South Korea and Japan 20 GB

What is Golden Week 2026 and Why the Travel Surge is so Big Golden Week 2026 runs from October 1 through October 7, a seven-day national holiday built around China's National Day. Because 2026's Mid-Autumn Festival falls a full week earlier, on September 25 to 27, the two holidays stay separate this year rather than merging into one extended break, so the October holiday keeps its standard seven-day shape. That seven-day window is still enough to trigger one of the largest travel movements on t...

Autumn in Korea: Best Viewing Spots and Weather Prep South Korea's 2026 foliage season runs roughly late September to mid-November, starting on the high northern slopes of Seoraksan and rolling south and downhill toward Seoul, Gyeongju, and Naejangsan over about six weeks. Korea's official 2026 foliage forecast from the Korea Forest Service is typically released in September, but the pattern repeats closely enough year to year to plan around. Color moves along two axes at once: north to south,...

Why October 2026 is the Best Month to Chase Autumn Colour October is the only month in which the northern hemisphere's three great foliage regions overlap. Japan's mountain interior, the Alpine and Carpathian belt across central Europe, and the North American maple corridor all carry colour somewhere within the same thirty-one days. No other month gives a traveller that choice, and the practical consequence is that a single trip can be planned around colour rather than around a holiday calendar...