Silver Week
silver week シルバーウィーク shirubā wīku new japanese term applied string consecutive holiday september occurring certain year term gained popularity referring unusual occurrence year weekend followed three japanese public holiday september holiday respect aged day third monday september autumnal equinox day astronomically determined usually september kokumin kyūjitsu day two holiday japanese law stipulates one nonholiday two public holiday day become additional holiday known kokumin kyūjitsu lit citizen holiday unusual september get extra holiday presence silver week widely noted term silver week refers imagined second rank famous golden week holiday period sometimes used foreign travel prior different definition silver week referred day second half november around time labour thanksgiving day first week november another source historian identified silver week commercial invention film industry keen promote cinema attendance holiday reference popularity leisure pursuit betterestablished golden week yet another invention japanese film industry however older definition silver week catch make dictionary threeday break occurs following year september – september september – september public holiday japan