10 Things To Do In Golden Week (That Won’t Leave You Stuck In Queues)
Golden Week is nothing but a time that challenges your beat-the-crowd skills. As we wave goodbye to the fleeting sakura season, it’s time to start looking forward to another favorite time of the year: the Golden Week. These series of national Japanese holidays falling from late April to early May are what many Japanese salarymen live for and the cause of a massive travel exodus both within and out of Japan. This year, the first part of Golden Week starts on April 29 and the second takes place from May 3 through May 5. And if you’re lucky and brave enough, taking April 30 and May 6 and 7 off wi...