Silver Week
| Silver Week シルバーウィーク(Shirubā Wīku) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | String of consecutive holidays |
| Date(s) | September |
| Country |  Japan |
Silver Week(シルバーウィーク,Shirubā Wīku)is a newJapaneseterm applied to a string of consecutive holidays in September, occurring only in certain years. In 2009, the term gained popularity,[1]referring to the unusual occurrence that year of a weekend followed by threeJapanese public holidaysin September. The holidays were:
- Respect for the Aged Day,third Monday of September
- Autumnal Equinox Day,astronomically determined, but usually September 23
- Kokumin no kyūjitsu,the day in between the two other holidays
Japanese law stipulates that if there is only one non-holiday in between two public holidays, that day should become an additional holiday, known as aKokumin no kyūjitsu(lit. Citizens' Holiday). It is unusual for September to get this extra holiday, so the presence of a "silver week" was not widely noted before 2009. The term "silver week" refers to an imagined second rank after the more famous "Golden Week".The holiday period is sometimes used for foreign travel.[2][3]
Prior to 2009, a different definition of Silver Week referred to the days in the second half of November around the time ofLabour Thanksgiving Day,[4]or during the first week of November by another source.[5]Historians have identified Silver Week itself as a commercial invention of the 1950sfilm industry,keen to promote cinema attendance during the holiday by reference to the popularity of leisure pursuits during the better-established Golden Week,[5]yet another invention of the Japanese film industry.[6]However, this older definition of Silver Week did not catch on nor did it make it to some dictionaries.[7]
September occurrences
[edit]The three-day break occurs in the following years:
- September 19 – September 23: 2009, 2015, 2026, 2037, 2043, 2054, 2071, 2099
- September 18 – September 22: 2032, 2049, 2060, 2077, 2088, 2094
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Google Trends - シルバーウィーク
- ^Dingeman, Robbie (27 August 2009)."Hawaii visitor arrivals up 1.3%".Honolulu Advertiser.Retrieved2 September2009.
- ^"Fewer overseas tourists visit Korea over summer".Joong Ang Daily. 2 September 2009.Retrieved2 September2009.
- ^Tiểu lâm tin ngạn 『 lý lẽ tao nhiên. Nhân sinh は 51 から』 văn nghệ xuân thu, 2002 năm, p91-p92
- ^abPhillips, Alastair (2007).Japanese cinema: texts and contexts.Taylor and Francis. p. 165.ISBN978-0-415-32848-7.
- ^ゴールデンウィーク - ngữ nguyên ngọn nguồn từ điển
- ^Yahoo! Dictionary - no entry found for シルバーウィーク