På gång i Nikko, Japan under året

Mycket folk — Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival

  25 jan – 2 mar · vanligtvisLjus & eld

  Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district. Go at dusk; it is a long bus ride from central Nikko, so most people stay the night. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Mountain roads close (20 dec – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival (25 jan – 2 mar (vanligtvis)), Mountain roads close (20 dec – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Yunishigawa Kamakura Festival (25 jan – 2 mar (vanligtvis)), Mountain roads close (20 dec – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

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

• Festival

  Yayoi Matsuri

  13–17 aprReligiös högtid

  Futarasan Shrine's spring festival, when twelve town floats are wheeled through Nikko. The etiquette about which float goes where is taken more seriously than visitors expect. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 5 majTrångt

  Two hours from Tokyo, which is the problem. The shrine approach and the road up to Lake Chuzenji both jam, and the last bus down is standing room. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Mountain roads close (20 dec – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Golden Week, Toshogu Grand Spring Festival

• Festival

  Toshogu Grand Spring Festival

  17–18 majReligiös högtidTrångt

  A thousand men in armour walk the shogun's spirit up the cedar avenue on the 18th, with horseback archery along the approach the day before. Källa ↗

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

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

• Säsong

  Tsuyu, the rain season

  5 jun – 20 jul · vanligtvisMonsunRisk

  The early-summer rains usually settle over the Kanto mountains from early June to mid-July. The shrines are quiet and the cedar avenue is at its most atmospheric, but the lake and Senjogahara views often vanish in cloud.

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 (5 jun – 20 jul (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Nikko Waraku Odori, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Nikko Waraku Odori

  7 augStor festivalTrångt

  A summer folk-dance night that began in 1913 for an imperial visit to the copper works: dancers in yukata circle a lit stage on the pond inside the Furukawa Electric grounds, and the town turns out for it. Källa ↗

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Mest folk — Autumn colour, Toshogu Autumn Grand Festival

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  5 okt – 10 nov · vanligtvisTrångt

  Chuzenji and the Irohazaka hairpins turn from the top down through October. The descent on an October Sunday is one of the worst jams in the country — first bus, or another weekend.

• Festival

  Toshogu Autumn Grand Festival

  16–17 oktReligiös högtidTrångt

  The shrine's autumn counterpart to the May festival: horseback archery on the 16th and the procession of a thousand men in samurai armour on the 17th, usually just as the colour starts up at Lake Chuzenji. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Autumn colour

Inget nytt börjar i november.

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

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

• Stängt

  Mountain roads close

  20 dec – 20 apr · vanligtvis

  The higher roads above Lake Chuzenji shut for the winter and Senjogahara becomes a snowshoe walk. The shrines and the lower town stay open and are as empty as they ever get. Källa ↗