Det sker i Nikko, Japan året igennem

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

• Festival

  Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival

  25. jan. – 2. mar. · normaltLys & ild

  Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district. Go at dusk; it is a long bus ride from central Nikko, so most people stay the night. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Mountain roads close (20. dec. – 20. apr. (normalt))

Stille — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival (25. jan. – 2. mar. (normalt)), Mountain roads close (20. dec. – 20. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival (25. jan. – 2. mar. (normalt)), Mountain roads close (20. dec. – 20. apr. (normalt))

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

• Festival

  Yayoi Matsuri

  13.–17. apr.Religiøs højtid

  Futarasan Shrine's spring festival, when twelve town floats are wheeled through Nikko. The etiquette about which float goes where is taken more seriously than visitors expect. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Golden Week

  29. apr. – 5. majTætpakket

  Two hours from Tokyo, which is the problem. The shrine approach and the road up to Lake Chuzenji both jam, and the last bus down is standing room. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Mountain roads close (20. dec. – 20. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Golden Week, Toshogu Grand Spring Festival

• Festival

  Toshogu Grand Spring Festival

  17.–18. majReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  A thousand men in armour walk the shogun's spirit up the cedar avenue on the 18th, with horseback archery along the approach the day before. Kilde ↗

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

• Sæson

  Tsuyu, the rain season

  5. jun. – 20. jul. · normaltMonsunRisiko

  The early-summer rains usually settle over the Kanto mountains from early June to mid-July. The shrines are quiet and the cedar avenue is at its most atmospheric, but the lake and Senjogahara views often vanish in cloud.

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

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Tsuyu, the rain season (5. jun. – 20. jul. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Nikko Waraku Odori, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Nikko Waraku Odori

  7. aug.Stor festivalTætpakket

  A summer folk-dance night that began in 1913 for an imperial visit to the copper works: dancers in yukata circle a lit stage on the pond inside the Furukawa Electric grounds, and the town turns out for it. Kilde ↗

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

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Tætpakket — Autumn colour, Toshogu Autumn Grand Festival

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  5. okt. – 10. nov. · normaltTætpakket

  Chuzenji and the Irohazaka hairpins turn from the top down through October. The descent on an October Sunday is one of the worst jams in the country — first bus, or another weekend.

• Festival

  Toshogu Autumn Grand Festival

  16.–17. okt.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  The shrine's autumn counterpart to the May festival: horseback archery on the 16th and the procession of a thousand men in samurai armour on the 17th, usually just as the colour starts up at Lake Chuzenji. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Autumn colour

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Autumn colour (5. okt. – 10. nov. (normalt))

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

• Lukning

  Mountain roads close

  20. dec. – 20. apr. · normalt

  The higher roads above Lake Chuzenji shut for the winter and Senjogahara becomes a snowshoe walk. The shrines and the lower town stay open and are as empty as they ever get. Kilde ↗