Det sker i Osaka, Japan året igennem

Tætpakket — Toka Ebisu, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Toka Ebisu

  9.–11. jan.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  A million people pass through Imamiya Ebisu over three days in the second week of January to buy bamboo charms for the year's business. Very Osaka, very little English. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: New Year shutdown (29. dec. – 3. jan.)

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Plum blossom at the castle

  10. feb. – 15. mar. · normaltKirsebærblomstring

  The grove below Osaka Castle flowers from the middle of February, weeks before the cherry crowds arrive and with a fraction of the people. Kilde ↗

Travlt — mellem toppene, Cherry blossom

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  25. mar. – 10. apr. · normaltTætpakket

  Usually peaks in the first week of April. The castle park and the riverside at Kema Sakuranomiya are where the city drinks under the trees rather than photographs them.

Stadig i gang: Plum blossom at the castle (10. feb. – 15. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Cherry blossom

• Åbning

  Mint Bureau cherry passage

  9.–15. apr.KirsebærblomstringBook tidligt

  The Japan Mint opens a 560-metre avenue of late-flowering varieties for one week after the ordinary blossom has gone. Free, but you have to register online in advance. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Golden Week

  29. apr. – 5. majTætpakketBook tidligt

  Four national holidays in a row and the entire country on the move. Fine weather, impossible trains, and hotel rates at their yearly high. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Cherry blossom (25. mar. – 10. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Golden Week

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Golden Week (29. apr. – 5. maj)

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Tsuyu rain season

  5. jun. – 20. jul. · normaltMonsun

  The rain front usually arrives in the second week of June and stays a month. This is the city of covered arcades, so it copes with it better than most.

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Tenjin Matsuri

• Festival

  Tenjin Matsuri

  24.–25. jul.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  One of Japan's three great festivals: a land procession on the 24th, then a hundred boats and fireworks on the Okawa on the evening of the 25th. Kilde ↗

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

Tætpakket — Obon, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Risiko

  Typhoon season

  1. aug. – 30. sep. · normaltLukninger

  Kansai Airport sits on a man-made island in the bay and shuts when a serious system comes up the coast. Late summer is when that is most likely. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Obon

  13.–16. aug.National helligdagTætpakketLukninger

  Offices empty in the middle of August and the country travels home. Trains and flights are full, and small family restaurants close for the week. Kilde ↗

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri

• Festival

  Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri

  18.–20. sep.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  Teams sprint wooden shrine floats around street corners at full speed half an hour down the coast. It is genuinely dangerous and completely unmissable. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Typhoon season (1. aug. – 30. sep. (normalt))

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  15. nov. – 5. dec. · normalt

  Later and shorter than Kyoto's, in the castle park and the Midosuji ginkgo avenue, and without anything like the crowds an hour up the line. Kilde ↗

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

• Lukning

  New Year shutdown

  29. dec. – 3. jan.

  Shops, restaurants and most of the food streets close for the first days of the year while the shrines take over. It is the quietest Osaka ever gets. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Autumn colour (15. nov. – 5. dec. (normalt))