Timetable · Annual Schedule
静岡県 · Calendar 2026
Seasonal windows and dated events, month by month. Entry pages are in Traditional Chinese; event names appear in their original Japanese.
January
4 itemsJanuary in Shizuoka is a coast-and-food month, not a snow trip: Shimoda kinmedai is in season, Kunozan stone-wall strawberries have opened and Atami Bairin's early plums start. Keep the route on Izu and Suruga Bay; the Fuji trails are outside climbing season.
February
4 itemsFebruary is the plum month, with Atami Bairin at its best, while Kunozan strawberries and Toda deep-sea shrimp continue and Shimoda kinmedai reaches the end of its run. Coastal Izu stays mild, so a sea-and-onsen route holds up without much weather hedging.
March
5 itemsMarch is a hinge month: Atami's plums fade out while Oigawa river-running restarts and pairs with the valley's SL steam train. Kunozan strawberries and Toda shrimp continue. Note the old Yui kakiage stand has closed, with a successor eatery at Yui port taking over.
April
7 itemsApril is tea month: Honyama and Kakegawa fukamushi enter their new-tea window, best caught in the back half of the month. Atami's sea fireworks start a run spread across the year, so check whether a date lands inside your trip. Oigawa river-running continues.
May
7 itemsMay is a last-call month: new tea at Honyama and Kakegawa, Kunozan strawberries and Toda deep-sea shrimp all close out. Oigawa river-running and Atami's sea fireworks keep going, and settled weather makes this one of the easier months to plan around.
June
3 itemsJune is the rainy season and Shizuoka's thinnest month: Oigawa river-running and Atami's sea fireworks still run, and the successor kakiage eatery at Yui port is open. If June is your only window, build around the Oigawa valley and Yui seafood, plus a rain plan.
July
8 itemsJuly opens Shizuoka's busiest stretch: the Shizuoka-side Fuji trailheads enter climbing season, and each fifth-station shuttle is run by a different bus company, so check timetables separately. Beaches, Minami-Izu inns and the Shimizu port fireworks fill the rest. Book early and leave slack.
August
8 itemsAugust keeps the Fuji trailheads open, with fifth-station shuttles split among different bus operators. Shirahama Ohama, the Omaezaki coastal park and the Yumigahama inns are all in season, plus Atami fireworks dates. The trade-off is peak-holiday pricing, crowds and typhoon season, so leave slack.
September
5 itemsSeptember closes out the summer: the Shizuoka-side Fuji trailheads and their fifth-station shuttles only run until the season ends early in the month. Toda deep-sea shrimp season begins, Oigawa river trips continue and Atami fireworks have dates. Typhoon season still argues for a flexible plan.
October
4 itemsOctober is one of the easiest months to travel Shizuoka: Mikkabi mandarins start late in the month, Toda deep-sea shrimp continue, Oigawa river-running is still going and Atami fireworks have dates. No big event locks your schedule, so the route is yours to shape.
November
5 itemsNovember mixes endings and beginnings: Oigawa river-running wraps up this month, so go early if you want it, while Mikkabi mandarins peak, Shimoda kinmedai comes into season and Toda shrimp continue. Dry, comfortable weather suits a food-led run from western Shizuoka across to Izu.
December
5 itemsDecember is a seafood-and-fruit month: Shimoda kinmedai is at its best, Kunozan stone-wall strawberries open, Mikkabi mandarins finish and Atami still has firework dates. The coast gets no snow, so Izu onsen plus seafood is the honest plan; Fuji trails are closed.