Hva som skjer i Osaka, Japan gjennom året

Toppsesong — Toka Ebisu, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Toka Ebisu

  9.–11. janReligiøs høytidMye folk

  A million people pass through Imamiya Ebisu over three days in the second week of January to buy bamboo charms for the year's business. Very Osaka, very little English. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: New Year shutdown (29. des – 3. jan)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  Plum blossom at the castle

  10. feb – 15. mar · vanligvisKirsebærblomstring

  The grove below Osaka Castle flowers from the middle of February, weeks before the cherry crowds arrive and with a fraction of the people. Kilde ↗

Travelt — mellom toppene, Cherry blossom

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  25. mar – 10. apr · vanligvisMye folk

  Usually peaks in the first week of April. The castle park and the riverside at Kema Sakuranomiya are where the city drinks under the trees rather than photographs them.

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

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Cherry blossom

• Åpning

  Mint Bureau cherry passage

  9.–15. aprKirsebærblomstringBestill tidlig

  The Japan Mint opens a 560-metre avenue of late-flowering varieties for one week after the ordinary blossom has gone. Free, but you have to register online in advance. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Golden Week

  29. apr – 5. maiMye folkBestill tidlig

  Four national holidays in a row and the entire country on the move. Fine weather, impossible trains, and hotel rates at their yearly high. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cherry blossom (25. mar – 10. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Golden Week

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

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

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Tsuyu rain season

  5. jun – 20. jul · vanligvisMonsun

  The rain front usually arrives in the second week of June and stays a month. This is the city of covered arcades, so it copes with it better than most.

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Tenjin Matsuri

• Festival

  Tenjin Matsuri

  24.–25. julReligiøs høytidMye folk

  One of Japan's three great festivals: a land procession on the 24th, then a hundred boats and fireworks on the Okawa on the evening of the 25th. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Tsuyu rain season (5. jun – 20. jul (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Obon, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Fare

  Typhoon season

  1. aug – 30. sep · vanligvisStengninger

  Kansai Airport sits on a man-made island in the bay and shuts when a serious system comes up the coast. Late summer is when that is most likely. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Obon

  13.–16. augNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  Offices empty in the middle of August and the country travels home. Trains and flights are full, and small family restaurants close for the week. Kilde ↗

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri

• Festival

  Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri

  18.–20. sepReligiøs høytidMye folk

  Teams sprint wooden shrine floats around street corners at full speed half an hour down the coast. It is genuinely dangerous and completely unmissable. Kilde ↗

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

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  15. nov – 5. des · vanligvis

  Later and shorter than Kyoto's, in the castle park and the Midosuji ginkgo avenue, and without anything like the crowds an hour up the line. Kilde ↗

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

• Stengt

  New Year shutdown

  29. des – 3. jan

  Shops, restaurants and most of the food streets close for the first days of the year while the shrines take over. It is the quietest Osaka ever gets. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Autumn colour (15. nov – 5. des (vanligvis))