På gång i Osaka, Japan under året

Mest folk — Toka Ebisu, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

• Festival

  Toka Ebisu

  9–11 janReligiös högtidTrångt

  A million people pass through Imamiya Ebisu over three days in the second week of January to buy bamboo charms for the year's business. Very Osaka, very little English. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: New Year shutdown (29 dec – 3 jan)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Plum blossom at the castle

  10 feb – 15 mar · vanligtvisKörsbärsblom

  The grove below Osaka Castle flowers from the middle of February, weeks before the cherry crowds arrive and with a fraction of the people. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Cherry blossom

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  25 mar – 10 apr · vanligtvisTrångt

  Usually peaks in the first week of April. The castle park and the riverside at Kema Sakuranomiya are where the city drinks under the trees rather than photographs them.

Pågår fortfarande: Plum blossom at the castle (10 feb – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Cherry blossom

• Öppning

  Mint Bureau cherry passage

  9–15 aprKörsbärsblomBoka tidigt

  The Japan Mint opens a 560-metre avenue of late-flowering varieties for one week after the ordinary blossom has gone. Free, but you have to register online in advance. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 5 majTrångtBoka tidigt

  Four national holidays in a row and the entire country on the move. Fine weather, impossible trains, and hotel rates at their yearly high. Källa ↗

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

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Golden Week

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

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 arrives in the second week of June and stays a month. This is the city of covered arcades, so it copes with it better than most.

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Tenjin Matsuri

• Festival

  Tenjin Matsuri

  24–25 julReligiös högtidTrångt

  One of Japan's three great festivals: a land procession on the 24th, then a hundred boats and fireworks on the Okawa on the evening of the 25th. Källa ↗

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

Mest folk — Obon, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

• Risk

  Typhoon season

  1 aug – 30 sep · vanligtvisStängningar

  Kansai Airport sits on a man-made island in the bay and shuts when a serious system comes up the coast. Late summer is when that is most likely. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Obon

  13–16 augNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  Offices empty in the middle of August and the country travels home. Trains and flights are full, and small family restaurants close for the week. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri

• Festival

  Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri

  18–20 sepReligiös högtidTrångt

  Teams sprint wooden shrine floats around street corners at full speed half an hour down the coast. It is genuinely dangerous and completely unmissable. Källa ↗

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

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  15 nov – 5 dec · vanligtvis

  Later and shorter than Kyoto's, in the castle park and the Midosuji ginkgo avenue, and without anything like the crowds an hour up the line. Källa ↗

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

• Stängt

  New Year shutdown

  29 dec – 3 jan

  Shops, restaurants and most of the food streets close for the first days of the year while the shrines take over. It is the quietest Osaka ever gets. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Autumn colour (15 nov – 5 dec (vanligtvis))