Sengakuji’s Ako Gishi Sai 2024
Sengakuji Sengaku-ji, 2-11-1 Takanawa, Minato, TokyoThe story of the 47 ronin is one of Japan’s most celebrated and famous. While in English it…
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December Setagaya Boroichi Market 2024
Setagaya Boroichi-dori 1 Chrome 17-4, Setagaya, TokyoThis market in the suburbs of Setagaya has its origins over 400 years ago when people began exchanging…
Oji Fox Parade 2024
Oji Inari Shrine 王子稲荷神社, 1-12-26 Kishimachi, Kita, TokyoThe legend goes that foxes from all regions would gather under a large tree on New Year’s Eve…
Hakone Ekiden 2025
Yomiuri Shimbun HQ 読売新聞 東京本社, 1-7-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda, TokyoEkiden (駅伝) is the term for road relay in Japanese, the two kanji meaning “station” and “transmission” in…
Imperial Family New Year Greeting 2025
Chowaden, Tokyo Imperial Palace 皇居宮殿長和殿, 1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda, TokyoThe traditional New Year greeting by the Imperial Family from the long balcony of the Chowaden Hall. Members…
New Year Firefighter Ceremony 2025
Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo Big Sight, 3-11-1 Ariake, Koto, TokyoThe New Year Firefighter Ceremony—officially called dezome-shiki (出初式)—is a display of acrobatics and other skills organized by the…
Tokyo Auto Salon 2025
Makuhari Messe 2−1 Nakase, Mihama, ChibaThe Tokyo Auto Salon is one of the biggest events in the car modification and tune-up world. Held…
Ome Daruma Market 2025
Ome City Hall 1-11-1 Higashiome, Ome, TokyoDaruma are hollow, round, traditional Japanese dolls that are usually weighted at the bottom so no matter which…
Daikoku Matsuri 2025
Kanda Myojin 2-16-2 Sotokanda, Chiyoda, TokyoThe association of Kanda Myojin with wealth and good fortune (it is after all home to two of…
New Year Tokyo Sumo Tournament 2025
Ryogoku Kokugikan 1 Chome-3-28 Yokoami, Sumida, TokyoSix major sumo tournaments (called honbasho) are held during the year—one on each odd month, each taking place…
January Setagaya Boroichi Market 2025
Setagaya Boroichi-dori 1 Chrome 17-4, Setagaya, TokyoThis market in the suburbs of Setagaya has its origins over 400 years ago when people began exchanging…
Dosojin Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival 2025
Nozawa Onsen Village Shimotakai District, NaganoThe Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival (野沢温泉道祖神火祭り, Nozawa Onsen Dōsojin Hi-matsuri) is held on 15 January every year and…
Kameidoten Usokae Bullfinch Exchange 2025
Kameido Tenjin Shrine 3-6-1 Kameido, Koto, TokyoThis annual event held at Kameidoten-jinja in Koto Ward celebrates the passing of good fortune into the year…
Yokohama Chinese Spring Festival 2025
Yokohama Chinatown Yokohama Chinatown, Yamashitacho, Naka Ward, Yokohama, TokyoAnnual celebrations of Chinese New Year in Japan's biggest Chinatown
Sapporo Snow Festival 2025
Odori Park, Sapporo 大通公園, 7-chrome Odorinishi, Chuo, Sapporo, HokkaidoWhat started off in 1950 as community event to display six snow statues made by local high school…
Kameido Tenjin Shrine Plum Festival 2025
Kameido Tenjin Shrine 3-6-1 Kameido, Koto, TokyoOver 300 plum tree blossom in the grounds of Kameido Tenjin Shrine between early February and early March.…
Nagasaki Lantern Festival 2025
Nagasaki Chinatown Nagasaki Chinatown, 10-13 Shinchimachi, Nagasaki, NagasakiStarted by the Chinese community in Nagasaki to celebrate the Chinese New Year, this festival of lights has…
Setsubun at Narita-san 2025
Naritasan Shinshoji Temple 成田山新勝寺, 1 Narita, Narita, TokyoWhile setsubun festivals are held at many temples across the country, the rituals at Asakusa’s Sensoji, Takao-san Yakuo-in…
Setsubun (Bean Tossing) at Sensoji 2025
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoTraditionally setsubun (節分) marks the day before the beginning of a new season, but in post-Edo times the…
Otaru Snow Light Path Festival 2025
Otaru, Hokkaido Otaru Station, 2 Chome-22 Inaho, Otaru, HokkaidoThe Otaru Snow Light Path Festival (小樽雪あかりの路, Otaru Yuki Akari no Michi) began in 1999 with the hope…
Japan Brewers Cup 2025
Yokohama Hammerhead CIQ Hall 2-14-1 Yokohama Hammerhead, Yokohama, KanagawaDomestic and international craft beers. The Japan Brewers Cup has a dual purpose: it is a beer competition…
Saidaiji Eyo (“Naked Festival”) 2025
Saidaiji Kannon-in 別格本山 金陵山西大寺観音院, 3 Chome-8-8 Saidaijinaka, Higashi Ward, Okayama, OkayamaThe Saidaiji Eyō (西大寺会陽), more commonly known as the Hadaka Matsuri (“Naked Festival”), gets more international media attention…
Yokote Kamakura Snow Festival 2025
Yokote, Akita 横手市民会館, 13-1 Minamimachi, Yokote, AkitaThe ritual of hollowing out a mound of snow and building a small hut like an igloo is…
Some no Komichi 2025
Nakai 西武新宿線 中井駅, 1-19-1 Nakaochiai, Shinjuku, TokyoUntil the 1950s, many dying factories could be found along the river near Nakai Station in Shinjuku Ward…