Hva som skjer i Fukuoka, Japan gjennom året

Travelt — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Tamaseseri at Hakozaki Shrine

  3. janReligiøs høytid

  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. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Plum blossom at Dazaifu, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  Plum blossom at Dazaifu

  10. feb – 15. mar · vanligvisKirsebærblomstringMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Plum blossom at Dazaifu, Cherry blossom

• Fare

  Yellow sand season

  1. mar – 15. mai · vanligvisStøvsesong

  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. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  18. mar – 5. apr · vanligvisMye folk

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Plum blossom at Dazaifu (10. feb – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Cherry blossom, Golden Week

• Helligdag

  Golden Week

  29. apr – 6. maiMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Yellow sand season (1. mar – 15. mai (vanligvis)), Cherry blossom (18. mar – 5. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Golden Week, Hakata Dontaku

• Festival

  Hakata Dontaku

  3.–4. maiStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Yellow sand season (1. mar – 15. mai (vanligvis)), Golden Week (29. apr – 6. mai)

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Sesong

  Tsuyu, the rain front

  5. jun – 20. jul · vanligvisMonsunRisiko

  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.

Toppsesong — Hakata Gion Yamakasa, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Hakata Gion Yamakasa

  1.–15. julReligiøs høytidMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Tsuyu, the rain front (5. jun – 20. jul (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Typhoon season

  1. aug – 30. sep · vanligvisStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Rolig — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Typhoon season (1. aug – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Travelt — en av de beste månedene værmessig

• Festival

  Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

  5.–25. nov · vanligvisSportsarrangementBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Autumn leaves

  15. nov – 8. des · vanligvisHøstfarger

  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.

Travelt — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Autumn leaves (15. nov – 8. des (vanligvis))