Det sker i Nagano, Japan året igennem

Tætpakket — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10. dec. – 10. apr. (normalt)), Snow monkeys in the hot spring (15. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10. dec. – 10. apr. (normalt)), Snow monkeys in the hot spring (15. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10. dec. – 10. apr. (normalt)), Snow monkeys in the hot spring (15. dec. – 15. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Golden Week, Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  5.–25. apr. · normalt

  Nagano sits high enough that the blossom lands a fortnight after Tokyo is done, which makes it a useful second chance. Zenkoji's approach and Joyama park are where the city goes.

• Helligdag

  Golden Week

  29. apr. – 5. majTætpakketBook tidligt

  The alpine roads reopen around now and the whole country drives them. Zenkoji, the Togakushi shrines and the road over to Kamikochi all move at a crawl. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10. dec. – 10. apr. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

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

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Tætpakket — Nagano Binzuru festival, Lake Suwa fireworks

• Festival

  Nagano Binzuru festival

  1.–7. aug. · normaltStor festivalTætpakket

  On the first Saturday of August up to two hundred dance teams clack wooden rice paddles down Chuo-dori towards Zenko-ji, with food stalls along the route into the night. Free to watch, and one of the city's big summer nights. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Lake Suwa fireworks

  15. aug.Lys & ildTætpakketBook tidligt

  On 15 August tens of thousands of fireworks go up over Lake Suwa, about an hour and a half south by train, watched by crowds in the hundreds of thousands. Expect packed trains back. Kilde ↗

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

• Natur

  Apple, grape and chestnut harvest

  1. sep. – 15. nov. · normalt

  The orchards around the city open for picking from September, with grapes first and apples through autumn, while Obuse, twenty minutes away, sells its chestnut sweets fresh from mid-September. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Autumn colour, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  5. okt. – 10. nov. · normaltTætpakket

  Colour starts on the Shiga Kogen plateau in early October and works down to Zenkoji and the Togakushi cedars a month later. Weekend traffic on the mountain roads is the catch.

Stadig i gang: Apple, grape and chestnut harvest (1. sep. – 15. nov. (normalt))

Travlt — Autumn colour

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Apple, grape and chestnut harvest (1. sep. – 15. nov. (normalt)), Autumn colour (5. okt. – 10. nov. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

• Sæson

  Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts

  10. dec. – 10. apr. · normaltSkisæsonTætpakketBook tidligt

  Nagano city is the train station the ski traffic passes through, and from December the buses west to Hakuba and east to Shiga Kogen run full. The high resorts hold on into April.

• Natur

  Snow monkeys in the hot spring

  15. dec. – 15. mar. · normaltDyrelivssæsonTætpakket

  The macaques at Jigokudani sit in the pool all year, but the winter version with snow on their heads is the one people come for. The last stretch is a walk up a forest path, icy in season. Kilde ↗