Golden Week is big business. A cluster of holidays that results in an extended break for most of Japan, it is also a time when huge swaths of the population embark on domestic and international vacations. But this year, due to COVID-19, Golden Week is going to be different.
Although it looks likely to be extended for another month or so, Japan¡¯s current state of emergency is due to end on May 6, the day after Children¡¯s Day ¡ª the last in a run of national holidays that make Golden Week such a formidable force.
The government¡¯s advice this year is to hunker down instead of heading out during Golden Week. In Tokyo, at least, it is being promoted as ¡°Sutei Homu Shukan¡± ¡ª ¡°.¡±
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