På gång i Kyoto, Japan under året

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: New Year temple bells (31 dec – 3 jan)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Setsubun at Yoshida Shrine

• Festival

  Setsubun at Yoshida Shrine

  2–4 febReligiös högtidTrångt

  The largest of Kyoto's Setsubun rites: around 800 stalls line the approach on 2 and 3 February, the demon-chasing ceremony runs at six on the 2nd and old amulets burn on a three-storey bonfire at eleven that night. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Plum blossom

  5 feb – 10 mar · vanligtvisKörsbärsblom

  Kitano Tenmangu's grove opens before the crowds arrive for cherry season, and the shrine holds an outdoor tea ceremony on 25 February. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Cherry blossom

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  25 mar – 10 apr · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigt

  Usually peaks in the first week of April. The Philosopher's Path and Maruyama Park are impassable, and worth it anyway. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Plum blossom (5 feb – 10 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Cherry blossom

• Helg

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 5 majTrångtBoka tidigt

  Four national holidays in a row and the whole country travelling. Kyoto takes more of it than anywhere, and rooms are gone months ahead. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cherry blossom (25 mar – 10 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Golden Week

• Festival

  Aoi Matsuri

  15 majReligiös högtidTrångt

  A Heian-costume procession walks from the Imperial Palace to the Kamo shrines on 15 May. Paid seating on the palace lawn saves an hour of standing. Källa ↗

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

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Tsuyu rain season

  5 jun – 20 jul · vanligtvisMonsun

  The rain front usually reaches Kyoto in the second week of June and sits for a month. The moss gardens are the reason to accept it, and the temples are close to empty.

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Gion Matsuri

• Festival

  Gion Matsuri

  1–31 julReligiös högtidTrångtBoka tidigt

  A month of rituals with the float processions on 17 and 24 July and the street evenings before each. The old centre closes to traffic and the heat does not let up after dark. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Tsuyu rain season (5 jun – 20 jul (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Obon, Gozan no Okuribi

• Risk

  Typhoon season

  1 aug – 30 sep · vanligtvisStängningar

  Late summer is when a system tracking up the archipelago stops the trains for a day. It rarely ruins a week, but it will decide which day you take the shinkansen. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Obon

  13–16 augNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  The country's other great travel week. Family businesses close, trains and hotels are full, and the temples are working rather than sightseeing. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Gozan no Okuribi

  16 augLjus & eldTrångt

  Five giant characters are lit on the hills on the evening of 16 August to send the ancestors home. The riverbanks and the rooftop bars fill hours beforehand. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

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

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Jidai Matsuri

• Festival

  Jidai Matsuri

  22 oktReligiös högtidTrångt

  Two thousand people in costume walk a thousand years of Kyoto history from the palace to Heian Shrine on 22 October, oldest period last. Källa ↗

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Autumn colour

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  10 nov – 5 dec · vanligtvisKörsbärsblomTrångtBoka tidigt

  The maples usually peak in the second half of November and the city is as full as it is in cherry season. Night openings at Kiyomizu-dera and Eikando need timed tickets.

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Autumn colour

• Festival

  New Year temple bells

  31 dec – 3 janJul & nyårStängningar

  Temples ring in the new year at midnight on the 31st and Yasaka Shrine stays open all night. Almost everything else closes for the first three days of January. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Autumn colour (10 nov – 5 dec (vanligtvis))