Home-bound holidaymakers' rush

Home-bound holidaymakers' rush

TOKYO, Japan - Travelers crowd a shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Tokyo Station on Jan. 3, 2013. The rush of holidaymakers returning to the Tokyo metropolitan region after spending the year-end and New Year holidays in hometowns and other destinations peaked the same day, crowding trains, airplanes and expressways.

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