Today was the last day of the Golden Week in Japan.
Traditionally, we have a series of holidays from the end of April and the beginning of May (this is the reason it is called the "Golden Week"). This year, we had the usual April 29 off – that was last Wednesday. So, if anyone decided to take last Thursday and Friday off, he/she could take 7 days off altogether.
Today really was a strange day, for it was a compensatory holiday – and happened for the first time in our history. Usually, a day like this happens when an official holiday falls on Sunday, Monday is a day off. Last year, since May 3 and 5 are both holidays, the government decided the 4th should also be a day off (this means 3 days in a row of holidays - automatically).
Since the 4th fell on Monday this year, the 6th became a compensatory holiday.
I did not hear anybody complaining.
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