Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Osaka, Japan

Topdrukte — Toka Ebisu, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) in Japan

• Festival

  Toka Ebisu

  9–11 janReligieus feestDruk

  A million people pass through Imamiya Ebisu over three days in the second week of January to buy bamboo charms for the year's business. Very Osaka, very little English. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: New Year shutdown (29 dec – 3 jan)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Plum blossom at the castle

  10 feb – 15 mrt · meestalKersenbloesem

  The grove below Osaka Castle flowers from the middle of February, weeks before the cherry crowds arrive and with a fraction of the people. Bron ↗

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Cherry blossom

• Natuur

  Cherry blossom

  25 mrt – 10 apr · meestalDruk

  Usually peaks in the first week of April. The castle park and the riverside at Kema Sakuranomiya are where the city drinks under the trees rather than photographs them.

Nog steeds bezig: Plum blossom at the castle (10 feb – 15 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Cherry blossom

• Opening

  Mint Bureau cherry passage

  9–15 aprKersenbloesemBoek vroeg

  The Japan Mint opens a 560-metre avenue of late-flowering varieties for one week after the ordinary blossom has gone. Free, but you have to register online in advance. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 5 meiDrukBoek vroeg

  Four national holidays in a row and the entire country on the move. Fine weather, impossible trains, and hotel rates at their yearly high. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Cherry blossom (25 mrt – 10 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Golden Week

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

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

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Tsuyu rain season

  5 jun – 20 jul · meestalMoesson

  The rain front usually arrives in the second week of June and stays a month. This is the city of covered arcades, so it copes with it better than most.

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Tenjin Matsuri

• Festival

  Tenjin Matsuri

  24–25 julReligieus feestDruk

  One of Japan's three great festivals: a land procession on the 24th, then a hundred boats and fireworks on the Okawa on the evening of the 25th. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Tsuyu rain season (5 jun – 20 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — Obon, Summer break (natsuyasumi) in Japan

• Risico

  Typhoon season

  1 aug – 30 sep · meestalSluitingen

  Kansai Airport sits on a man-made island in the bay and shuts when a serious system comes up the coast. Late summer is when that is most likely. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Obon

  13–16 augNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  Offices empty in the middle of August and the country travels home. Trains and flights are full, and small family restaurants close for the week. Bron ↗

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri

• Festival

  Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri

  18–20 sepReligieus feestDruk

  Teams sprint wooden shrine floats around street corners at full speed half an hour down the coast. It is genuinely dangerous and completely unmissable. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Typhoon season (1 aug – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Tussenseizoen — tussen de pieken in

• Natuur

  Autumn colour

  15 nov – 5 dec · meestal

  Later and shorter than Kyoto's, in the castle park and the Midosuji ginkgo avenue, and without anything like the crowds an hour up the line. Bron ↗

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

• Sluiting

  New Year shutdown

  29 dec – 3 jan

  Shops, restaurants and most of the food streets close for the first days of the year while the shrines take over. It is the quietest Osaka ever gets. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Autumn colour (15 nov – 5 dec (meestal))