Golden Week’s almost over!
Yes, over here in Japan, almost the entire country was on vacation for one week, some enjoying time with their family in an onsen, others visiting friends far from home and maybe others relaxing at home.

People get easily sick during this period. Of course, the weather gets warmer and some people don’t adapt well to the change of temperatures. Then there is also Kafunshou (pollen allergy )which is something really annoying for a lot of people in Spring.
But what I want to talk about is something more typical of Japan : Gogatsubyo or literally “May sickness”. 

What is May sickness"
First of all, April is the beginning of the new financial and  academic year, school kids go back to school and students to university. But it is also during this period that companies hire new people, give promotions and take important decisions. As a matter of fact, April is THE season where new recruits get hired and it is not common at all to start working at another period of the year (although it happens of course, but the job market will be much, much smaller). For the students and new recruits, April means an entire new life: a new environment, new colleagues, new habits and the stress brought by the job itself.
You have to show your skills and learn your job – it can be quite challenging. Then, after one month, everybody feels tired because of all those new challenges – this is the exact time that the long awai...