Hva som skjer i Matsumoto, Japan gjennom året

Toppsesong — Matsumoto Ame-ichi candy fair, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Matsumoto Ame-ichi candy fair

  10.–11. janStor festivalMye folk

  A New Year market going back to the Edo period, on the second weekend of January: candy stalls from across Japan, a salt tug-of-war recalling the legend of salt sent to the town, and a costumed procession through pedestrianised streets. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Castle Ice Sculpture Festival

  20. jan – 5. feb · vanligvisIssesong

  Carvers from around Japan work through a late-January weekend in the castle park, and the finished ice sculptures are lit up in front of the keep on the Sunday morning before they soften. Free, with food stalls. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Castle projection mapping (10. des – 20. feb (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Castle Ice Sculpture Festival (20. jan – 5. feb (vanligvis)), Castle projection mapping (10. des – 20. feb (vanligvis))

Travelt — Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

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

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  5.–20. apr · vanligvis

  The black castle with the Alps still white behind it, which is the photograph. The moat is lit for about a week and the town stays a good deal calmer than Kyoto.

• Åpning

  Kamikochi open season

  17. apr – 15. nov · vanligvisStisesongBestill tidlig

  The valley opens with a ceremony in the middle of April and closes on 15 November, when the hotels shut and the road is gated. Private cars are never allowed in; it is the bus from Sawando or Hirayu. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Golden Week

  29. apr – 5. maiMye folk

  The first week Kamikochi is properly open, so the Sawando bus terminal queues from six in the morning and the castle keep runs a two-hour wait. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Golden Week, Golden Week i Japan

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Golden Week (29. apr – 5. mai)

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

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr – 15. nov (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Takigi Noh at the castle

  5.–10. aug · vanligvisKunstfestival

  Noh performed by firelight on a stage set below the castle keep on a summer evening. A few hundred seats, sold locally, and rain moves it indoors. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival

  15. aug – 10. sep · vanligvisMusikkfestivalBestill tidligMye folk

  Three weeks of orchestral concerts and an opera, founded by Ozawa and still the reason the town's hotels fill in late summer. Tickets go months ahead. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Travelt — Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival (15. aug – 10. sep (vanligvis))

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

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  1. okt – 5. nov · vanligvis

  Kamikochi and the Norikura road turn first, from the treeline down, usually in the first half of October. The valley floor and the castle grounds follow a month later.

Fortsatt på gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Kamikochi open season (17. apr – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Autumn colour (1. okt – 5. nov (vanligvis))

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

• Festival

  Castle projection mapping

  10. des – 20. feb · vanligvisLys og ild

  From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out. Free to watch; dress for a cold wait. Kilde ↗