Chofu Fireworks Festival

The Chofu Fireworks Festival is a large-scale pyrotechnic event held along the banks of the Tama River in…

Summer Comiket

The Comic Market (“Comiket”) is an event held in August and December where groups and individuals can exchange…

Roppongi Art Night

Roppongi Art Night is a contemporary art festival held in the Roppongi district of Tokyo. The event utilizes…

Tokyo Metropolitan Tourism Chrysanthemum Exhibition

Chrysanthemum exhibitions are held but the most famous of all is the Tokyo Metropolitan Tourism Chrysanthemum Exhibition. The…

Winter Comiket

The Comic Market (“Comiket”) is an event held in August and December where groups and individuals can exchange…

Rikugien Autumn Illuminations

From mid-November until early December Rikugien opens late for its annual “Light Up” show—illuminations artistically positioned throughout the…

Kyu-Furukawa Rose Festival

The Kyu-Furukawa Gardens Spring Rose Festival is a celebrated annual event in Tokyo that showcases a harmonious blend…

Tokyo International Toy Show

This event has been going since 1962 and today sees about 200 vendors (from both within Japan and…

Fukagawa Hachiman Festival

The Fukagawa Hachiman Festival is one of three major festival of Edo (the other two being the Kanda…

Sanno Matsuri

The Sanno Festival (山王祭) is the last of Tokyo’s major festivals and one of the three great festivals…

Sumidagawa Paper Lantern Floating

Sumidagawa paper lantern floating (灯篭流し, tōrō-nagashi) festival began in 1946 to pay respects and mourn those who lost…

Bunkyo Chrysanthemum Festival

Along with the Tokyo Metropolitan Tourism Chrysanthemum Exhibition, the Bunkyo Chrysanthemum Festival (“kiku matsuri”) is the other major…