Health and Sports Day Tokyo Disneyland

Hi everyone,

My sister and I were planning to go to Tokyo Disneyland/Tokyo DisneySea for three days from Monday the 12th of October, not realising that Monday is Health and Sports Day in Japan.

Does everybody have the day off on Health and Sports Day and will Disneyland be packed?

Although it is a bit annoying to rearrange everything now, we could go the previous Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (7th, 8th, 9th) or do it a day later on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (13th, 14th, 15th) - is one of these a better option than the other in terms of how busy Disneyland will be?

If we do decide to do Disneyland a different day, will shops and restaurants in Tokyo be closed on that Monday? Does the Tsukiji Fish Market operate as usual? Are there any attractions we should try to see or anything that gets particularly busy that we should avoid?

Sorry for all the questions. I look forward to your responses.

Thanks, Sarah

Most shops are open on national holidays (that's when they get the most customers!) but virtually everybody else will be out having fun, so Disneyland or really any other touristy place will be packed. Remember that most tourists in Japan are Japanese.

I use this crowd predictor for Disneyland- helps me choose my visiting days.

http://www15.plala.or.jp/gcap/disney/