Showa day is celebrated in Japan as a day to commemorate the Era of Showa (1926-1989), where the Japanese worked hard to rebuild the country, and wishing for a bright future. It is the birthday of Emperor Showa (Hirohito), and after his death in 1989 it became known as the Greenery Day or Nature Day for the late emperor was a keen marine biologist. In 2007, it returned to its original name – Showa Day, whereas the Greenery Day is now being celebrated every 4th of April as a separate event and as part of the Golden Week celebrations.

Golden Week is actually from May 3-6, which specified as May 3 as the Kenpou-kinen-bi (Constitution Memorial Day); May 4 as the Midori-no-hi (Greenery Day) and; May 5 : Kodomo-no-hi (Children’s Day). Well, I don’t know but this is just my judgment and I’m not sure about this… but I think Japanese consider Golden Week from April 29 up to May 6 since there many national holidays during this period and many businesses and/or corporate establishments are close for about 6-10 days depending on the calendar ( Well our company’s principal in Japan will be having a break from April 29 - May 6, then office will resume May 7… thank’s for the Ms. Cheryl ). This week is one of the three biggest holidays in Japan, (along with New Year and O-Bon Festival) and during this time many people are taking a vacation or travel abroad or around the country. Well, since it is a celebrated season for Japanese for sure the sights and amusement places are jam-packed, and it is expected that airports and train stations are overflowing so if you want to avoid the trauma for mass travel better seek and have the best Travel News and Booking Engine for your festival participation. It is better to get yourself a hotel booking engine or arrange your accommodations way ahead of time because it is very difficult to get hotel reservations and transportation during this period.