All long weekends in Japan
Nov 21 – 23, 2026

Labour Thanksgiving weekend 2026

The busiest foliage weekend at home. Book months ahead, or fly somewhere warm.

Kinro Kansha no Hi honours labour and the harvest, with roots in the ancient Niinamesai rice-offering ceremony. On a Monday, it lands right at the peak of autumn colour.

  • Labour Thanksgiving Day (Mon 23 Nov)
Flying from
Tokyo (HND/NRT)
Comfortable range
Up to about 4 hours in the air

Where to go

Good ideas for 3 days off

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Stay in Japan 5 ideas

Okinawa
~2.5h

Domestic, but it feels like the tropics.

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Hokkaido & Niseko
~1.5h

Autumn colour early, powder snow later.

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Kyoto & Nara
~2.5h

Shinkansen straight there; peak foliage in November.

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Hakone & Izu
~1.5h

Onsen within ninety minutes of Tokyo.

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Kanazawa & Nagano
~2h

Gardens, alps and fewer tourists.

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Head abroad 2 ideas

Seoul & Busan
~2.3h

Barely longer than a domestic flight.

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Taipei
~4h

Hot springs and night markets, great value.

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Before you book

Worth knowing about this break

  • The single busiest weekend of the year for Kyoto foliage
  • Onsen towns like Kinosaki and Kusatsu need booking months out
  • Three hours south and it is still beach weather

Flights out of Tokyo (HND/NRT)

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