Qué hay en Fukuoka, Japón, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) en Japón, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Tamaseseri at Hakozaki Shrine

  3 EneFiesta religiosa

  A New Year rite at Hakozakigu: two teams of loincloth-clad men wrestle for a sacred wooden ball in the afternoon, doused with water as they go. Arrive early for a view. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Plum blossom at Dazaifu, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Plum blossom at Dazaifu

  10 Feb – 15 Mar · normalmenteFlor de cerezoMucha gente

  Thousands of plum trees flower around Dazaifu Tenmangu, half an hour from central Fukuoka, from mid-February, with the sacred Tobiume tree first. Weekday mornings avoid the tour groups. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Plum blossom at Dazaifu, Cherry blossom

• Riesgo

  Yellow sand season

  1 Mar – 15 May · normalmenteTemporada de polvo

  Dust off the Asian mainland reaches Kyushu first and the worst days leave a film on parked cars. It is forecast like pollen, and it overlaps exactly with the weeks you would want to be outside. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Cherry blossom

  18 Mar – 5 Abr · normalmenteMucha gente

  Fukuoka is usually among the first big cities the front reaches. Maizuru Park inside the castle walls is lit at night and the peak rarely lasts a week.

Sigue en marcha: Plum blossom at Dazaifu (10 Feb – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Cherry blossom, Golden Week

• Festivo

  Golden Week

  29 Abr – 6 MayMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Yellow sand season (1 Mar – 15 May (normalmente)), Cherry blossom (18 Mar – 5 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Golden Week, Hakata Dontaku

• Festival

  Hakata Dontaku

  3–4 MayGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Two million people over two days in the middle of Golden Week. Anyone can join the parade down Meiji-dori clapping rice scoops, which is the point of it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Yellow sand season (1 Mar – 15 May (normalmente)), Golden Week (29 Abr – 6 May)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Temporada

  Tsuyu, the rain front

  5 Jun – 20 Jul · normalmenteMonzónRiesgo

  Northern Kyushu takes the heaviest of the rainy season and the inland valleys are where the warnings land. In the city it is mostly humidity and a wet afternoon rather than a washout.

Máxima afluencia — Hakata Gion Yamakasa, Summer break (natsuyasumi) en Japón

• Festival

  Hakata Gion Yamakasa

  1–15 JulFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Decorated floats stand around the centre for two weeks, then teams race one-tonne versions through the streets from 4:59am on the 15th. Be in place by four or you will see nothing. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Tsuyu, the rain front (5 Jun – 20 Jul (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer break (natsuyasumi) en Japón, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Typhoon season

  1 Ago – 30 Sep · normalmenteCierres

  Kyushu sits in the path more often than anywhere else on the main islands. A direct hit stops the shinkansen and the ferries to Korea for a day, and the forecast is worth watching from a week out. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Typhoon season (1 Ago – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — uno de sus mejores meses por clima

• Festival

  Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

  5–25 Nov · normalmenteEvento deportivoReserva pronto

  The last of the year's six grand sumo tournaments runs for fifteen days in November at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center. Ticket sales open in September and weekend seats go fast. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Autumn leaves

  15 Nov – 8 Dic · normalmenteColores de otoño

  Maples at Yusentei garden, Komyozenji temple in Dazaifu and the gorges of the Kyushu hills turn from mid-November, usually peaking in late November and hanging on into early December.

Concurrido — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) en Japón, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Autumn leaves (15 Nov – 8 Dic (normalmente))