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Start Date (Friday) End Date (Friday) XRTCO XRTDV Events & Comments
FY 2025      
27-Sep-2024 4-Oct-2024 J-side
SED
J-side
Narukage
    Focused Mode week
4-Oct-2024 11-Oct-2024 J-side
Narukage
J-side
Narukage
    Transition Week
11-Oct-2024 18-Oct-2024 J-side
Narukage
J-side
Narukage
14-Oct Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day (US)
14-Oct Sports Day (J)
  Holiday Period
18-Oct-2024 25-Oct-2024 SAO
Suarez
SAO
Suarez
 
25-Oct-2024 1-Nov-2024 J-side
Ishibashi
J-side
Ishibashi
31-Oct Halloween (US)
1-Nov-2024 8-Nov-2024 SAO
Velasquez
SAO
Velasquez
3-Nov Daylight Saving Time Ends (US)
3-Nov Culture Day (J)
4-Nov Substitute Holiday (J)
8-Nov-2024 15-Nov-2024 J-side
Taniguchi
J-side
Taniguchi
11-Nov Veterans Day (US)
15-Nov-2024 22-Nov-2024 SAO
Guliano
SAO
Guliano
 
22-Nov-2024 29-Nov-2024 J-side
Masuda
J-side
Masuda
23-Nov Labor Thanksgiving (J)
28-Nov Thanksgiving (US)
**Start of Focused Mode**
3-day timeline uploaded 11/23
7-day timeline uploaded on 11/26
29-Nov-2024 6-Dec-2024 MSU
Yoshimura
MSU
Fleming
3-6 NAOJ symposium
7-day timeline uploaded on 12/3
6-Dec-2024 13-Dec-2024 MSU
Yoshimura
MSU
Takeda
9-13 Dec AGU Meeting
7-day timeline uploaded on 12/10
13-Dec-2024 20-Dec-2024 SAO
Guliano
SAO
Guliano
2-day timeline uploaded on 12/17
2-day timeline uploaded on 12/19
20-Dec-2024 27-Dec-2024 J-side
Yakura
J-side
Yakura
24-Dec Christmas Eve
25-Dec Christmas Day
3-day timeline uploaded on 12/21
4-day timeline uploaded on 12/24
27-Dec-2024 3-Jan-2025 SAO
Guliano
SAO
Guliano
1-Jan New Year Day
1-3 Jan New Years Holiday (J)
7-day timeline uploaded on 12/28
3-Jan-2025 10-Jan-2025 SAO
Velasquez
SAO
Velasquez
1-3 Jan New Years Holiday (J)
3-day timeline uploaded 01/04
7-day timeline uploaded 01/07
10-Jan-2025 17-Jan-2025 SAO
Guliano
SAO
Guliano
13-Jan Coming of Age Day (J)
2-day timeline uploaded on 01/14
2-day timeline uploaded on 01/16
17-Jan-2025 24-Jan-2025 J-side
SED
J-side
Narukage
20-Jan MLK Day (US)
3-day timeline uploaded on 01/18
7-day timeline uploaded on 01/21
24-Jan-2025 31-Jan-2025 J-side
Shimojo
J-side
Shimojo
7-day timeline uploaded 01/28
31-Jan-2025 7-Feb-2025 J-side
Matsumoto
J-side
Matsumoto
7-day timeline uploaded 02/04
7-Feb-2025 14-Feb-2025 SAO
Velasquez
SAO
Velasquez
11-Feb National Foundation Day (J)
2-day timeline uploaded on 02/11
2-day timeline uploaded on 02/13

**End of Focused Mode**
14-Feb-2025 21-Feb-2025 MSU
Yoshimura
MSU
Fleming
17-Feb Presidents Day (US)
17-19 Feb Japan Solar Physics Community symposium
21-Feb-2025 28-Feb-2025 MSU
Yoshimura
MSU
Takeda
23-Feb Emperor's Birthday (J)
24-Feb Substitute Holiday (J)
28-Feb-2025 7-Mar-2025 J-side
Ishibashi
J-side
Ishibashi
 
7-Mar-2025 14-Mar-2025 J-side
SED
J-side
Sakao
9-March Daylight Saving Time Begins (US)  
14-Mar-2025 21-Mar-2025 SAO
Guliano
SAO
Guliano
17-20 Mar ASJ meeting
20-Mar Vernal Equinox Day (J)
 
21-Mar-2025 28-Mar-2025 J-side
Sakao
J-side
Sakao
   
28-Mar-2025 4-Apr-2025 MSU
Fleming
MSU
Yoshimura
   
           
What is "Golden Week"? What is 'OBON'?  
In the last week of April and 1st week May, there are four national holidays in Japan (29 Apr: SHOWA day [Former Emperor's Birthday], 3 May:Constitution Memorial Day, 4 May: Greenery Day, and 5 May: Children's Day). Most japanese take a vacation included the national holidays and Sat/Sunday. Hence, we call this week "Golden Week".
This ‘OBON’, as well as being a religious event to commemorate the souls of ancestors, has the air of a national holiday, with many people traveling around the country and, for those not aware of Buddhist practices, the Obon around August 15th is just a summer vacation, though most people throughout the country maintain the tradition of visting family graves. Though it depends on the company, most close for three to five days on and around August 15th, the middle of the Bon festival, taking this Bon festival holiday as their summer holidays.