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Incubi on 11 December 2013
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Kresnik said:
Incubi said:

You seem to think the Japanese holiday season starts when the western holiday season starts? Shops in Japan will close on dec 29 this year and stay closed for the following 7 days. However, i believe you hope i'm right and wouldn't mind eating crow if i am:)


Do you have a source for that?  Just genuinely interested.  Because first week of January is normally a big week in Japanese gaming industry where all hardware sales shoot wayyyyy up as people spend their holiday money.  Would be extremely odd to see that not happening this year.

Actually I do:

This national holiday was established in 1948, as a day to celebrate the new year. New Year's Day marks the beginning of Japan's most important holiday season, the New Year season (正月 Shōgatsu?), which generally refers to the first one, three or seven days of the year. Although not prescribed by law, many workplaces are closed from December 29 to January 3. Prior to 1948, New Year's Day was a national holiday on which the imperial worship ceremony known as Shihō-hai (四方拝?) took place.

The holiday starting dec 29 last for 10 days but shops only stay closed 6 days this year. Slight mistake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_holidays