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Passengers queue at marked door positions on a Shinkansen platform at Tokyo Station

Silver Week

Silver Week is an informal name for a long September holiday sequence created when Japan’s movable and equinox holidays align with weekends.

Older Japanese man standing with his granddaughter in Nagasaki

Keirō no Hi

Keirō no Hi is Japan’s national holiday for respecting older people and celebrating longevity, observed on the third Monday of September.