How do you say "Saturdays, Sundays and holidays" in Japanese?

Name: That Japanese Timetable Has Two Columns. Reading the Wrong One Costs You an Hour.
Uploaded: 2026-08-11T14:07:00Z
Duration: 28 s
Description: Learn to say 土日祝 (donichishuku) — Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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That Japanese Timetable Has Two Columns. Reading the Wrong One Costs You an Hour.

To say Saturdays, Sundays and holidays in Japanese, say 土日祝 (donichishuku).

You read the bus times right. You just read the wrong column.

土日祝 donichishuku Saturdays, Sundays and holidays

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In this video

こちらが平日、こちらが土日祝です。 kochira ga heijitsu, kochira ga donichishuku desu. This column is weekdays, this one is Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
土日祝はお休みです。 donichishuku wa oyasumi desu. Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

Kanji in this phrase

土日祝: どにちしゅく
土日祝は: どにちしゅくわ
平日: へいじつ

Why this phrase

Bus poles, museum hours, clinic boards and lunch-set signs in Japan all split into 平日 and 土日祝. On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays the service thins out and the cheap weekday set vanishes, so a tourist who reads the weekday column on a Sunday stands at the stop for 50 minutes. Teach the three-kanji block 土日祝 against its opposite 平日, so the viewer can find their own column on any sign.