Hva som skjer i Tokyo, Japan gjennom året

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, New Year shutdown

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

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

  10. feb – 10. mar · vanligvisKirsebærblomstring

  Ume comes out a month before the cherries, at Yushima Tenjin and the Imperial Palace gardens, on the coldest and clearest days of the year.

• Fare

  Cedar pollen season

  10. feb – 20. apr · vanligvis

  Sugi and then hinoki pollen blow in off the plantations west of the city from mid-February. A third of the country reacts to it and pharmacies sell out of masks. Kilde ↗

Travelt — mellom toppene, Cherry blossom

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  22. mar – 8. apr · vanligvisMye folkBestill tidlig

  The front usually reaches Tokyo in the last week of March and peaks in the first days of April. Full bloom lasts about a week, and rain can end it in a night. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Plum blossom (10. feb – 10. mar (vanligvis)), Cedar pollen season (10. feb – 20. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Cherry blossom

• Helligdag

  Golden Week

  29. apr – 5. maiMye folkBestill tidlig

  Four national holidays in a row put the whole country on the move. The weather is the best of the year and the trains, hotels and airports are the worst. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cedar pollen season (10. feb – 20. apr (vanligvis)), Cherry blossom (22. mar – 8. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Golden Week

• Festival

  Sanja Matsuri

  15.–17. maiReligiøs høytidMye folk

  Asakusa's own festival, three days on the third weekend of May: a hundred-odd portable shrines shouldered through the lanes around Sensoji, and close to two million people there to watch them go. The streets are impassable from mid-morning. Kilde ↗

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

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

• Sesong

  Tsuyu, the rain season

  8. jun – 20. jul · vanligvisMonsun

  The front usually sets in during the second week of June and holds for five or six weeks: warm, grey and humid, with hydrangeas as the compensation.

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Sumida River fireworks

• Festival

  Sumida River fireworks

  25. julLys og ildMye folk

  Twenty thousand shells over the river at Asakusa on the last Saturday of July, watched by close to a million people. The trains afterwards are the hard part. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Tsuyu, the rain season (8. jun – 20. jul (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Obon, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Fare

  Typhoon season

  1. aug – 10. okt · vanligvisStengninger

  The peak of the season is late August and September. A direct hit stops the trains and grounds flights for a day; the warnings come with plenty of notice. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Obon

  13.–16. augNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  The other great travel week. Much of the city goes back to its home town, family businesses close, and long-distance trains and flights are booked out. Kilde ↗

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

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

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

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

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

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

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  15. nov – 10. des · vanligvis

  The gingkos and maples in the city gardens turn very late, usually peaking around the start of December, weeks after the mountains west of Tokyo.

Toppsesong — New Year shutdown, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

• Helligdag

  New Year shutdown

  29. des – 3. janSkoleferieStengninger

  The city closes almost completely for the first three days of January: offices, most restaurants, many museums. The shrines are the exception and they are packed. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Autumn colour (15. nov – 10. des (vanligvis))