Hva som skjer i Hakone (Mount Fuji), Japan gjennom året

Toppsesong — Hakone Ekiden, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Hakone Ekiden

  2.–3. janSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  The university relay from Tokyo to Lake Ashi and back. The mountain road closes to traffic for both mornings and the whole town turns out along it in the cold. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Crystal Christmas trees at Glass Forest (1. nov – 12. jan (vanligvis))

Rolig — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Natur

  Odawara Plum Festival at Soga

  1. feb – 5. mar · vanligvisKirsebærblomstring

  About 35,000 plum trees flower at Soga Bessho, a short train ride beyond Odawara at the foot of the Hakone hills, with Fuji behind on clear days. The festival runs from early February to early March and entry is free. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Hakone Shrine Setsubun

  2.–3. febReligiøs høytid

  Winter fireworks over Lake Ashi on the evening of 2 February, then on the 3rd the shrine drives out demons with a bean-throwing ceremony and chases them across the lake by boat. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Yudate Shishimai (hot-water lion dance)

  27. marReligiøs høytid

  Every 27 March at Sengokuhara's Suwa Shrine, lion dancers perform seven dances, the last circling a boiling cauldron and flicking hot water over onlookers with bamboo leaves, said to keep you well all year. A nationally designated folk rite. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Odawara Plum Festival at Soga (1. feb – 5. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Golden Week, Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

• Helligdag

  Golden Week

  29. apr – 5. maiMye folk

  Tokyo's nearest hot-spring valley in the country's busiest travel week. The ropeway queue and the road up to Owakudani are the bottleneck; the early train is the only fix. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Golden Week, Golden Week i Japan

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Golden Week (29. apr – 5. mai)

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

• Festival

  Hydrangea train

  15. jun – 20. jul · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstringBestill tidlig

  Thousands of hydrangeas line the Tozan switchbacks and flower from the bottom of the hill upward over a month. The evening train runs with the carriage lights off and needs a reserved seat. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Hydrangea train (15. jun – 20. jul (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Obon, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Fare

  Typhoon season

  1. aug – 15. okt · vanligvisStengninger

  A passing typhoon stops the Tozan railway, the ropeway and the Lake Ashi boats for a day or two. Mountain rain is the real risk here: Hagibis in October 2019 washed out the railway for nine months. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Obon

  13.–16. augNasjonaldagMye folk

  The other national travel week, and the evening of the 16th brings a burning character on the hillside above Gora with fireworks over the lake. Kilde ↗

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

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Typhoon season (1. aug – 15. okt (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Typhoon season (1. aug – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Autumn colour

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  1.–30. nov · vanligvisMye folk

  Lake Ashi and the Sengokuhara grass turn late, usually the middle of November. Weekend traffic on the loop road is worse than it is in Golden Week.

• Festival

  Crystal Christmas trees at Glass Forest

  1. nov – 12. jan · vanligvisJul og nyttår

  The Venetian glass museum in Sengokuhara sets up crystal-covered trees in its garden, the tallest about 10 metres, which glitter in the sun by day and are lit after dark from November to mid-January. Kilde ↗

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

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Crystal Christmas trees at Glass Forest (1. nov – 12. jan (vanligvis))