Return rush from Bon holidays

Return rush from Bon holidays

TOKYO, Japan - Travelers crowd a shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station on Aug. 15, 2012. The rush of vacationers returning home after spending the mid-August Bon summer holidays in their hometowns or tourist spots away from the nation's metropolitan areas peaked the same day.

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