Det sker i Fukuoka, Japan året igennem

Travlt — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Tamaseseri at Hakozaki Shrine

  3. jan.Religiøs højtid

  A New Year rite at Hakozakigu: two teams of loincloth-clad men wrestle for a sacred wooden ball in the afternoon, doused with water as they go. Arrive early for a view. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Plum blossom at Dazaifu, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Plum blossom at Dazaifu

  10. feb. – 15. mar. · normaltKirsebærblomstringTætpakket

  Thousands of plum trees flower around Dazaifu Tenmangu, half an hour from central Fukuoka, from mid-February, with the sacred Tobiume tree first. Weekday mornings avoid the tour groups. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Plum blossom at Dazaifu, Cherry blossom

• Risiko

  Yellow sand season

  1. mar. – 15. maj · normaltStøvsæson

  Dust off the Asian mainland reaches Kyushu first and the worst days leave a film on parked cars. It is forecast like pollen, and it overlaps exactly with the weeks you would want to be outside. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  18. mar. – 5. apr. · normaltTætpakket

  Fukuoka is usually among the first big cities the front reaches. Maizuru Park inside the castle walls is lit at night and the peak rarely lasts a week.

Stadig i gang: Plum blossom at Dazaifu (10. feb. – 15. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Cherry blossom, Golden Week

• Helligdag

  Golden Week

  29. apr. – 6. majTætpakketBook tidligt

  A run of public holidays from 29 April to 5 May when much of Japan travels at once: trains, flights and hotels fill, rates peak and popular sights are crowded. Book well ahead or come the week after. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Yellow sand season (1. mar. – 15. maj (normalt)), Cherry blossom (18. mar. – 5. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Golden Week, Hakata Dontaku

• Festival

  Hakata Dontaku

  3.–4. majStor festivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  Two million people over two days in the middle of Golden Week. Anyone can join the parade down Meiji-dori clapping rice scoops, which is the point of it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Yellow sand season (1. mar. – 15. maj (normalt)), Golden Week (29. apr. – 6. maj)

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Sæson

  Tsuyu, the rain front

  5. jun. – 20. jul. · normaltMonsunRisiko

  Northern Kyushu takes the heaviest of the rainy season and the inland valleys are where the warnings land. In the city it is mostly humidity and a wet afternoon rather than a washout.

Tætpakket — Hakata Gion Yamakasa, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Hakata Gion Yamakasa

  1.–15. jul.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  Decorated floats stand around the centre for two weeks, then teams race one-tonne versions through the streets from 4:59am on the 15th. Be in place by four or you will see nothing. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Tsuyu, the rain front (5. jun. – 20. jul. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Risiko

  Typhoon season

  1. aug. – 30. sep. · normaltLukninger

  Kyushu sits in the path more often than anywhere else on the main islands. A direct hit stops the shinkansen and the ferries to Korea for a day, and the forecast is worth watching from a week out. Kilde ↗

Stille — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Typhoon season (1. aug. – 30. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Travlt — en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Festival

  Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

  5.–25. nov. · normaltSportsbegivenhedBook tidligt

  The last of the year's six grand sumo tournaments runs for fifteen days in November at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center. Ticket sales open in September and weekend seats go fast. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Autumn leaves

  15. nov. – 8. dec. · normaltEfterårsfarver

  Maples at Yusentei garden, Komyozenji temple in Dazaifu and the gorges of the Kyushu hills turn from mid-November, usually peaking in late November and hanging on into early December.

Travlt — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Autumn leaves (15. nov. – 8. dec. (normalt))