På gång i Nagano, Japan under året

Mest folk — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10 dec – 10 apr (vanligtvis)), Snow monkeys in the hot spring (15 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10 dec – 10 apr (vanligtvis)), Snow monkeys in the hot spring (15 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10 dec – 10 apr (vanligtvis)), Snow monkeys in the hot spring (15 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Golden Week, Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  5–25 apr · vanligtvis

  Nagano sits high enough that the blossom lands a fortnight after Tokyo is done, which makes it a useful second chance. Zenkoji's approach and Joyama park are where the city goes.

• Helg

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 5 majTrångtBoka tidigt

  The alpine roads reopen around now and the whole country drives them. Zenkoji, the Togakushi shrines and the road over to Kamikochi all move at a crawl. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts (10 dec – 10 apr (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Mest folk — Nagano Binzuru festival, Lake Suwa fireworks

• Festival

  Nagano Binzuru festival

  1–7 aug · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  On the first Saturday of August up to two hundred dance teams clack wooden rice paddles down Chuo-dori towards Zenko-ji, with food stalls along the route into the night. Free to watch, and one of the city's big summer nights. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Lake Suwa fireworks

  15 augLjus & eldTrångtBoka tidigt

  On 15 August tens of thousands of fireworks go up over Lake Suwa, about an hour and a half south by train, watched by crowds in the hundreds of thousands. Expect packed trains back. Källa ↗

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

• Natur

  Apple, grape and chestnut harvest

  1 sep – 15 nov · vanligtvis

  The orchards around the city open for picking from September, with grapes first and apples through autumn, while Obuse, twenty minutes away, sells its chestnut sweets fresh from mid-September. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Autumn colour, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  5 okt – 10 nov · vanligtvisTrångt

  Colour starts on the Shiga Kogen plateau in early October and works down to Zenkoji and the Togakushi cedars a month later. Weekend traffic on the mountain roads is the catch.

Pågår fortfarande: Apple, grape and chestnut harvest (1 sep – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Autumn colour

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Apple, grape and chestnut harvest (1 sep – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Autumn colour (5 okt – 10 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts, Snow monkeys in the hot spring

• Säsong

  Hakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts

  10 dec – 10 apr · vanligtvisSkidsäsongTrångtBoka tidigt

  Nagano city is the train station the ski traffic passes through, and from December the buses west to Hakuba and east to Shiga Kogen run full. The high resorts hold on into April.

• Natur

  Snow monkeys in the hot spring

  15 dec – 15 mar · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsongTrångt

  The macaques at Jigokudani sit in the pool all year, but the winter version with snow on their heads is the one people come for. The last stretch is a walk up a forest path, icy in season. Källa ↗