Det sker i Kamakura, Japan året igennem

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

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

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

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Tætpakket — Cherry blossom on Dankazura, Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

• Natur

  Cherry blossom on Dankazura

  25. mar. – 10. apr. · normaltTætpakket

  The raised avenue up to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu is planted the whole way, which makes it one long bottleneck for the ten days it is out. Go at opening or accept a shuffle.

Tætpakket — Cherry blossom on Dankazura, Kamakura Matsuri

• Festival

  Kamakura Matsuri

  12.–19. apr.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  A week at the shrine from the second Sunday of April, ending with mounted archery down the avenue. It is the busiest the town gets outside hydrangea season. Kilde ↗

• 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 on Dankazura (25. mar. – 10. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Golden Week, Golden Week i Japan

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

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

Travlt — Hydrangea season, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Hydrangea season

  1.–30. jun. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstringTætpakket

  Meigetsu-in and Hasedera are the two everyone comes for, and both run numbered entry when the queue outgrows the path. The Enoden fills from Kita-Kamakura by mid-morning on a June weekend. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Beach season at Yuigahama, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Åbning

  Beach season at Yuigahama

  1. jul. – 31. aug.Sommersæsonen åbnerTætpakket

  The beach houses go up for two months from the opening ceremony on 1 July and come down at the end of August. Outside those weeks there are no lifeguards and nowhere to buy a drink on the sand. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Beach season at Yuigahama, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Risiko

  Typhoon season

  1. aug. – 15. okt. · normaltLukninger

  When a storm tracks up Sagami Bay the Enoden stops, Yuigahama is flagged shut and the hillside hiking trails close for fallen trees, sometimes for weeks. Warnings come days ahead, so shuffle a day rather than the trip. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Beach season at Yuigahama (1. jul. – 31. aug.)

Travlt — Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Reitaisai, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Reitaisai

  14.–16. sep.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  The shrine's own three days in mid-September, with yabusame horseback archery on the last. Fixed dates, unlike most of the Kamakura calendar, and the town books out for them. Kilde ↗

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 — en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  20. nov. – 10. dec. · normalt

  Kamakura turns late — usually the last days of November into early December, a fortnight behind the mountains inland. Kita-Kamakura's temple gardens hold it longest.

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

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Autumn colour (20. nov. – 10. dec. (normalt))