All long weekends in Japan
Sep 19 – 23, 2026

Silver Week 2026

Five days without touching your leave. This is the one to go far on.

Silver Week only occurs in certain years, when a single working day falls between Respect for the Aged Day and the Autumnal Equinox and is automatically declared a holiday under Japanese law. In 2026 that quirk produces five consecutive days off.

  • Respect for the Aged Day (Mon 21 Sep)
  • bridge holiday (Tue 22 Sep)
  • Autumnal Equinox Day (Wed 23 Sep)
Flying from
Tokyo (HND/NRT)
Comfortable range
Up to about 10 hours in the air

Where to go

Good ideas for 5 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 7 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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Hong Kong
~5h

Best on a four-day break.

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Cebu & Manila
~4.5h

Beaches under five hours.

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Da Nang & Hanoi
~6h

Warm, affordable, best on five days.

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Bangkok
~6.5h

Silver Week makes this comfortable.

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Singapore
~7h

Needs the full five-day window.

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Before you book

Worth knowing about this break

  • Five days off with no annual leave used - the biggest H2 break in Japan
  • Demand rivals Golden Week; book flights two to three months ahead
  • Far enough for Southeast Asia, not just Korea and Taiwan

Flights out of Tokyo (HND/NRT)

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