Cosa c'è in programma a Kyoto (Giappone) durante l'anno

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) in Giappone

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: New Year temple bells (31 dic – 3 gen)

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Setsubun at Yoshida Shrine

• Festival

  Setsubun at Yoshida Shrine

  2–4 febFesta religiosaAffollato

  The largest of Kyoto's Setsubun rites: around 800 stalls line the approach on 2 and 3 February, the demon-chasing ceremony runs at six on the 2nd and old amulets burn on a three-storey bonfire at eleven that night. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Plum blossom

  5 feb – 10 mar · di solitoFioritura dei ciliegi

  Kitano Tenmangu's grove opens before the crowds arrive for cherry season, and the shrine holds an outdoor tea ceremony on 25 February. Fonte ↗

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Cherry blossom

• Natura

  Cherry blossom

  25 mar – 10 apr · di solitoAffollatoPrenota presto

  Usually peaks in the first week of April. The Philosopher's Path and Maruyama Park are impassable, and worth it anyway. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Plum blossom (5 feb – 10 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Cherry blossom

• Festività

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 5 magAffollatoPrenota presto

  Four national holidays in a row and the whole country travelling. Kyoto takes more of it than anywhere, and rooms are gone months ahead. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Cherry blossom (25 mar – 10 apr (di solito))

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Golden Week

• Festival

  Aoi Matsuri

  15 magFesta religiosaAffollato

  A Heian-costume procession walks from the Imperial Palace to the Kamo shrines on 15 May. Paid seating on the palace lawn saves an hour of standing. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Golden Week (29 apr – 5 mag)

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Stagione

  Tsuyu rain season

  5 giu – 20 lug · di solitoMonsone

  The rain front usually reaches Kyoto in the second week of June and sits for a month. The moss gardens are the reason to accept it, and the temples are close to empty.

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Gion Matsuri

• Festival

  Gion Matsuri

  1–31 lugFesta religiosaAffollatoPrenota presto

  A month of rituals with the float processions on 17 and 24 July and the street evenings before each. The old centre closes to traffic and the heat does not let up after dark. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Tsuyu rain season (5 giu – 20 lug (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Obon, Gozan no Okuribi

• Rischio

  Typhoon season

  1 ago – 30 set · di solitoChiusure

  Late summer is when a system tracking up the archipelago stops the trains for a day. It rarely ruins a week, but it will decide which day you take the shinkansen. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Obon

  13–16 agoFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  The country's other great travel week. Family businesses close, trains and hotels are full, and the temples are working rather than sightseeing. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Gozan no Okuribi

  16 agoLuci e fuochiAffollato

  Five giant characters are lit on the hills on the evening of 16 August to send the ancestors home. The riverbanks and the rooftop bars fill hours beforehand. Fonte ↗

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Typhoon season (1 ago – 30 set (di solito))

Affollato — tra un picco e l'altro, Jidai Matsuri

• Festival

  Jidai Matsuri

  22 ottFesta religiosaAffollato

  Two thousand people in costume walk a thousand years of Kyoto history from the palace to Heian Shrine on 22 October, oldest period last. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — il mese di punta secondo la redazione, Autumn colour

• Natura

  Autumn colour

  10 nov – 5 dic · di solitoFioritura dei ciliegiAffollatoPrenota presto

  The maples usually peak in the second half of November and the city is as full as it is in cherry season. Night openings at Kiyomizu-dera and Eikando need timed tickets.

Tranquillo — il mese tranquillo secondo la redazione, Autumn colour

• Festival

  New Year temple bells

  31 dic – 3 genNatale e CapodannoChiusure

  Temples ring in the new year at midnight on the 31st and Yasaka Shrine stays open all night. Almost everything else closes for the first three days of January. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Autumn colour (10 nov – 5 dic (di solito))