Golden Week in Japan starts this week and it is the longest stretch of vacation for the year for many Japanese employees. Some companies will even shut down for the week. Several holidays occur during this week. One of those is on May 5th, a holiday known as Kodomo no hi. This is a celebration [...]

This is the month when the Japanese celebrate the beauty of the cherry blossom trees and when spring begins to manifest itself all over the beautiful land of Japan. Flowers are blooming, the weather is getting warmer, once barren trees are being clothed again in green, and celebrations and festivals are being put on and [...]