Det sker i Kagoshima, Japan året igennem

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

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Cranes winter at Izumi (1. nov. – 25. mar. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Cranes winter at Izumi (1. nov. – 25. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Kagoshima Marathon, Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Kagoshima Marathon

  1.–10. mar. · normaltSportsbegivenhedTætpakket

  A city marathon on an early-March Sunday with Sakurajima in view for much of the course. Streetcar and road diversions run through the morning and the hotels near Tenmonkan fill the night before. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  20. mar. – 5. apr. · normalt

  One of the first cities in Japan the front reaches, usually in the third week of March. Yoshino Park above the city is where Kagoshima goes for it.

Stadig i gang: Cranes winter at Izumi (1. nov. – 25. mar. (normalt))

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

• 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: Cherry blossom (20. mar. – 5. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Golden Week, Golden Week i Japan

• Risiko

  Sakurajima ashfall

  15. maj – 30. sep. · normaltStøvsæson

  The volcano across the bay erupts most weeks of the year, but it is in summer that the wind carries the ash over the city. Umbrellas go up on a clear day and the council hands out yellow ash bags. Kilde ↗

• Sæson

  Tsuyu, the rain season

  30. maj – 20. jul. · normaltMonsunRisiko

  Southern Kyushu takes the heaviest rainy season in Japan. The warnings that close roads here are about the hillsides rather than the rivers, and they come several times a June.

Stadig i gang: Golden Week (29. apr. – 6. maj)

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

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Stadig i gang: Sakurajima ashfall (15. maj – 30. sep. (normalt)), Tsuyu, the rain season (30. maj – 20. jul. (normalt))

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

• Risiko

  Typhoon season

  15. jul. – 30. sep. · normaltLukninger

  More systems make landfall around here than anywhere else in the country. The Sakurajima ferry and the boats to Yakushima stop a day before the storm arrives. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sakurajima ashfall (15. maj – 30. sep. (normalt)), Tsuyu, the rain season (30. maj – 20. jul. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks

  29. aug.Lys & ildTætpakket

  One of Kyushu's largest displays, fired over the port with the volcano behind it on a late-summer Saturday. Paid seats go on sale in June; a typhoon can postpone it at short notice. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sakurajima ashfall (15. maj – 30. sep. (normalt)), Typhoon season (15. jul. – 30. sep. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Sakurajima ashfall (15. maj – 30. sep. (normalt)), Typhoon season (15. jul. – 30. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — Myoenji Mairi, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Myoenji Mairi

  24.–25. okt.Stor festivalTætpakket

  On the fourth weekend of October thousands walk twenty kilometres from Terukuni Shrine to Tokushige Shrine in Hioki, many in samurai armour, remembering the Satsuma retreat at Sekigahara. It goes ahead in rain. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Ohara Festival

• Natur

  Cranes winter at Izumi

  1. nov. – 25. mar. · normaltDyrelivssæson

  Well over ten thousand cranes from Siberia winter on the Izumi plain in the north of the prefecture, about an hour by shinkansen. The observation centre opens for the season; dawn is when they lift off together. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Ohara Festival

  2.–3. nov.Stor festivalTætpakket

  Twenty thousand dancers work down Tenmonkan over the two days around Culture Day. It is the biggest thing southern Kyushu does and the trams reroute for it. Kilde ↗

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

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Cranes winter at Izumi (1. nov. – 25. mar. (normalt))