På gång i Nara, Japan under året

Mest folk — Wakakusa Yamayaki, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

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  Wakakusa Yamayaki

  20–28 jan · vanligtvisLjus & eldTrångt

  The grass on Wakakusa hill is set alight on the fourth Saturday of January, fireworks first. The whole city watches from the park, and it is as cold as Nara gets. Källa ↗

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

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  Nara Rurie winter illumination

  5–16 feb · vanligtvisLjus & eld

  For a week in mid-February, blue light links Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha and Kofukuji through Nara Park, with evening temple openings and food stalls; it is the park's one busy night-time event of winter. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Omizutori, Cherry blossom

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  Omizutori

  1–14 marLjus & eldTrångt

  Burning cedar torches are run along the balcony of Todai-ji's Nigatsu-do every night for a fortnight, the 12th being the big one. Nara says spring does not start until it finishes. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  28 mar – 12 apr · vanligtvisTrångt

  The deer park first, then Mount Yoshino an hour south, which flowers in bands up the hillside about a week later and is worth the early train.

Mest folk — Cherry blossom, Golden Week

• 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 (28 mar – 12 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Golden Week, Golden Week i Japan

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

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

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

• Natur

  Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples

  15 jun – 5 aug · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  Kikoji, Toshodaiji, Yakushiji and Saidaiji fill their courtyards with potted lotus in early summer and sell a joint ticket; go in the morning, when the flowers are open and before the heat. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Saikusa Matsuri (Lily Festival)

  16–17 junReligiös högtid

  At Isagawa, the city's oldest shrine, shrine maidens dance holding lilies brought from Mount Miwa on 17 June, and a procession of women in Heian costume walks through central Nara in the afternoon. Källa ↗

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples (15 jun – 5 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Kasuga Mantoro, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Risk

  Typhoon season

  1 aug – 10 okt · vanligtvisStängningar

  Kansai takes a direct hit every few years. Temples and the Kasuga forest paths close, Kintetsu and JR trains from Kyoto and Osaka stop for the day, and Kansai airport can shut, as it did for Jebi in 2018. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Kasuga Mantoro

  14–15 augLjus & eldTrångt

  Three thousand lanterns lit along the stone approach and through the shrine on the two nights of Obon. The same thing happens again at Setsubun in February. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Lotus at the Nishinokyo temples (15 jun – 5 aug (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (1 aug – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Shosoin treasures exhibition, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Shosoin treasures exhibition

  25 okt – 15 nov · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  A few dozen objects from the eighth-century imperial storehouse go on show at the Nara National Museum for about a fortnight each autumn, and never the same ones twice. Timed tickets. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (1 aug – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Shosoin treasures exhibition

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  5 nov – 5 dec · vanligtvis

  Nara Park turns later than Kyoto and takes a fraction of the crowd. Kasugayama's primeval forest behind the shrine is the walk to do while it happens.

Pågår fortfarande: Shosoin treasures exhibition (25 okt – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i december.

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