FUKUOKA -- The return rush of Japan's "Golden Week" holidaymakers began on May 5 and is expected to peak on expressways and public transportation on May 6, the last day of the holidays.

The Golden Week holidays, which run from late April to ... sunny days are expected mainly in northern and eastern Japan. The expected heat over the next three months will be partly caused by ...

According to Ctrip, China’s largest online travel agency, Japan beat Thailand and South Korea in attracting Chinese tourists during China’s five-day Golden Week holidays, which start on May 1.

Eric Takahata, managing director for Hawaii Tourism Japan, said Golden Week is projected to be 20% to 30% better than 2023; however, it’s still close to 50% below the pre-COVID-19 2019 level.

Golden Sixty will not travel to Japan for next month’s Group One Yasuda ... trip which would have required the touring party to do a week in quarantine on returning to Hong Kong.