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

Folla al massimo — Wakakusa Yamayaki, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) in Giappone

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  Wakakusa Yamayaki

  20–28 gen · di solitoLuci e fuochiAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Festival

  Nara Rurie winter illumination

  5–16 feb · di solitoLuci e fuochi

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Omizutori, Cherry blossom

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  Omizutori

  1–14 marLuci e fuochiAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Cherry blossom

  28 mar – 12 apr · di solitoAffollato

  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.

Folla al massimo — Cherry blossom, Golden Week

• Festività

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 6 magAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Cherry blossom (28 mar – 12 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Golden Week, Golden Week in Giappone

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Golden Week (29 apr – 6 mag)

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Natura

  Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples

  15 giu – 5 ago · di solitoFiori e fioriture

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Saikusa Matsuri (Lily Festival)

  16–17 giuFesta 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. Fonte ↗

Affollato — Summer break (natsuyasumi) in Giappone, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples (15 giu – 5 ago (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Kasuga Mantoro, Summer break (natsuyasumi) in Giappone

• Rischio

  Typhoon season

  1 ago – 10 ott · di solitoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Kasuga Mantoro

  14–15 agoLuci e fuochiAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples (15 giu – 5 ago (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Typhoon season (1 ago – 10 ott (di solito))

Affollato — Shosoin treasures exhibition, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

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  Shosoin treasures exhibition

  25 ott – 15 nov · di solitoFestival delle artiAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Typhoon season (1 ago – 10 ott (di solito))

Affollato — Shosoin treasures exhibition

• Natura

  Autumn colour

  5 nov – 5 dic · di solito

  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.

Ancora in corso: Shosoin treasures exhibition (25 ott – 15 nov (di solito))

Affollato — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) in Giappone, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In dicembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

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