Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Kagoshima, Japan

Druk — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) in Japan, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Cranes winter at Izumi (1 nov – 25 mrt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Cranes winter at Izumi (1 nov – 25 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Kagoshima Marathon, Spring break (haruyasumi) in Japan

• Festival

  Kagoshima Marathon

  1–10 mrt · meestalSportevenementDruk

  A city marathon on an early-March Sunday with Sakurajima in view for much of the course. Streetcar and road diversions run through the morning and the hotels near Tenmonkan fill the night before. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Cherry blossom

  20 mrt – 5 apr · meestal

  One of the first cities in Japan the front reaches, usually in the third week of March. Yoshino Park above the city is where Kagoshima goes for it.

Nog steeds bezig: Cranes winter at Izumi (1 nov – 25 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Golden Week, Spring break (haruyasumi) in Japan

• Feestdag

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 6 meiDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Cherry blossom (20 mrt – 5 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Golden Week, Golden Week in Japan

• Risico

  Sakurajima ashfall

  15 mei – 30 sep · meestalStofseizoen

  The volcano across the bay erupts most weeks of the year, but it is in summer that the wind carries the ash over the city. Umbrellas go up on a clear day and the council hands out yellow ash bags. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Tsuyu, the rain season

  30 mei – 20 jul · meestalMoessonRisico

  Southern Kyushu takes the heaviest rainy season in Japan. The warnings that close roads here are about the hillsides rather than the rivers, and they come several times a June.

Nog steeds bezig: Golden Week (29 apr – 6 mei)

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sakurajima ashfall (15 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), Tsuyu, the rain season (30 mei – 20 jul (meestal))

Druk — Summer break (natsuyasumi) in Japan, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Typhoon season

  15 jul – 30 sep · meestalSluitingen

  More systems make landfall around here than anywhere else in the country. The Sakurajima ferry and the boats to Yakushima stop a day before the storm arrives. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sakurajima ashfall (15 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), Tsuyu, the rain season (30 mei – 20 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks, Summer break (natsuyasumi) in Japan

• Festival

  Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks

  29 augLicht & vuurDruk

  One of Kyushu's largest displays, fired over the port with the volcano behind it on a late-summer Saturday. Paid seats go on sale in June; a typhoon can postpone it at short notice. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Sakurajima ashfall (15 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), Typhoon season (15 jul – 30 sep (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Sakurajima ashfall (15 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), Typhoon season (15 jul – 30 sep (meestal))

Druk — Myoenji Mairi, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Myoenji Mairi

  24–25 oktGroot festivalDruk

  On the fourth weekend of October thousands walk twenty kilometres from Terukuni Shrine to Tokushige Shrine in Hioki, many in samurai armour, remembering the Satsuma retreat at Sekigahara. It goes ahead in rain. Bron ↗

Druk — Ohara Festival

• Natuur

  Cranes winter at Izumi

  1 nov – 25 mrt · meestalDierenseizoen

  Well over ten thousand cranes from Siberia winter on the Izumi plain in the north of the prefecture, about an hour by shinkansen. The observation centre opens for the season; dawn is when they lift off together. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Ohara Festival

  2–3 novGroot festivalDruk

  Twenty thousand dancers work down Tenmonkan over the two days around Culture Day. It is the biggest thing southern Kyushu does and the trams reroute for it. Bron ↗

Druk — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) in Japan, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Cranes winter at Izumi (1 nov – 25 mrt (meestal))