På gång i Fukuoka, Japan under året

Mycket folk — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Tamaseseri at Hakozaki Shrine

  3 janReligiös högtid

  A New Year rite at Hakozakigu: two teams of loincloth-clad men wrestle for a sacred wooden ball in the afternoon, doused with water as they go. Arrive early for a view. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Plum blossom at Dazaifu, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Plum blossom at Dazaifu

  10 feb – 15 mar · vanligtvisKörsbärsblomTrångt

  Thousands of plum trees flower around Dazaifu Tenmangu, half an hour from central Fukuoka, from mid-February, with the sacred Tobiume tree first. Weekday mornings avoid the tour groups. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Plum blossom at Dazaifu, Cherry blossom

• Risk

  Yellow sand season

  1 mar – 15 maj · vanligtvisDammsäsong

  Dust off the Asian mainland reaches Kyushu first and the worst days leave a film on parked cars. It is forecast like pollen, and it overlaps exactly with the weeks you would want to be outside. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  18 mar – 5 apr · vanligtvisTrångt

  Fukuoka is usually among the first big cities the front reaches. Maizuru Park inside the castle walls is lit at night and the peak rarely lasts a week.

Pågår fortfarande: Plum blossom at Dazaifu (10 feb – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cherry blossom, Golden Week

• Helg

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 6 majTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Yellow sand season (1 mar – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), Cherry blossom (18 mar – 5 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Golden Week, Hakata Dontaku

• Festival

  Hakata Dontaku

  3–4 majStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Two million people over two days in the middle of Golden Week. Anyone can join the parade down Meiji-dori clapping rice scoops, which is the point of it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Yellow sand season (1 mar – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), Golden Week (29 apr – 6 maj)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Säsong

  Tsuyu, the rain front

  5 jun – 20 jul · vanligtvisMonsunRisk

  Northern Kyushu takes the heaviest of the rainy season and the inland valleys are where the warnings land. In the city it is mostly humidity and a wet afternoon rather than a washout.

Mest folk — Hakata Gion Yamakasa, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Hakata Gion Yamakasa

  1–15 julReligiös högtidTrångt

  Decorated floats stand around the centre for two weeks, then teams race one-tonne versions through the streets from 4:59am on the 15th. Be in place by four or you will see nothing. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Tsuyu, the rain front (5 jun – 20 jul (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Typhoon season

  1 aug – 30 sep · vanligtvisStängningar

  Kyushu sits in the path more often than anywhere else on the main islands. A direct hit stops the shinkansen and the ferries to Korea for a day, and the forecast is worth watching from a week out. Källa ↗

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (1 aug – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Mycket folk — en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Festival

  Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

  5–25 nov · vanligtvisSportevenemangBoka tidigt

  The last of the year's six grand sumo tournaments runs for fifteen days in November at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center. Ticket sales open in September and weekend seats go fast. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Autumn leaves

  15 nov – 8 dec · vanligtvisHöstfärger

  Maples at Yusentei garden, Komyozenji temple in Dazaifu and the gorges of the Kyushu hills turn from mid-November, usually peaking in late November and hanging on into early December.

Mycket folk — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Autumn leaves (15 nov – 8 dec (vanligtvis))