På gång i Sapporo (Hokkaido), Japan under året

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Sapporo White Illumination (20 nov – 14 mar), Ski season in the mountains (1 dec – 5 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Sapporo Snow Festival

• Festival

  Sapporo Snow Festival

  4–12 feb · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  A week of monumental snow and ice sculptures across Odori Park and Susukino, in the coldest fortnight of the year. City hotels are gone months in advance. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sapporo White Illumination (20 nov – 14 mar), Ski season in the mountains (1 dec – 5 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Spring break (haruyasumi) i Japan

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Sapporo White Illumination (20 nov – 14 mar), Ski season in the mountains (1 dec – 5 apr (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Golden Week

• Natur

  Cherry and plum blossom

  28 apr – 15 maj · vanligtvisKörsbärsblom

  Hokkaido gets both at once, usually in the first half of May, a month behind Tokyo, and Maruyama Park does hanami with lamb on a grill.

• 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: Ski season in the mountains (1 dec – 5 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Golden Week

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Cherry and plum blossom (28 apr – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), Golden Week (29 apr – 6 maj)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Yosakoi Soran Festival

• Festival

  Yosakoi Soran Festival

  10–14 junKulturfestivalTrångt

  Thousands of dancers with clappers take Odori Park and the main streets for five days in June, which is the best-weather month in the country. Källa ↗

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Furano lavender

• Natur

  Furano lavender

  5–31 jul · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomningTrångt

  The fields two hours inland peak in the middle of July and the day-trip buses go with them; early morning is the only quiet hour.

• Öppning

  Odori beer garden

  23 jul – 18 augSommarsäsongen öppnar

  A kilometre of Odori Park becomes an outdoor beer hall for about four weeks, seating thirteen thousand, and it is the whole point of a Sapporo summer. Källa ↗

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Summer break (natsuyasumi) i Japan

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Odori beer garden (23 jul – 18 aug)

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

• Festival

  Sapporo Autumn Fest

  11 sep – 3 oktMat- & dryckesfestivalTrångt

  Three weeks of Hokkaido food in Odori Park through September: the island's harvest, ramen by region, and the last comfortable evenings outdoors. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  20 sep – 5 nov · vanligtvis

  Colour starts in Daisetsuzan in the third week of September, the earliest in Japan, and works down to the city parks by the end of October.

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Sapporo Autumn Fest

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Sapporo Autumn Fest (11 sep – 3 okt), Autumn colour (20 sep – 5 nov (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad

• Öppning

  Sapporo White Illumination

  20 nov – 14 marLjus & eld

  Odori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Autumn colour (20 sep – 5 nov (vanligtvis))

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

• Säsong

  Ski season in the mountains

  1 dec – 5 apr · vanligtvis

  Niseko, Kiroro and Rusutsu are one to two hours out and run on the driest powder in the country; the city itself is the cheap bed at the end of the bus route.

Pågår fortfarande: Sapporo White Illumination (20 nov – 14 mar)