So when officially is Golden Week 2014?

[wangta]

From my calendar it looks as if it's not gonna be generous with national holidays this year. When does Golden Week officially start?

Does it start in the last week of April or first week of May?

[legion]

Right after the Golden Shower

[Coligny]

Let me guess, you also already done writing your letter to Santa for christmass 2014 ?

[Grumpy Gramps]

Here's Unix's "GCal" notoriously unreliable (for Japan) holiday list for 2014:

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Eternal holiday list:                      The year 2014 is NO leap year

New Year's Day (JP)                      + Wed, Jan : 1st:2014
Bank Holiday (JP)                        * Thu, Jan   2nd 2014
Bank Holiday (JP)                        * Fri, Jan   3rd 2014
Coming of Age Day (JP)                   + Wed, Jan :15th:2014
Season Change/Bean-Festival (JP)         - Mon, Feb   3rd 2014
Spring Festival (JP)                     - Mon, Feb   3rd 2014
Sapporo Snow Festival (JP)               - Thu, Feb   6th 2014
National Foundation Day (JP)             + Tue, Feb :11th:2014
St Valentine's Day (JP)                  - Fri, Feb  14th 2014
Peach Festival (JP)                      - Mon, Mar   3rd 2014
Equinox Day (JP)                         + Fri, Mar :21st:2014
Buddha's Birthday (JP)                   - Tue, Apr   8th 2014
Greenery Day (JP)                        + Tue, Apr :29th:2014
Constitution Anniversary (JP)            + Sat, May : 3rd:2014
Children's Day (JP)                      + Mon, May : 5th:2014
Star Festival (JP)                       - Mon, Jul   7th 2014
Marine Day (JP)                          + Mon, Jul :21st:2014
Feast of Fortune (JP)                    - Wed, Aug  13th 2014
Feast of Fortune (JP)                    - Thu, Aug  14th 2014
Feast of Fortune (JP)                    - Fri, Aug  15th 2014
Feast of Fortune (JP)                    - Sat, Aug  16th 2014
Chrysanthenum Day (JP)                   - Tue, Sep   9th 2014
Respect for the Aged Day (JP)            + Mon, Sep :15th:2014
Equinox Day (JP)                         + Tue, Sep :23rd:2014
Health and Sport's Day (JP)              + Fri, Oct :10th:2014
Culture Day (JP)                         + Mon, Nov : 3rd:2014
7-5-3 Festival (JP)                      - Sat, Nov  15th 2014
Labour Thanksgiving Day (JP)             + Mon, Nov :24th:2014
Soot-Sweeping Day (JP)                   - Sat, Dec  13th 2014
Japanese New Year's Day (JP)             - Mon, Dec  22nd 2014
Emperor's Birthday (JP)                  + Tue, Dec :23rd:2014
Bank Holiday (JP)                        * Wed, Dec  31st 2014


So Golden week would be about from ~April 28