På gång i Kanazawa, 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: Yukitsuri, the snow ropes (1 nov – 15 mar), Snow crab season (6 nov – 20 mar)

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

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Yukitsuri, the snow ropes (1 nov – 15 mar), Snow crab season (6 nov – 20 mar)

Mycket folk — Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Yukitsuri, the snow ropes (1 nov – 15 mar), Snow crab season (6 nov – 20 mar)

Mest folk — Cherry blossom, Golden Week

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  1–15 apr · vanligtvisTrångt

  Kenrokuen opens its gates free for the blossom week and stays lit at night, which is the only time the garden is worth the crowd it draws.

• Helg

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 5 majTrångt

  The shinkansen from Tokyo made Kanazawa a Golden Week destination. Omicho market and the Higashi Chaya lanes are shoulder to shoulder; the museums need timed tickets. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Golden Week, Golden Week i Japan

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

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

Mycket folk — Hyakumangoku Matsuri, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Hyakumangoku Matsuri

  1–8 jun · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  The lord's entry into the castle re-enacted through the streets on the first weekend of June, with lantern boats floated down the Asano river the night before. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Tsuyu, the rain season

  10 jun – 20 jul · vanligtvisMonsunRisk

  The Hokuriku rains usually set in around mid-June and lift in the second half of July. Kenrokuen's irises and moss look their best in it, but plan the day around indoor sights like the 21st Century Museum.

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Tsuyu, the rain season (10 jun – 20 jul (vanligtvis))

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

• Helg

  Obon

  12–16 augNationell helgdagTrångt

  Mid-August is when Japan travels home, and the Hokuriku shinkansen and Kanazawa's hotels fill for the week. The Higashi Chaya teahouse lanes are at their busiest of the summer. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Kanazawa Jazz Street, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Kanazawa Jazz Street

  19–21 sepMusikfestivalTrångt

  The biggest jazz event on the Japan Sea coast, usually over the Respect for the Aged Day long weekend: free stages in plazas and parks across the centre, with ticketed evening sets by Japanese and overseas bands. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Kanazawa Marathon, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Kanazawa Marathon

  25 oktSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  Fifteen thousand runners on a late-October Sunday, finishing near the castle. Central roads close for the morning and hotels book out the Saturday night, so non-runners should avoid that weekend. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Autumn colour in Kenrokuen

• Säsong

  Yukitsuri, the snow ropes

  1 nov – 15 mar

  The ropes that hold Kenrokuen's pines up under wet snow go on from 1 November and come off in the middle of March. Half the photographs of this city are of them.

• Natur

  Autumn colour in Kenrokuen

  1–30 nov · vanligtvisTrångt

  The maples in Kenrokuen and around the castle park usually turn through November, and the garden opens free in the evening on the autumn light-up nights. The first snow ropes go up in the same weeks. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Snow crab season

  6 nov – 20 marPlocksäsong

  The boats go out on 6 November and land males until 20 March. The small female kobako crab is only sold until the end of December, which is when Omicho market is at its best and dearest.

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

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Yukitsuri, the snow ropes (1 nov – 15 mar), Snow crab season (6 nov – 20 mar)