Calendar of School Breaks in Japan
From today, the new semester started at my kids' school.
Common Japanese schools have three long term breaks; summer break, winter break and spring break. Each local city or each private school can determine the start date and the end date of breaks.
I checked several cities' web sites about school breaks. The below shows calendars of school breaks.
Table 1 : Elementary school 2014
| Region | Summer Break Start | Summer Break End | Winter Break Start | Winter Break End | Spring Break Start | Spring Break End |
| Shibuya, Tokyo | July 19 | Aug 31 | Dec 26 | Jan 7 | Mar 26 | Apr 5 |
| Shinjuku, Tokyo | July 19 | Aug 24 | Dec 26 | Jan 7 | Mar 26 | Apr 5 |
| Shinagawa, Tokyo | July 19 | Aug 31 | Dec 26 | Jan 7 | Mar 26 | Apr 5 |
| Sapporo | July 26 | Aug 20 | Dec 26 | Jan 19 | Mar 26 | Apr 5 |
| Nagano | July 29 | Aug 24 | Dec 27 | Jan 6 | Mar 19 | Apr 3 |
| Okinawa | July 19 | Aug 25 | Dec 26 | Jan 4 | Mar 26 | Apr 5 |
Table 2 : Junior high school 2014
| Region | Summer Start | Summer End | Winter Start | Winter End | Spring Start | Spring End |
| Shibuya | July 19 | Aug 31 | Dec 26 | Jan 7 | Mar 26 | Apr 5 |
| Shinjuku | July 19 | Aug 24 | Dec 26 | Jan 7 | Mar 26 | Apr 5 |
| Shinagawa | July 19 | Aug 31 | Dec 26 | Jan 7 | Mar 26 | Apr 5 |
| Sapporo | July 26 | Aug 25 | Dec 26 | Jan 14 | Mar 26 | Apr 5 |
| Nagano | July 25 | Aug 25 | Dec 27 | Jan 6 | Mar 20 | Apr 2 |
| Okinawa | July 19 | Aug 25 | Dec 26 | Jan 4 | Mar 26 | Apr 5 |
Sapporo (in Hokkaido) is colder than Tokyo. So their summer break is shorter, and the winter break is longer than Tokyo's.
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