Timetable · Annual Schedule
福井県 · Calendar 2026
Seasonal windows and dated events, month by month. Entry pages are in Traditional Chinese; event names appear in their original Japanese.
January
3 itemsJanuary is a seafood month in Fukui — Echizen crab and Wakasa pufferfish overlap, enough reason to build a night around one meal. It is also deep snow season on the Sea of Japan side, so keep transfers simple and leave slack.
February
3 itemsFebruary keeps both Echizen crab and Wakasa pufferfish on the table, with thinner crowds than the New Year peak. It is also the heaviest snow stretch, so plan short hops and treat long day trips as optional.
March
5 itemsMarch is Fukui's changeover: the Echizen crab season ends this month, Wakasa pufferfish runs throughout, and cherry blossom at Maruoka Castle only begins late on. Crab and blossom just miss each other, so pick one and check conditions before booking.
April
2 itemsApril in Fukui runs on one theme: cherry blossom at Maruoka Castle. Bloom timing is short and moves year to year, so treat it as a flexible slot rather than a fixed anchor. Crab season is over by now.
May
0 itemsMay has no seasonal entries listed here — a quiet month. The upside is the gap between snow and the rainy season, which makes Fukui an easy stopover or a low-pressure walking trip rather than a destination for one event.
June
0 itemsJune brings no listed seasonal highlights and the rainy season on top of that, so it is a weak month to build a trip around. If you are here anyway, favour indoor stops, short transfers, and a real wet-weather backup.
July
0 itemsJuly has no seasonal entries on file for Fukui, and once the rainy season lifts the heat and humidity take over. Best treated as a short stop, with outdoor time pushed to early morning or evening.
August
0 itemsAugust has no seasonal entries for Fukui and sits inside the national summer holiday crush, so transport and lodging are tight. Fine as a pass-through; if you want Fukui as a real stop, the autumn-winter seafood run or spring blossom pays back more.
September
0 itemsSeptember also has no seasonal entries here, and typhoon season still runs, so plans are easier to disrupt. Weak case for anchoring a trip on Fukui — use it as a one-night link and keep rebooking room. Crab starts later in autumn.
October
0 itemsOctober carries no listed seasonal entries, but it is the easiest weather window of the year: typhoons fading, heat gone, no snow yet. Autumn colour and crab both wait until November, so plan flexibly rather than around one highlight.
November
3 itemsNovember is one of the strongest months for Fukui: the Echizen crab season opens and Wakasa pufferfish comes in, so one trip covers both, and the snow has not arrived yet. Rooms and dinner seats tighten once crab opens, so book early.
December
3 itemsDecember is a seafood trip: Echizen crab and Wakasa pufferfish are both in season, enough to build the whole visit around one meal. Year-end demand and the start of Sea-of-Japan snow both argue for booking early and keeping transfers simple.