May 1, 2015
Golden Week is coming!
Even thought the school year has really only just started, it is now time for one of the 3 major holiday periods that Japan celebrates: Golden week.
The famous fish flags of Children's Day.
Golden week always happens at the end of April to the beginning of May, including the four public holidays Showa Day (April 29), Constitutional Memorial Day (May 3), Greenery Day (May 4) and Children's Day (May 5). Despite the higher rates set for this time period, much of the Japanese population go on holidays both abroad and within Japan, usually to hot spring spas in the mountains that have just thawed out from the winter.
Kamikochi, in the Japanese Highland area in Nagano prefecture, is a popular resort at this time of year. Long hikes in nature as well as cool wildlife can be found here!
For Seiritsu, some students will be able to enjoy some time off. However, higher level students and athletes (such as our international student Connor) will be trying to get an extra boost by taking extra classes and training or playing throughout the holiday.
After Golden Week the first exams of the school year follow quickly, so we hope students taking time off also remember to study too!
Peter WIlliams
International Department Coordinator