Easing into the New School Year: A Calm, Unhurried Guide for Tokyo Families Late August in Tokyo brings a quiet shift in rhythm. As the summer holidays start to wind down, our thoughts drift towards the upcoming school year. For guides and teachers, we have had some time to sleep in, relax, and do all the things we didn’t have much time for during the school year, and, as the weeks pass, we start to miss the children in our care and wonder how they have grown over the holiday