På gång i Matsumoto, Japan under året

Mest folk — Matsumoto Ame-ichi candy fair, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Matsumoto Ame-ichi candy fair

  10–11 janStor festivalTrångt

  A New Year market going back to the Edo period, on the second weekend of January: candy stalls from across Japan, a salt tug-of-war recalling the legend of salt sent to the town, and a costumed procession through pedestrianised streets. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Castle Ice Sculpture Festival

  20 jan – 5 feb · vanligtvisIssäsong

  Carvers from around Japan work through a late-January weekend in the castle park, and the finished ice sculptures are lit up in front of the keep on the Sunday morning before they soften. Free, with food stalls. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Castle projection mapping (10 dec – 20 feb (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Castle Ice Sculpture Festival (20 jan – 5 feb (vanligtvis)), Castle projection mapping (10 dec – 20 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

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

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  5–20 apr · vanligtvis

  The black castle with the Alps still white behind it, which is the photograph. The moat is lit for about a week and the town stays a good deal calmer than Kyoto.

• Öppning

  Kamikochi open season

  17 apr – 15 nov · vanligtvisLedsäsongBoka tidigt

  The valley opens with a ceremony in the middle of April and closes on 15 November, when the hotels shut and the road is gated. Private cars are never allowed in; it is the bus from Sawando or Hirayu. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 5 majTrångt

  The first week Kamikochi is properly open, so the Sawando bus terminal queues from six in the morning and the castle keep runs a two-hour wait. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Golden Week, Golden Week i Japan

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Kamikochi open season (17 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Golden Week (29 apr – 5 maj)

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

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Kamikochi open season (17 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Kamikochi open season (17 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Takigi Noh at the castle

  5–10 aug · vanligtvisKulturfestival

  Noh performed by firelight on a stage set below the castle keep on a summer evening. A few hundred seats, sold locally, and rain moves it indoors. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival

  15 aug – 10 sep · vanligtvisMusikfestivalBoka tidigtTrångt

  Three weeks of orchestral concerts and an opera, founded by Ozawa and still the reason the town's hotels fill in late summer. Tickets go months ahead. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Kamikochi open season (17 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Kamikochi open season (17 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival (15 aug – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

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

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  1 okt – 5 nov · vanligtvis

  Kamikochi and the Norikura road turn first, from the treeline down, usually in the first half of October. The valley floor and the castle grounds follow a month later.

Pågår fortfarande: Kamikochi open season (17 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Kamikochi open season (17 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Autumn colour (1 okt – 5 nov (vanligtvis))

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

• Festival

  Castle projection mapping

  10 dec – 20 feb · vanligtvisLjus & eld

  From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out. Free to watch; dress for a cold wait. Källa ↗