Det sker i Matsumoto, Japan året igennem

Tætpakket — Matsumoto Ame-ichi candy fair, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Matsumoto Ame-ichi candy fair

  10.–11. jan.Stor festivalTætpakket

  A New Year market going back to the Edo period, on the second weekend of January: candy stalls from across Japan, a salt tug-of-war recalling the legend of salt sent to the town, and a costumed procession through pedestrianised streets. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Castle Ice Sculpture Festival

  20. jan. – 5. feb. · normaltIssæson

  Carvers from around Japan work through a late-January weekend in the castle park, and the finished ice sculptures are lit up in front of the keep on the Sunday morning before they soften. Free, with food stalls. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Castle projection mapping (10. dec. – 20. feb. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Castle Ice Sculpture Festival (20. jan. – 5. feb. (normalt)), Castle projection mapping (10. dec. – 20. feb. (normalt))

Travlt — Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

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

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  5.–20. apr. · normalt

  The black castle with the Alps still white behind it, which is the photograph. The moat is lit for about a week and the town stays a good deal calmer than Kyoto.

• Åbning

  Kamikochi open season

  17. apr. – 15. nov. · normaltVandresæsonBook tidligt

  The valley opens with a ceremony in the middle of April and closes on 15 November, when the hotels shut and the road is gated. Private cars are never allowed in; it is the bus from Sawando or Hirayu. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Golden Week

  29. apr. – 5. majTætpakket

  The first week Kamikochi is properly open, so the Sawando bus terminal queues from six in the morning and the castle keep runs a two-hour wait. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Golden Week, Golden Week i Japan

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr. – 15. nov. (normalt)), Golden Week (29. apr. – 5. maj)

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

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Stadig i gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr. – 15. nov. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr. – 15. nov. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Takigi Noh at the castle

  5.–10. aug. · normaltKunstfestival

  Noh performed by firelight on a stage set below the castle keep on a summer evening. A few hundred seats, sold locally, and rain moves it indoors. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival

  15. aug. – 10. sep. · normaltMusikfestivalBook tidligtTætpakket

  Three weeks of orchestral concerts and an opera, founded by Ozawa and still the reason the town's hotels fill in late summer. Tickets go months ahead. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr. – 15. nov. (normalt))

Travlt — Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr. – 15. nov. (normalt)), Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival (15. aug. – 10. sep. (normalt))

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

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  1. okt. – 5. nov. · normalt

  Kamikochi and the Norikura road turn first, from the treeline down, usually in the first half of October. The valley floor and the castle grounds follow a month later.

Stadig i gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr. – 15. nov. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr. – 15. nov. (normalt)), Autumn colour (1. okt. – 5. nov. (normalt))

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

• Festival

  Castle projection mapping

  10. dec. – 20. feb. · normaltLys & ild

  From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out. Free to watch; dress for a cold wait. Kilde ↗