Tokyo Game Show 2024
Makuhari Messe 2−1 Nakase, Mihama, ChibaOver 300 exhibitors from almost 40 countries and regions gather for this annual gaming convention. Japanese game makers…
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Tamagawa Fireworks Festival 2024
Tamagawa Fireworks Venue Tamagawafutagobashi Park, 1 Kamata, Setagaya, TokyoA mid-sized firework event (6,000 fireworks) held along the banks of the Tama River near Futakotamagawa Station. The…
Bake-Neko Halloween Parade 2024
Kagurazaka Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, TokyoBake-neko (literally “changed” or “supernatural” cat) are a common occurrence in Japanese mythology and what better time to…
Utsunomiya Gyoza Festival 2024
Utsunomiya Castle Ruins Park 宇都宮城址公園, 1-15 Honmarumachi, Utsunomiya, TochigiUtsunomiya is famous throughout Japan for its gyoza and so it's only fitting that an annual festival to…
Bunkyo Chrysanthemum Festival 2024
Yushima Tenmangu Shrine 湯島天満宮. 3-30-1 Yushima, Bunkyo, TokyoAlong with the Tokyo Metropolitan Tourism Chrysanthemum Exhibition, the Bunkyo Chrysanthemum Festival ("kiku matsuri") is the other major…
Cheese Festa 2024
EBiS 303 EBiS 303, Ebisu Subaru Building, 1-20-8 Ebisu, Shibuya, TokyoAs you no doubt know, 11 November is Cheese Day and to celebrate there will be a 2-day…
Tokyo Comic Con 2024
Makuhari Messe 2−1 Nakase, Mihama, ChibaEven if you’re not a fan of comic books and manga, you’ll have heard of Comic Con. It…
Junk Show Tokyo 2024
Yokohama Industry & Trade Center 2 Yamashitacho, Naka Ward, Yokohama, KanagawaCollectibles and paraphernalia from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. The Junk Show Tokyo is held a handful of…
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…
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…
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…
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
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.…
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…
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…
Art Fair Tokyo 2025
Tokyo International Forum 3 Chome-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda, TokyoART FAIR TOKYO is the largest art fair in Japan and the oldest in Asia, featuring a wide…
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Spring Love Harukaze Music Festival 2025
Yoyogi Park (Events Area) 代々木公園野外ステージ, 2-2-3 Jinnan, Shibuya, TokyoFree music event in Yoyogi Park. There are two stages and a huge host of stalls selling arts…
Hachijojima Freesia Festival 2025
Hachijojima Hachijo, TokyoHachijojima holds an annual Freesia Festival to celebrate the arrival of spring. The festival began over 40 years…
Asakusa’s Honzon Jigen-e 2025
Sensoji Temple Senso-ji, 2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito, TokyoAccording to legend, a statue is said to have been discovered on the 18 March 628 on the…
Chidorigafuchi Cherry Blossom Illuminations 2025
Chidorigafuchi 千鳥ヶ淵ボート場, Kitanomarukoen 1, Chiyoda, TokyoAnnual light-up of the cherry blossoms in Chidorigafuchi. One of the most famous night cherry blossom events (yozakura,…
Anime Japan 2025
Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo Big Sight, 3-11-1 Ariake, Koto, TokyoThe key expo for manga fans and those in the animation business—almost 150,000 visitors and 200 companies from…