Timetable · Annual Schedule
神奈川県 · Calendar 2026
Seasonal windows and dated events, month by month. Entry pages are in Traditional Chinese; event names appear in their original Japanese.
January
0 itemsJanuary is one of Kanagawa's quietest months — nothing dated is currently listed on the site. Skies are clear but coastal wind is sharp, so keep seaside walking short and build the day around indoor and city-side stops instead.
February
0 itemsFebruary is another blank month here: no dated entries are listed. The upside is low crowd pressure and flexible planning; the downside is nothing that makes this month specifically worth targeting. Treat it as a pass-through and keep a wet-weather backup.
March
2 itemsMarch is the pivot month. Shonan shirasu-don comes back into season, and the late-month cherry blossom window makes Odawara Castle an efficient single stop for castle plus blossoms. The first half is thin — weight your days toward the second.
April
3 itemsApril is the easiest month to plan here: Odawara Castle's blossom window runs into the first days, then Kamakura Matsuri shifts the focus to Kamakura, and Shonan shirasu-don is in season for coastal lunches. Book lodging early.
May
2 itemsMay has the year's most comfortable weather but a thin dated lineup: Yokosuka Shobuen's iris season only opens at the end of the month, so late-May dates matter. Shonan shirasu-don is in season — plan around coast and outdoor walking.
June
5 itemsJune is Kanagawa's densest month and also the rainy season. Kamakura carries it — Hasedera and Meigetsuin for hydrangeas, plus Kamakura hydrangea-dyed tenugui as a take-home — while Yokosuka Shobuen's irises justify a separate day. Expect rain and crowds.
July
2 itemsJuly shifts to summer mode with a thin fixed lineup; the coast carries it, with Oiso Long Beach opening for the season and Shonan shirasu-don still running for a coastal meal. Heat is the real constraint — front-load outdoor time.
August
3 itemsAugust's anchor is the Minatomirai Smart Festival — all seating is paid supporter seating with no free viewing area, so it needs advance arrangement, not a walk-up. Oiso Long Beach is open and shirasu-don in season; heat and typhoon season are the risks.
September
3 itemsSeptember turns the map inland: Sengokuhara Onsen in the Hakone highlands opens its season, so shift lodging away from the coast. Oiso Long Beach stays open only to mid-month, and typhoon season still argues for slack in the plan.
October
2 itemsOctober is thin on dated events but the most stable stretch of weather. Sengokuhara Onsen keeps Hakone worth an overnight, with a coastal day for shirasu-don if you want both. Nothing here is time-critical, so reorder freely around the forecast.
November
4 itemsNovember is the strongest month to target: autumn colour plus the Oyama cable car for the uphill day, Sengokuhara Onsen closing out its season, and the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse winter market opening late in the month. Weekends get crowded.
December
2 itemsDecember is a city-side month: the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse winter market is the main draw but closes during the final stretch, so don't leave it to the last days of the year. Shonan shirasu-don runs to year's end; mountains and coast are off-season.