Another peculiar aspect is that Japan is the country with the most bank holidays in the world, so if you're in the lucky half of the population that has the "sa

Another peculiar aspect is that Japan is the country with the most bank holidays in the world, so if you're in the lucky half of the population that has the "salaryman" qualification (mon-fri) then you get almost a week in January , almost a week in May,and a dozen or so guaranteed 3 day weekends (including this one)