday in a row"

黄金週間（Ogon shukan）is "golden week" in Japanese

Next, let's look at the holidays themselves.

April 29: 昭和の日（しょうわのひ）＝ Showa no Hi. It is a day commemorating the reign of the Showa Emperor.

May 3: 憲法記念日（けんぽうきねんび）＝ Kenpo Kinen bi, or Constitution Memorial Day

May 4: みどりの日（Midori no hi)＝Green Day

May 5: こどもの日 （Kodomo no hi）＝Children's Day

To all, a wonderful and restful holiday.

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ゴールデンウィーク

Today (Showa-no-hi) is the first public holiday of the so-called Golden Week holidays that fall at the end of April and the beginning of May.

Golden Week sees a mass exodus from the cities as people may traditionally travel home, or take a short vacation either in Japan or overseas. The mass exit and return ("U-turn") is marked by long traffic jams and packed airports.

Some hotels, onsen spas and ryokan (tradition Japanese inns) may levy a small surcharge at this time.

The national holidays falling in the Golden Week period are Showa Day (April 29), Constitution Memorial Day (May 3), Greenery Day (May 4) and Children's Day (May 5). This year the holidays include April 29th and Monday May 4-Wednesday May 6 as Constitution Day (Kenpo kinenbi) falls on the Sunday, 3rd.



Japanese carp streamers or koinobori at this time of year especially on Children's Day or Boy's Day on May 5. The carp symbolize the virility and perseverance of the males of the household.

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