Kyoto, Japonya: yıl boyunca neler var

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, Japonya genelinde Winter break (fuyuyasumi)

Ocak ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: New Year temple bells (31 Ara – 3 Oca)

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, Setsubun at Yoshida Shrine

• Festival

  Setsubun at Yoshida Shrine

  2–4 ŞubDini bayramKalabalık

  The largest of Kyoto's Setsubun rites: around 800 stalls line the approach on 2 and 3 February, the demon-chasing ceremony runs at six on the 2nd and old amulets burn on a three-storey bonfire at eleven that night. Kaynak ↗

• Doğa

  Plum blossom

  5 Şub – 10 Mar · geneldeKiraz çiçeği mevsimi

  Kitano Tenmangu's grove opens before the crowds arrive for cherry season, and the shrine holds an outdoor tea ceremony on 25 February. Kaynak ↗

Kalabalık — iki zirve arasında, Cherry blossom

• Doğa

  Cherry blossom

  25 Mar – 10 Nis · geneldeKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  Usually peaks in the first week of April. The Philosopher's Path and Maruyama Park are impassable, and worth it anyway. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Plum blossom (5 Şub – 10 Mar (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay, Cherry blossom

• Tatil

  Golden Week

  29 Nis – 5 MayKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  Four national holidays in a row and the whole country travelling. Kyoto takes more of it than anywhere, and rooms are gone months ahead. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Cherry blossom (25 Mar – 10 Nis (genelde))

Kalabalık — iki zirve arasında, Golden Week

• Festival

  Aoi Matsuri

  15 MayDini bayramKalabalık

  A Heian-costume procession walks from the Imperial Palace to the Kamo shrines on 15 May. Paid seating on the palace lawn saves an hour of standing. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Golden Week (29 Nis – 5 May)

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili

• Sezon

  Tsuyu rain season

  5 Haz – 20 Tem · geneldeMuson

  The rain front usually reaches Kyoto in the second week of June and sits for a month. The moss gardens are the reason to accept it, and the temples are close to empty.

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay, Gion Matsuri

• Festival

  Gion Matsuri

  1–31 TemDini bayramKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  A month of rituals with the float processions on 17 and 24 July and the street evenings before each. The old centre closes to traffic and the heat does not let up after dark. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Tsuyu rain season (5 Haz – 20 Tem (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Obon, Gozan no Okuribi

• Risk

  Typhoon season

  1 Ağu – 30 Eyl · geneldeKapanışlar

  Late summer is when a system tracking up the archipelago stops the trains for a day. It rarely ruins a week, but it will decide which day you take the shinkansen. Kaynak ↗

• Tatil

  Obon

  13–16 AğuResmî tatilKalabalıkKapanışlar

  The country's other great travel week. Family businesses close, trains and hotels are full, and the temples are working rather than sightseeing. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Gozan no Okuribi

  16 AğuIşık ve ateşKalabalık

  Five giant characters are lit on the hills on the evening of 16 August to send the ancestors home. The riverbanks and the rooftop bars fill hours beforehand. Kaynak ↗

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili

Eylül ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Typhoon season (1 Ağu – 30 Eyl (genelde))

Kalabalık — iki zirve arasında, Jidai Matsuri

• Festival

  Jidai Matsuri

  22 EkiDini bayramKalabalık

  Two thousand people in costume walk a thousand years of Kyoto history from the palace to Heian Shrine on 22 October, oldest period last. Kaynak ↗

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay, Autumn colour

• Doğa

  Autumn colour

  10 Kas – 5 Ara · geneldeKiraz çiçeği mevsimiKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  The maples usually peak in the second half of November and the city is as full as it is in cherry season. Night openings at Kiyomizu-dera and Eikando need timed tickets.

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, Autumn colour

• Festival

  New Year temple bells

  31 Ara – 3 OcaNoel ve yılbaşıKapanışlar

  Temples ring in the new year at midnight on the 31st and Yasaka Shrine stays open all night. Almost everything else closes for the first three days of January. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Autumn colour (10 Kas – 5 Ara (genelde))