Hva som skjer i Sapporo (Hokkaido), Japan gjennom året

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Sapporo White Illumination (20. nov – 14. mar), Ski season in the mountains (1. des – 5. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Sapporo Snow Festival

• Festival

  Sapporo Snow Festival

  4.–12. feb · vanligvisKunstfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  A week of monumental snow and ice sculptures across Odori Park and Susukino, in the coldest fortnight of the year. City hotels are gone months in advance. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sapporo White Illumination (20. nov – 14. mar), Ski season in the mountains (1. des – 5. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Sapporo White Illumination (20. nov – 14. mar), Ski season in the mountains (1. des – 5. apr (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Golden Week

• Natur

  Cherry and plum blossom

  28. apr – 15. mai · vanligvisKirsebærblomstring

  Hokkaido gets both at once, usually in the first half of May, a month behind Tokyo, and Maruyama Park does hanami with lamb on a grill.

• 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: Ski season in the mountains (1. des – 5. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Golden Week

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Cherry and plum blossom (28. apr – 15. mai (vanligvis)), Golden Week (29. apr – 6. mai)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Yosakoi Soran Festival

• Festival

  Yosakoi Soran Festival

  10.–14. junKunstfestivalMye folk

  Thousands of dancers with clappers take Odori Park and the main streets for five days in June, which is the best-weather month in the country. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Furano lavender

• Natur

  Furano lavender

  5.–31. jul · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstringMye folk

  The fields two hours inland peak in the middle of July and the day-trip buses go with them; early morning is the only quiet hour.

• Åpning

  Odori beer garden

  23. jul – 18. augSommersesongen åpner

  A kilometre of Odori Park becomes an outdoor beer hall for about four weeks, seating thirteen thousand, and it is the whole point of a Sapporo summer. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Odori beer garden (23. jul – 18. aug)

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

• Festival

  Sapporo Autumn Fest

  11. sep – 3. oktMat- og drikkefestivalMye folk

  Three weeks of Hokkaido food in Odori Park through September: the island's harvest, ramen by region, and the last comfortable evenings outdoors. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  20. sep – 5. nov · vanligvis

  Colour starts in Daisetsuzan in the third week of September, the earliest in Japan, and works down to the city parks by the end of October.

Travelt — mellom toppene, Sapporo Autumn Fest

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Sapporo Autumn Fest (11. sep – 3. okt), Autumn colour (20. sep – 5. nov (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned

• Åpning

  Sapporo White Illumination

  20. nov – 14. marLys og ild

  Odori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Autumn colour (20. sep – 5. nov (vanligvis))

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

• Sesong

  Ski season in the mountains

  1. des – 5. apr · vanligvis

  Niseko, Kiroro and Rusutsu are one to two hours out and run on the driest powder in the country; the city itself is the cheap bed at the end of the bus route.

Fortsatt på gang: Sapporo White Illumination (20. nov – 14. mar)