Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Nagasaki, Japan

Topdrukte — Nagasaki Lantern Festival, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) in Japan

• Regel

  Gunkanjima landings are weather-called

  1 jan – 31 decSluitingen

  Boats to Hashima sail most days but only land when the swell allows, and the call is made at the pier. Winter is when it fails most; leave a spare day if the island is the reason you came. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Nagasaki Lantern Festival

  25 jan – 5 mrt · meestalChinees nieuwjaarDruk

  Fifteen nights from Lunar New Year, run out of the oldest Chinatown in Japan and spread across the whole centre in about fifteen thousand lanterns. Rooms in the city go early for it. Bron ↗

Druk — Nagasaki Lantern Festival, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Gunkanjima landings are weather-called (1 jan – 31 dec), Nagasaki Lantern Festival (25 jan – 5 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Nagasaki Lantern Festival, Spring break (haruyasumi) in Japan

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Gunkanjima landings are weather-called (1 jan – 31 dec), Nagasaki Lantern Festival (25 jan – 5 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: Gunkanjima landings are weather-called (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Golden Week, Golden Week in Japan

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Gunkanjima landings are weather-called (1 jan – 31 dec), Golden Week (29 apr – 6 mei)

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

• Seizoen

  Tsuyu rain season

  1 jun – 20 jul · meestalMoessonRisico

  Nagasaki takes the heaviest rain-front totals in Kyushu and the city is built up the sides of a bowl, so the warnings are about the hillsides rather than the streets. The hydrangeas are the compensation.

Nog steeds bezig: Gunkanjima landings are weather-called (1 jan – 31 dec)

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

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Gunkanjima landings are weather-called (1 jan – 31 dec), Tsuyu rain season (1 jun – 20 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — Peace Memorial Ceremony, Summer break (natsuyasumi) in Japan

• Risico

  Typhoon season

  1 aug – 5 okt · meestalSluitingen

  The west coast of Kyushu is on the busiest approach in Japan. The Goto and Gunkanjima boats stop first and the trains follow; the mainland connection is the slowest thing to come back. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Peace Memorial Ceremony

  9 augNationale feestdagDruk

  The city stops at two minutes past eleven on 9 August. The ceremony fills the Peace Park and the surrounding streets, and the tram lines around it are diverted for the morning. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Gunkanjima landings are weather-called (1 jan – 31 dec)

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

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Gunkanjima landings are weather-called (1 jan – 31 dec), Typhoon season (1 aug – 5 okt (meestal))

Druk — Nagasaki Kunchi, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Nagasaki Kunchi

  7–9 oktReligieus feestDrukBoek vroeg

  Three fixed days at Suwa Shrine since 1634, with the Chinese and Dutch borrowings that no other Japanese festival has. Seated tickets are balloted and hotels go months ahead. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Gunkanjima landings are weather-called (1 jan – 31 dec), Typhoon season (1 aug – 5 okt (meestal))

Druk — een van de beste maanden qua weer

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Gunkanjima landings are weather-called (1 jan – 31 dec)

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: Gunkanjima landings are weather-called (1 jan – 31 dec)