Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Nagano, Japan

Topdrukte — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10 dec – 10 apr (meestal)), Snow monkeys in the hot spring (15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10 dec – 10 apr (meestal)), Snow monkeys in the hot spring (15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10 dec – 10 apr (meestal)), Snow monkeys in the hot spring (15 dec – 15 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Golden Week, Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts

• Natuur

  Cherry blossom

  5–25 apr · meestal

  Nagano sits high enough that the blossom lands a fortnight after Tokyo is done, which makes it a useful second chance. Zenkoji's approach and Joyama park are where the city goes.

• Feestdag

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 5 meiDrukBoek vroeg

  The alpine roads reopen around now and the whole country drives them. Zenkoji, the Togakushi shrines and the road over to Kamikochi all move at a crawl. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10 dec – 10 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Golden Week, Golden Week in Japan

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Golden Week (29 apr – 5 mei)

Druk — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

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

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Nagano Binzuru festival, Lake Suwa fireworks

• Festival

  Nagano Binzuru festival

  1–7 aug · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  On the first Saturday of August up to two hundred dance teams clack wooden rice paddles down Chuo-dori towards Zenko-ji, with food stalls along the route into the night. Free to watch, and one of the city's big summer nights. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Lake Suwa fireworks

  15 augLicht & vuurDrukBoek vroeg

  On 15 August tens of thousands of fireworks go up over Lake Suwa, about an hour and a half south by train, watched by crowds in the hundreds of thousands. Expect packed trains back. Bron ↗

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

• Natuur

  Apple, grape and chestnut harvest

  1 sep – 15 nov · meestal

  The orchards around the city open for picking from September, with grapes first and apples through autumn, while Obuse, twenty minutes away, sells its chestnut sweets fresh from mid-September. Bron ↗

Druk — Autumn colour, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Autumn colour

  5 okt – 10 nov · meestalDruk

  Colour starts on the Shiga Kogen plateau in early October and works down to Zenkoji and the Togakushi cedars a month later. Weekend traffic on the mountain roads is the catch.

Nog steeds bezig: Apple, grape and chestnut harvest (1 sep – 15 nov (meestal))

Druk — Autumn colour

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Apple, grape and chestnut harvest (1 sep – 15 nov (meestal)), Autumn colour (5 okt – 10 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

• Seizoen

  Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts

  10 dec – 10 apr · meestalSkiseizoenDrukBoek vroeg

  Nagano city is the train station the ski traffic passes through, and from December the buses west to Hakuba and east to Shiga Kogen run full. The high resorts hold on into April.

• Natuur

  Snow monkeys in the hot spring

  15 dec – 15 mrt · meestalDierenseizoenDruk

  The macaques at Jigokudani sit in the pool all year, but the winter version with snow on their heads is the one people come for. The last stretch is a walk up a forest path, icy in season. Bron ↗