All long weekends in Japan
Oct 10 – 12, 2026

Sports Day weekend 2026

The best weather of the Japanese year. Stay for foliage, or go for value.

Sports Day commemorates the opening of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and is marked by school undokai sports festivals across the country. It is a Happy Monday holiday, so it always produces a three-day weekend.

  • Sports Day (Mon 12 Oct)
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

  • Peak autumn travel weather at home - Kyoto is extremely busy
  • Korea is at peak foliage too and only two hours away
  • Southeast Asia offers far better value in the same three days

Flights out of Tokyo (HND/NRT)

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