Det sker i Nara, Japan året igennem

Tætpakket — Wakakusa Yamayaki, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Wakakusa Yamayaki

  20.–28. jan. · normaltLys & ildTætpakket

  The grass on Wakakusa hill is set alight on the fourth Saturday of January, fireworks first. The whole city watches from the park, and it is as cold as Nara gets. Kilde ↗

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

• Festival

  Nara Rurie winter illumination

  5.–16. feb. · normaltLys & ild

  For a week in mid-February, blue light links Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha and Kofukuji through Nara Park, with evening temple openings and food stalls; it is the park's one busy night-time event of winter. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Omizutori, Cherry blossom

• Festival

  Omizutori

  1.–14. mar.Lys & ildTætpakket

  Burning cedar torches are run along the balcony of Todai-ji's Nigatsu-do every night for a fortnight, the 12th being the big one. Nara says spring does not start until it finishes. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  28. mar. – 12. apr. · normaltTætpakket

  The deer park first, then Mount Yoshino an hour south, which flowers in bands up the hillside about a week later and is worth the early train.

Tætpakket — Cherry blossom, Golden Week

• 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 (28. mar. – 12. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Golden Week, Golden Week i Japan

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

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

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

• Natur

  Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples

  15. jun. – 5. aug. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  Kikoji, Toshodaiji, Yakushiji and Saidaiji fill their courtyards with potted lotus in early summer and sell a joint ticket; go in the morning, when the flowers are open and before the heat. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Saikusa Matsuri (Lily Festival)

  16.–17. jun.Religiøs højtid

  At Isagawa, the city's oldest shrine, shrine maidens dance holding lilies brought from Mount Miwa on 17 June, and a procession of women in Heian costume walks through central Nara in the afternoon. Kilde ↗

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

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples (15. jun. – 5. aug. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Kasuga Mantoro, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Risiko

  Typhoon season

  1. aug. – 10. okt. · normaltLukninger

  Kansai takes a direct hit every few years. Temples and the Kasuga forest paths close, Kintetsu and JR trains from Kyoto and Osaka stop for the day, and Kansai airport can shut, as it did for Jebi in 2018. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Kasuga Mantoro

  14.–15. aug.Lys & ildTætpakket

  Three thousand lanterns lit along the stone approach and through the shrine on the two nights of Obon. The same thing happens again at Setsubun in February. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples (15. jun. – 5. aug. (normalt))

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

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Typhoon season (1. aug. – 10. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Shosoin treasures exhibition, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Shosoin treasures exhibition

  25. okt. – 15. nov. · normaltKunstfestivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  A few dozen objects from the eighth-century imperial storehouse go on show at the Nara National Museum for about a fortnight each autumn, and never the same ones twice. Timed tickets. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Typhoon season (1. aug. – 10. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Shosoin treasures exhibition

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  5. nov. – 5. dec. · normalt

  Nara Park turns later than Kyoto and takes a fraction of the crowd. Kasugayama's primeval forest behind the shrine is the walk to do while it happens.

Stadig i gang: Shosoin treasures exhibition (25. okt. – 15. nov. (normalt))

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 (5. nov. – 5. dec. (normalt))