Happy Holidays from the Japlanning Team!
by Sam David Marley-Jarett
Happy Holidays from the Japlanning team! Are you also spending your Christmas and New Year break in Japan?
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Japlanning’s Holiday Guide 2016
by Bryce Marley-Jarrett
When Japlanning your trip to the land of the rising sun, one thing many people do not look into is when Japan observes public holidays, and the other big one: school holidays. Read our guide for the full list of 2016 public and school holidays in Japan!
As for many of us in the world, while we are in festive season, it inevitably means closures, as well as many people on holidays, and tourist attractions see increased visits and sky-high flight prices.
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Japlanning's Holiday Guide - 2015
by Bryce Marley-Jarrett
When Japlanning your trip to the land of the rising sun, one thing many people do not look into is when Japan observes public holidays and the other big one: school holidays. Read our guide for the full list of 2015 public and school holidays in Japan!
As for many of us in the world, while we are in festive season, it inevitably means shops closed, as well as many people on holidays, and tourist attractions see increased visits, and sky-high flight prices.
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Photo Credit - tkysocialevents
Furisodeshon: Coming of Age in Japan
by Sam Jarrett
Traveling to Japan over the holiday and new year period can be a very popular time for tourists, especially those looking for a snow adventure. Usually by the start of January, probably due to people's leave limits, people start to leave, but if you stay just a week or so longer, you will get to see something spectacularly beautiful and so uniquely Japanese. Seijin no Hi (or, Coming of Age day, a national holiday) is a special day for young Japanese adults who have recently turned twenty to celebrate reaching maturity.
Each year on the holiday, which is held on the second Monday of January, newly 20-year-olds gather in the early hours of the morning at local council offices to attend a Seijin-shiki, or coming of age ceremony. All Japanese young-adults who are residents in the local area are invited to attend the ceremony, where government officials give speeches on adulthood, and the new responsibilities that their newest adults will now have, before gifts are given as a kind of welcome present.
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Japlanning 101 - Holidays in Japan
When Japlanning your trip to the land of the rising sun, one thing many people do not look into is when Japan observes public holidays -- and the other big one: school holidays. Read our guide for the full list of 2014 public and school holidays in Japan!
As for many of us in the world, while we are in festive season, it inevitably means shops closed, as well as many people on holidays, and tourist attractions see increased visits, and sky-high flight prices.
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