Adachi Fireworks Festival 2023
Arakawa-Nishiaraibashi Ryokuchi Park Arakawanishiaraibashi Ryokuchi Park, 4 Umeda, Adachi, TokyoOne of the more major firework events of the summer, the Adachi Fireworks Festival is held towards the…
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Hachioji Festival 2023
Hachioji Station Hachioji Station, 1-8 Asahicho, Hachioji, TokyoThe Hachioji Festival is a major event on the Tokyo calendar and attracts visitors from far outside the…
Fukagawa Hachiman Festival 2023
Tomioka Hachiman Shrine Tomioka Hachiman Shrine, 1-20-3 Tomioka, Koto, TokyoThe Fukagawa Hachiman Festival is one of three major festival of Edo (the other two being the Kanda…
Nara Chugen Mantoro 2023
Kasuga Taisha Shrine 春日大社, 160 Kasuganocho, Nara, NaraMore than 3,000 lanterns are lit at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara twice a year—on 3 February for…
Kitazawa Hachiman Festival 2023
Kitazawa Hachiman Shrine 北澤八幡神社, 3-25-3 Daizawa, Setagaya, Tokyo2-day festival held in early September that fills the streets south of Shimokitazawa Station. You can see the…
Moon Viewing at Mukojima-Hyakkaen 2023
Mukojima Hyakkaen Garden 向島百花園, 3-18-3 Higashimukōjima, Sumida, TokyoTowards the end of the Japanese Clover Festival, the Mukojima-Hyakkaen garden extends its opening hours until 9pm for the…
Manjushage Matsuri 2023
Kinchaku Park 巾着田, 125-2 Komahongo,, Hidaka, SaitamaManjushage is a deep red flower known as “Red Spider Lily” or “Red Magic Lily” and fields of…
Japanese Clover Festival 2023
Mukojima Hyakkaen Garden 向島百花園, 3-18-3 Higashimukōjima, Sumida, TokyoAnnual Japanese Clover Festival (萩まつり) at Mukojima Hyakkaen Gardens in Sumida. The garden is one of the capital’s…
Showa Kinen Park Cosmos Festival 2023
Showa Kinen Park 国営昭和記念公園, 3173 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, TokyoOver 20,000 square meters of fields and 6 million cosmos flowers come into bloom at Showa Kinen Park.
Adachi Fish Market
Adachi Market 東京都中央卸売市場足立市場, Senjuhashidocho, Adachi, TokyoAdachi Fish Market is a wholesale seafood market and was off limits for non-traders, but in mid-2016 the…
Edo Bakumatsu Hundred Member Gun Squad Ceremony 2023
Kaichu Inari Shrine 皆中稲荷神社, 1-11-16 Hyakuninchō, Shinjuku, TokyoThe Tokugawa shogunate’s 100 member gun squad are well-known in historical circles, and they are the reason that…
Okunitama Shrine Autumn Chestnut Festival 2023
Okunitama Shrine Okunitama Shrine, 3-3-1 Miyamachi, Fuchu, TokyoThis autumn festival has roots dating back to 1738 and, although temporarily cancelled, has survived the centuries in…
Ueno Zoo Free Admission Day
Ueno Zoo Ueno Zoo, 9-83 Uenokōen, Taito, TokyoThree times each year Ueno Zoo opens its doors to visitors for free!
The Railway Festival 2023
Hibiya Park Fountain Plaza 日比谷公園 噴水広場, 1 Hibiyakoen, Chiyoda, TokyoThe 14 October is Railway Day (鉄道の日), commemorating the date in 1872 that Shimbashi was linked to Yokohama…
Oeshiki at Ikegami Honmonji 2023
Ikegami Honmonji 池上本門寺, 1-1-1 Ikegami, Ota, TokyoCeremony commemorating the passing of the saint Nichiren, a 13th century Japanese Buddhist whose teaching provides the basis for Nichiren Buddhism.
Koenji Festival 2023
Koenji Station 高円寺駅, 4-48 Kōenjiminami, Suginami, Tokyo2-day festival held around Koenji Station with participating restaurants and shops, a stamp rally, and other events.
White Heron Dance in Asakusa
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoThe White Heron Dance (白鷺の舞) has roots in a scroll which depicted scenes of a parade praying for…
Asakusa Tori no Ichi I
Chokokuji 長國寺, 3-19-6 Senzoku, Taito, TokyoOpen-air market held on the day of the tori (rooster) during November—a tradition that has continued since the…
Hanazono Tori no Ichi I
Hanazono Shrine 花園神社, 5-17-3 Shinjuku, Shinjuku, TokyoOpen-air market held on the day of the tori (rooster) during November—a tradition that has continued since the…
Adachi Fish Market
Adachi Market 東京都中央卸売市場足立市場, Senjuhashidocho, Adachi, TokyoAdachi Fish Market is a wholesale seafood market and was off limits for non-traders, but in mid-2016 the…
Rikugien Autumn Illuminations 2023
Rikugien 6-16-3 Hon-Komagome, Bunkyo, TokyoFrom mid-November until early December Rikugien opens late for its annual “Light Up” show—illuminations artistically positioned throughout the…
Asakusa Tori no Ichi II
Chokokuji 長國寺, 3-19-6 Senzoku, Taito, TokyoOpen-air market held on the day of the tori (rooster) during November—a tradition that has continued since the…
Hanazono Tori no Ichi II
Hanazono Shrine 花園神社, 5-17-3 Shinjuku, Shinjuku, TokyoOpen-air market held on the day of the tori (rooster) during November—a tradition that has continued since the…
Kyoto Arashiyama Hanatoro 2023
Arashiyama, Kyoto Togetsu-kyō Bridge, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, KyotoHanatoro (花灯路, Hanatōro) is a 10-day long illuminations that takes place in Kyoto’s Higashiyama District in March and…