Return rush of Golden Week holidaymakers in Japan

EBINA, Japan, May 5 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with vehicles near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the night of May 5, 2025, as the Golden Week holiday season nears its end in Japan. (Kyodo)

Return rush of Golden Week holidaymakers in Japan

Return rush of Golden Week holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with vehicles near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the night of May 5, 2025, as the Golden Week holiday season nears its end in Japan.

Return rush of Golden Week holidaymakers in Japan

Return rush of Golden Week holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with vehicles near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the night of May 5, 2025, as the Golden Week holiday season nears its end in Japan.

Return rush of Golden Week holidaymakers in Japan

Return rush of Golden Week holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with vehicles near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the night of May 5, 2025, as the Golden Week holiday season nears its end in Japan.

Return rush of New Year holidaymakers in Japan

Return rush of New Year holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 4, 2025, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end.

Return rush of New Year holidaymakers in Japan

Return rush of New Year holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 4, 2025, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end.

Return rush of New Year holidaymakers in Japan

Return rush of New Year holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 4, 2025, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end.

Golden Week holiday rush in Japan

Golden Week holiday rush in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tomei Expressway's Ebina service area in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, with Tomei's Tokyo-bound lanes (L) packed with cars on May 6, 2024, the final day of the Golden Week holiday season.

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