På gång i Hakone (Mount Fuji), Japan under året

Mest folk — Hakone Ekiden, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Hakone Ekiden

  2–3 janSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  The university relay from Tokyo to Lake Ashi and back. The mountain road closes to traffic for both mornings and the whole town turns out along it in the cold. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Crystal Christmas trees at Glass Forest (1 nov – 12 jan (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Natur

  Odawara Plum Festival at Soga

  1 feb – 5 mar · vanligtvisKörsbärsblom

  About 35,000 plum trees flower at Soga Bessho, a short train ride beyond Odawara at the foot of the Hakone hills, with Fuji behind on clear days. The festival runs from early February to early March and entry is free. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Hakone Shrine Setsubun

  2–3 febReligiös högtid

  Winter fireworks over Lake Ashi on the evening of 2 February, then on the 3rd the shrine drives out demons with a bean-throwing ceremony and chases them across the lake by boat. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Yudate Shishimai (hot-water lion dance)

  27 marReligiös högtid

  Every 27 March at Sengokuhara's Suwa Shrine, lion dancers perform seven dances, the last circling a boiling cauldron and flicking hot water over onlookers with bamboo leaves, said to keep you well all year. A nationally designated folk rite. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Odawara Plum Festival at Soga (1 feb – 5 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Golden Week, Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

• Helg

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 5 majTrångt

  Tokyo's nearest hot-spring valley in the country's busiest travel week. The ropeway queue and the road up to Owakudani are the bottleneck; the early train is the only fix. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Golden Week, Golden Week i Japan

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Golden Week (29 apr – 5 maj)

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

• Festival

  Hydrangea train

  15 jun – 20 jul · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomningBoka tidigt

  Thousands of hydrangeas line the Tozan switchbacks and flower from the bottom of the hill upward over a month. The evening train runs with the carriage lights off and needs a reserved seat. Källa ↗

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Hydrangea train (15 jun – 20 jul (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Obon, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Risk

  Typhoon season

  1 aug – 15 okt · vanligtvisStängningar

  A passing typhoon stops the Tozan railway, the ropeway and the Lake Ashi boats for a day or two. Mountain rain is the real risk here: Hagibis in October 2019 washed out the railway for nine months. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Obon

  13–16 augNationell helgdagTrångt

  The other national travel week, and the evening of the 16th brings a burning character on the hillside above Gora with fireworks over the lake. Källa ↗

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (1 aug – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (1 aug – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Autumn colour

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  1–30 nov · vanligtvisTrångt

  Lake Ashi and the Sengokuhara grass turn late, usually the middle of November. Weekend traffic on the loop road is worse than it is in Golden Week.

• Festival

  Crystal Christmas trees at Glass Forest

  1 nov – 12 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyår

  The Venetian glass museum in Sengokuhara sets up crystal-covered trees in its garden, the tallest about 10 metres, which glitter in the sun by day and are lit after dark from November to mid-January. Källa ↗

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

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Crystal Christmas trees at Glass Forest (1 nov – 12 jan (vanligtvis))