Det sker i Sapporo (Hokkaido), Japan året igennem

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Sapporo White Illumination (20. nov. – 14. mar.), Ski season in the mountains (1. dec. – 5. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Sapporo Snow Festival

• Festival

  Sapporo Snow Festival

  4.–12. feb. · normaltKunstfestivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  A week of monumental snow and ice sculptures across Odori Park and Susukino, in the coldest fortnight of the year. City hotels are gone months in advance. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sapporo White Illumination (20. nov. – 14. mar.), Ski season in the mountains (1. dec. – 5. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — mellem toppene, Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Sapporo White Illumination (20. nov. – 14. mar.), Ski season in the mountains (1. dec. – 5. apr. (normalt))

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, Golden Week

• Natur

  Cherry and plum blossom

  28. apr. – 15. maj · normaltKirsebærblomstring

  Hokkaido gets both at once, usually in the first half of May, a month behind Tokyo, and Maruyama Park does hanami with lamb on a grill.

• 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: Ski season in the mountains (1. dec. – 5. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — mellem toppene, Golden Week

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Cherry and plum blossom (28. apr. – 15. maj (normalt)), Golden Week (29. apr. – 6. maj)

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Yosakoi Soran Festival

• Festival

  Yosakoi Soran Festival

  10.–14. jun.KunstfestivalTætpakket

  Thousands of dancers with clappers take Odori Park and the main streets for five days in June, which is the best-weather month in the country. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Furano lavender

• Natur

  Furano lavender

  5.–31. jul. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstringTætpakket

  The fields two hours inland peak in the middle of July and the day-trip buses go with them; early morning is the only quiet hour.

• Åbning

  Odori beer garden

  23. jul. – 18. aug.Sommersæsonen åbner

  A kilometre of Odori Park becomes an outdoor beer hall for about four weeks, seating thirteen thousand, and it is the whole point of a Sapporo summer. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Odori beer garden (23. jul. – 18. aug.)

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

• Festival

  Sapporo Autumn Fest

  11. sep. – 3. okt.Mad- & drikkefestivalTætpakket

  Three weeks of Hokkaido food in Odori Park through September: the island's harvest, ramen by region, and the last comfortable evenings outdoors. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  20. sep. – 5. nov. · normalt

  Colour starts in Daisetsuzan in the third week of September, the earliest in Japan, and works down to the city parks by the end of October.

Travlt — mellem toppene, Sapporo Autumn Fest

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Sapporo Autumn Fest (11. sep. – 3. okt.), Autumn colour (20. sep. – 5. nov. (normalt))

Stille — redaktionens stille måned

• Åbning

  Sapporo White Illumination

  20. nov. – 14. mar.Lys & ild

  Odori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Autumn colour (20. sep. – 5. nov. (normalt))

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

• Sæson

  Ski season in the mountains

  1. dec. – 5. apr. · normalt

  Niseko, Kiroro and Rusutsu are one to two hours out and run on the driest powder in the country; the city itself is the cheap bed at the end of the bus route.

Stadig i gang: Sapporo White Illumination (20. nov. – 14. mar.)