Return rush from Bon holidays

Return rush from Bon holidays

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 15, 2012, shows the Tokyo-bound lane of the Chuo Expressway jammed with vehicles near the Uenohara interchange in Yamanashi Prefecture. 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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  • 2012/8/15 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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  • 2012 Kyodo News
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