Hva som skjer i Nara, Japan gjennom året

Toppsesong — Wakakusa Yamayaki, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Wakakusa Yamayaki

  20.–28. jan · vanligvisLys og ildMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

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

• Festival

  Nara Rurie winter illumination

  5.–16. feb · vanligvisLys og ild

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Omizutori, Cherry blossom

• Festival

  Omizutori

  1.–14. marLys og ildMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  28. mar – 12. apr · vanligvisMye folk

  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.

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: Cherry blossom (28. mar – 12. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Golden Week, Golden Week i Japan

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Golden Week (29. apr – 6. mai)

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

• Natur

  Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples

  15. jun – 5. aug · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Saikusa Matsuri (Lily Festival)

  16.–17. junReligiøs høytid

  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. Kilde ↗

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

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples (15. jun – 5. aug (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Kasuga Mantoro, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Fare

  Typhoon season

  1. aug – 10. okt · vanligvisStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Kasuga Mantoro

  14.–15. augLys og ildMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples (15. jun – 5. aug (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Typhoon season (1. aug – 10. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Shosoin treasures exhibition, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Shosoin treasures exhibition

  25. okt – 15. nov · vanligvisKunstfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Typhoon season (1. aug – 10. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Shosoin treasures exhibition

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  5. nov – 5. des · vanligvis

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Shosoin treasures exhibition (25. okt – 15. nov (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Autumn colour (5. nov – 5. des (vanligvis))