A Holiday in a Tokyo not so Far Away pt. 1

Current governmental solutions based on global corporate contemporary conventions of time off and vacations does not work due to the ingrain psychological trait of Bushido, shame and guilt culture in the Japanese stemming back to Edo Period Japan. Ideals of honor and loyalty has stayed throughout various eras of the Rising Sun, where the “salary-man often thinks he too must work hard or else he will feel guilty and to deviate is disloyal”. The thesis speculates the formation of Sanya Alliance with the collaboration of several companies taking a step further to change society’s thought. It is also speculated that the government acknowledges Sanya Alliance’s effort to change societal norms and works together with them, issuing a new “Work Style Reform Holiday”. The Work Style Reform Holiday is a holiday where the Japanese white collared workers escape to without the feeling of guilt or shame with an alternative set of rules from their workplace. It takes inspiration from the successes of the companies and the widespread acknowledgement of the failure of the work style reform bill, with references to various Japanese culture, to question if this uniquely Japanese holiday that is rooted in edo concepts might be a possible solution to an essentially edo rooted problem.)