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

Máxima afluencia — Wakakusa Yamayaki, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) en Japón

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  Wakakusa Yamayaki

  20–28 Ene · normalmenteLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  The grass on Wakakusa hill is set alight on the fourth Saturday of January, fireworks first. The whole city watches from the park, and it is as cold as Nara gets. Fuente ↗

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

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  Nara Rurie winter illumination

  5–16 Feb · normalmenteLuces y fuego

  For a week in mid-February, blue light links Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha and Kofukuji through Nara Park, with evening temple openings and food stalls; it is the park's one busy night-time event of winter. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Omizutori, Cherry blossom

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  Omizutori

  1–14 MarLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  Burning cedar torches are run along the balcony of Todai-ji's Nigatsu-do every night for a fortnight, the 12th being the big one. Nara says spring does not start until it finishes. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Cherry blossom

  28 Mar – 12 Abr · normalmenteMucha gente

  The deer park first, then Mount Yoshino an hour south, which flowers in bands up the hillside about a week later and is worth the early train.

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: Cherry blossom (28 Mar – 12 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Golden Week, Golden Week en Japón

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Golden Week (29 Abr – 6 May)

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

• Naturaleza

  Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples

  15 Jun – 5 Ago · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  Kikoji, Toshodaiji, Yakushiji and Saidaiji fill their courtyards with potted lotus in early summer and sell a joint ticket; go in the morning, when the flowers are open and before the heat. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Saikusa Matsuri (Lily Festival)

  16–17 JunFiesta religiosa

  At Isagawa, the city's oldest shrine, shrine maidens dance holding lilies brought from Mount Miwa on 17 June, and a procession of women in Heian costume walks through central Nara in the afternoon. Fuente ↗

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

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples (15 Jun – 5 Ago (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Kasuga Mantoro, Summer break (natsuyasumi) en Japón

• Riesgo

  Typhoon season

  1 Ago – 10 Oct · normalmenteCierres

  Kansai takes a direct hit every few years. Temples and the Kasuga forest paths close, Kintetsu and JR trains from Kyoto and Osaka stop for the day, and Kansai airport can shut, as it did for Jebi in 2018. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Kasuga Mantoro

  14–15 AgoLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  Three thousand lanterns lit along the stone approach and through the shrine on the two nights of Obon. The same thing happens again at Setsubun in February. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples (15 Jun – 5 Ago (normalmente))

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

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Typhoon season (1 Ago – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Shosoin treasures exhibition, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

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  Shosoin treasures exhibition

  25 Oct – 15 Nov · normalmenteFestival de artesMucha genteReserva pronto

  A few dozen objects from the eighth-century imperial storehouse go on show at the Nara National Museum for about a fortnight each autumn, and never the same ones twice. Timed tickets. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Typhoon season (1 Ago – 10 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Shosoin treasures exhibition

• Naturaleza

  Autumn colour

  5 Nov – 5 Dic · normalmente

  Nara Park turns later than Kyoto and takes a fraction of the crowd. Kasugayama's primeval forest behind the shrine is the walk to do while it happens.

Sigue en marcha: Shosoin treasures exhibition (25 Oct – 15 Nov (normalmente))

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 colour (5 Nov – 5 Dic (normalmente))