På gång i Tokyo, Japan under året

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, New Year shutdown

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

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

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

• Natur

  Plum blossom

  10 feb – 10 mar · vanligtvisKörsbärsblom

  Ume comes out a month before the cherries, at Yushima Tenjin and the Imperial Palace gardens, on the coldest and clearest days of the year.

• Risk

  Cedar pollen season

  10 feb – 20 apr · vanligtvis

  Sugi and then hinoki pollen blow in off the plantations west of the city from mid-February. A third of the country reacts to it and pharmacies sell out of masks. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Cherry blossom

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  22 mar – 8 apr · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigt

  The front usually reaches Tokyo in the last week of March and peaks in the first days of April. Full bloom lasts about a week, and rain can end it in a night. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Plum blossom (10 feb – 10 mar (vanligtvis)), Cedar pollen season (10 feb – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Cherry blossom

• Helg

  Golden Week

  29 apr – 5 majTrångtBoka tidigt

  Four national holidays in a row put the whole country on the move. The weather is the best of the year and the trains, hotels and airports are the worst. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cedar pollen season (10 feb – 20 apr (vanligtvis)), Cherry blossom (22 mar – 8 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Golden Week

• Festival

  Sanja Matsuri

  15–17 majReligiös högtidTrångt

  Asakusa's own festival, three days on the third weekend of May: a hundred-odd portable shrines shouldered through the lanes around Sensoji, and close to two million people there to watch them go. The streets are impassable from mid-morning. Källa ↗

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

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Tsuyu, the rain season

  8 jun – 20 jul · vanligtvisMonsun

  The front usually sets in during the second week of June and holds for five or six weeks: warm, grey and humid, with hydrangeas as the compensation.

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Sumida River fireworks

• Festival

  Sumida River fireworks

  25 julLjus & eldTrångt

  Twenty thousand shells over the river at Asakusa on the last Saturday of July, watched by close to a million people. The trains afterwards are the hard part. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Tsuyu, the rain season (8 jun – 20 jul (vanligtvis))

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

• Risk

  Typhoon season

  1 aug – 10 okt · vanligtvisStängningar

  The peak of the season is late August and September. A direct hit stops the trains and grounds flights for a day; the warnings come with plenty of notice. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Obon

  13–16 augNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  The other great travel week. Much of the city goes back to its home town, family businesses close, and long-distance trains and flights are booked out. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

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

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

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

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

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna

• Natur

  Autumn colour

  15 nov – 10 dec · vanligtvis

  The gingkos and maples in the city gardens turn very late, usually peaking around the start of December, weeks after the mountains west of Tokyo.

Mest folk — New Year shutdown, Winter break (fuyuyasumi) i Japan

• Helg

  New Year shutdown

  29 dec – 3 janSkollovStängningar

  The city closes almost completely for the first three days of January: offices, most restaurants, many museums. The shrines are the exception and they are packed. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Autumn colour (15 nov – 10 dec (vanligtvis))