Hva som skjer i Nagano, Japan gjennom året

Toppsesong — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10. des – 10. apr (vanligvis)), Snow monkeys in the hot spring (15. des – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10. des – 10. apr (vanligvis)), Snow monkeys in the hot spring (15. des – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10. des – 10. apr (vanligvis)), Snow monkeys in the hot spring (15. des – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Golden Week, Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  5.–25. apr · vanligvis

  Nagano sits high enough that the blossom lands a fortnight after Tokyo is done, which makes it a useful second chance. Zenkoji's approach and Joyama park are where the city goes.

• Helligdag

  Golden Week

  29. apr – 5. maiMye folkBestill tidlig

  The alpine roads reopen around now and the whole country drives them. Zenkoji, the Togakushi shrines and the road over to Kamikochi all move at a crawl. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10. des – 10. apr (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

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

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Toppsesong — Nagano Binzuru festival, Lake Suwa fireworks

• Festival

  Nagano Binzuru festival

  1.–7. aug · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  On the first Saturday of August up to two hundred dance teams clack wooden rice paddles down Chuo-dori towards Zenko-ji, with food stalls along the route into the night. Free to watch, and one of the city's big summer nights. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Lake Suwa fireworks

  15. augLys og ildMye folkBestill tidlig

  On 15 August tens of thousands of fireworks go up over Lake Suwa, about an hour and a half south by train, watched by crowds in the hundreds of thousands. Expect packed trains back. Kilde ↗

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

• Natur

  Apple, grape and chestnut harvest

  1. sep – 15. nov · vanligvis

  The orchards around the city open for picking from September, with grapes first and apples through autumn, while Obuse, twenty minutes away, sells its chestnut sweets fresh from mid-September. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Autumn colour, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  5. okt – 10. nov · vanligvisMye folk

  Colour starts on the Shiga Kogen plateau in early October and works down to Zenkoji and the Togakushi cedars a month later. Weekend traffic on the mountain roads is the catch.

Fortsatt på gang: Apple, grape and chestnut harvest (1. sep – 15. nov (vanligvis))

Travelt — Autumn colour

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Apple, grape and chestnut harvest (1. sep – 15. nov (vanligvis)), Autumn colour (5. okt – 10. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

• Sesong

  Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts

  10. des – 10. apr · vanligvisSkisesongMye folkBestill tidlig

  Nagano city is the train station the ski traffic passes through, and from December the buses west to Hakuba and east to Shiga Kogen run full. The high resorts hold on into April.

• Natur

  Snow monkeys in the hot spring

  15. des – 15. mar · vanligvisDyrelivssesongMye folk

  The macaques at Jigokudani sit in the pool all year, but the winter version with snow on their heads is the one people come for. The last stretch is a walk up a forest path, icy in season. Kilde ↗