Det sker i Hakone (Mount Fuji), Japan året igennem

Tætpakket — Hakone Ekiden, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Hakone Ekiden

  2.–3. jan.SportsbegivenhedTætpakketLukninger

  The university relay from Tokyo to Lake Ashi and back. The mountain road closes to traffic for both mornings and the whole town turns out along it in the cold. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Crystal Christmas trees at Glass Forest (1. nov. – 12. jan. (normalt))

Stille — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Natur

  Odawara Plum Festival at Soga

  1. feb. – 5. mar. · normaltKirsebærblomstring

  About 35,000 plum trees flower at Soga Bessho, a short train ride beyond Odawara at the foot of the Hakone hills, with Fuji behind on clear days. The festival runs from early February to early March and entry is free. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Hakone Shrine Setsubun

  2.–3. feb.Religiøs højtid

  Winter fireworks over Lake Ashi on the evening of 2 February, then on the 3rd the shrine drives out demons with a bean-throwing ceremony and chases them across the lake by boat. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Yudate Shishimai (hot-water lion dance)

  27. mar.Religiøs højtid

  Every 27 March at Sengokuhara's Suwa Shrine, lion dancers perform seven dances, the last circling a boiling cauldron and flicking hot water over onlookers with bamboo leaves, said to keep you well all year. A nationally designated folk rite. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Odawara Plum Festival at Soga (1. feb. – 5. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Golden Week, Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

• Helligdag

  Golden Week

  29. apr. – 5. majTætpakket

  Tokyo's nearest hot-spring valley in the country's busiest travel week. The ropeway queue and the road up to Owakudani are the bottleneck; the early train is the only fix. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Golden Week, Golden Week i Japan

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Golden Week (29. apr. – 5. maj)

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

• Festival

  Hydrangea train

  15. jun. – 20. jul. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstringBook tidligt

  Thousands of hydrangeas line the Tozan switchbacks and flower from the bottom of the hill upward over a month. The evening train runs with the carriage lights off and needs a reserved seat. Kilde ↗

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

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Hydrangea train (15. jun. – 20. jul. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Obon, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Risiko

  Typhoon season

  1. aug. – 15. okt. · normaltLukninger

  A passing typhoon stops the Tozan railway, the ropeway and the Lake Ashi boats for a day or two. Mountain rain is the real risk here: Hagibis in October 2019 washed out the railway for nine months. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Obon

  13.–16. aug.National helligdagTætpakket

  The other national travel week, and the evening of the 16th brings a burning character on the hillside above Gora with fireworks over the lake. Kilde ↗

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

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Typhoon season (1. aug. – 15. okt. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Typhoon season (1. aug. – 15. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Autumn colour

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  1.–30. nov. · normaltTætpakket

  Lake Ashi and the Sengokuhara grass turn late, usually the middle of November. Weekend traffic on the loop road is worse than it is in Golden Week.

• Festival

  Crystal Christmas trees at Glass Forest

  1. nov. – 12. jan. · normaltJul & nytår

  The Venetian glass museum in Sengokuhara sets up crystal-covered trees in its garden, the tallest about 10 metres, which glitter in the sun by day and are lit after dark from November to mid-January. Kilde ↗

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

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Crystal Christmas trees at Glass Forest (1. nov. – 12. jan. (normalt))