What's on in Kagoshima, Japan through the year

Busy — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) in Japan, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in February.

Busy — Spring break (haruyasumi) in Japan

• Nature

  Cherry blossom

  20 Mar – 5 Apr · usually

  One of the first cities in Japan the front reaches, usually in the third week of March. Yoshino Park above the city is where Kagoshima goes for it.

Busy — Spring break (haruyasumi) in Japan, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Cherry blossom (20 Mar – 5 Apr (usually))

Busy — Golden Week in Japan

• Hazard

  Sakurajima ashfall

  15 May – 30 Sep · usuallyDust season

  The volcano across the bay erupts most weeks of the year, but it is in summer that the wind carries the ash over the city. Umbrellas go up on a clear day and the council hands out yellow ash bags. Source ↗

• Season

  Tsuyu, the rain season

  30 May – 20 Jul · usuallyMonsoonRisk

  Southern Kyushu takes the heaviest rainy season in Japan. The warnings that close roads here are about the hillsides rather than the rivers, and they come several times a June.

Quiet — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Sakurajima ashfall (15 May – 30 Sep (usually)), Tsuyu, the rain season (30 May – 20 Jul (usually))

Busy — Summer break (natsuyasumi) in Japan, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Hazard

  Typhoon season

  15 Jul – 30 Sep · usuallyClosures

  More systems make landfall around here than anywhere else in the country. The Sakurajima ferry and the boats to Yakushima stop a day before the storm arrives. Source ↗

Still on: Sakurajima ashfall (15 May – 30 Sep (usually)), Tsuyu, the rain season (30 May – 20 Jul (usually))

Busy — Summer break (natsuyasumi) in Japan, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Sakurajima ashfall (15 May – 30 Sep (usually)), Typhoon season (15 Jul – 30 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Sakurajima ashfall (15 May – 30 Sep (usually)), Typhoon season (15 Jul – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in October.

Busy — Ohara Festival

• Festival

  Ohara Festival

  2–3 NovMajor festivalCrowded

  Twenty thousand dancers work down Tenmonkan over the two days around Culture Day. It is the biggest thing southern Kyushu does and the trams reroute for it. Source ↗

Busy — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) in Japan, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.