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Golden Week - Japan
by Maryland Students, USA
29 April
1 Week
-- The Salisbury, Maryland students asked questions about Golden Week. --
These are the replies:
As for the questions, here are the combined answers from Mika, Mayumi and Wakana:
- What is children's day?
Children's day is supposed to be for children of both gender but in fact the 'koi-nobori' are only for boys. Nobody seems to know why.
- Do kids have off school for Golden Week?
Just the actual days that are holidays: April 29th, May 3, 4, 5.
- What do you do on Constitution Day?
No special ... only holiday.
- Do you play games on the holidays?
No.
- Do you get together with lots of other people to celebrate?
Children in elementary school eat 'kashiwa-mochi' (rice cake) and wear 'kabuto' (a kind of helmet) on Children's Day.
- Don't girls get to have Children Day? Is it just for boys?
So-so ... they have Doll's Festival on March 12th.
- Do the boys fly kites?
No. Only on New Year's Day.
- Mrs. Elder's class
- Timeka, Phillip, Pam, Dedrick,
- East Salisbury School
- Salisbury, Maryland
Golden week consists of three holidays. So it is an anniversary of the foundation on May 2, I have no school on that day. So my Golden week have five holidays. If it is also a holiday on April 30, it is one week day!
By the way, as you said, I think that although May 5 is the "Children's Day",Why it is said "The Boys'Day". When I think about the words deeply, it seems to me that it means Children are only boys. Do you think that I think about it too much? But such a easy thought makes the distinction of men and women.
Wakana Matsumiya ISTP
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