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Do you know the Golden Week holidays in Japan? Where are the hot spots for the Japanese people to visit during those holidays? Check it out! You might be able to find a good spot you would like to visit for your next Japan trip.


This episode's vocab list:

連休(れんきゅう) consecutive holidays

9日間(ここのかかん) 9 days

この期間(きかん) this duration

祝日(しゅくじつ) public holiday

土日(どにち) Saturdays and Sundays

遠足(えんそく) school excursion

計画(けいかく)を立(た)てる to make a plan

お勧(すす)めしません。I won’t recommend you.

旅行会社(りょこうがいしゃ) travel agency

旅行先(りょこうさき) travel destination

唯一(ゆいいつ) the only one

都市(とし) big city

都道府県(とどうふけん) prefectures

ひとつの場所(ばしょ) a place; a spot

ランクイン ranking in

伊勢神宮(いせじんぐう) Ise major Shinto shrine

正式(せいしき)なformal; official; legal

お寺(てら)や神社(じんじゃ)巡(めぐ)り a pilgrimage

特別(とくべつ)なspecial

地元(じもと)のlocal

大切(たいせつ)にするTo take it as a very important and respectful thing and treat it well.

全日本人(ぜんにほんじん) all the Japanese people

言(い)えるぐらい特別(とくべつ)な as special as we can say that

「一生(いっしょう)に一度(いちど)はお伊勢(いせ)参(まい)り」 At least once in your life, you should visit the Ise major Shinto shrine.