På gång i Kagoshima, Japan under året

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

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Cranes winter at Izumi (1 nov – 25 mar (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Cranes winter at Izumi (1 nov – 25 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Kagoshima Marathon, Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Kagoshima Marathon

  1–10 mar · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångt

  A city marathon on an early-March Sunday with Sakurajima in view for much of the course. Streetcar and road diversions run through the morning and the hotels near Tenmonkan fill the night before. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  20 mar – 5 apr · vanligtvis

  One of the first cities in Japan the front reaches, usually in the third week of March. Yoshino Park above the city is where Kagoshima goes for it.

Pågår fortfarande: Cranes winter at Izumi (1 nov – 25 mar (vanligtvis))

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

• 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: Cherry blossom (20 mar – 5 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Golden Week, Golden Week i Japan

• Risk

  Sakurajima ashfall

  15 maj – 30 sep · vanligtvisDammsäsong

  The volcano across the bay erupts most weeks of the year, but it is in summer that the wind carries the ash over the city. Umbrellas go up on a clear day and the council hands out yellow ash bags. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Tsuyu, the rain season

  30 maj – 20 jul · vanligtvisMonsunRisk

  Southern Kyushu takes the heaviest rainy season in Japan. The warnings that close roads here are about the hillsides rather than the rivers, and they come several times a June.

Pågår fortfarande: Golden Week (29 apr – 6 maj)

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

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Sakurajima ashfall (15 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Tsuyu, the rain season (30 maj – 20 jul (vanligtvis))

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

• Risk

  Typhoon season

  15 jul – 30 sep · vanligtvisStängningar

  More systems make landfall around here than anywhere else in the country. The Sakurajima ferry and the boats to Yakushima stop a day before the storm arrives. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sakurajima ashfall (15 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Tsuyu, the rain season (30 maj – 20 jul (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Kinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks

  29 augLjus & eldTrångt

  One of Kyushu's largest displays, fired over the port with the volcano behind it on a late-summer Saturday. Paid seats go on sale in June; a typhoon can postpone it at short notice. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sakurajima ashfall (15 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Typhoon season (15 jul – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Sakurajima ashfall (15 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Typhoon season (15 jul – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Myoenji Mairi, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Myoenji Mairi

  24–25 oktStor festivalTrångt

  On the fourth weekend of October thousands walk twenty kilometres from Terukuni Shrine to Tokushige Shrine in Hioki, many in samurai armour, remembering the Satsuma retreat at Sekigahara. It goes ahead in rain. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Ohara Festival

• Natur

  Cranes winter at Izumi

  1 nov – 25 mar · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsong

  Well over ten thousand cranes from Siberia winter on the Izumi plain in the north of the prefecture, about an hour by shinkansen. The observation centre opens for the season; dawn is when they lift off together. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Ohara Festival

  2–3 novStor festivalTrångt

  Twenty thousand dancers work down Tenmonkan over the two days around Culture Day. It is the biggest thing southern Kyushu does and the trams reroute for it. Källa ↗

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

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Cranes winter at Izumi (1 nov – 25 mar (vanligtvis))