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Yushima Tenjin Plum Blossom Festival

Yushima Tenjin Plum Blossom Festival

This shrine has been a famous plum blossom spot to visit since the Edo period.

calendar_month 08 Feb - 08 Mar
schedule 8:00 am - 7:30 pm
payments FREE
calendar_month 08 Feb - 08 Mar
schedule 8:00 am - 7:30 pm
payments FREE

Yotsugi Jizo Grand Festival

The Yotsugi Jizo Grand Festival is an annual event held at Jotoku-ji Temple, which is known as a place to pray for conception and safe childbirth.

calendar_month 08 Feb
schedule 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
payments ¥5,000
calendar_month 08 Feb
schedule 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
payments ¥5,000
Yoshino Baigo Plum Blossom Festival

Ome Plum Blossom Festival

This festival offers visitors a delightful experience, combining the beauty of plum blossoms with a vibrant festival atmosphere.

calendar_month 15 Feb - 20 Mar
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
calendar_month 15 Feb - 20 Mar
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE

Plum Blossom Festival at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine

The 25th of February marks the anniversary of the death the enshrined deity and is celebrated with plum blossoms.

calendar_month 25 Feb
schedule 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
payments FREE
calendar_month 25 Feb
schedule 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
payments FREE
Design Festa Vol. 60 Fall Edition

Design Festa Vol. 61

Design Festa is a celebration of art, showcasing original works created by a diverse range of artists, both professional, amateur and handmade crafters!

calendar_month 05 Jul - 06 Jul
schedule 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
payments from ¥800
calendar_month 05 Jul - 06 Jul
schedule 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
payments from ¥800

Kagurazaka Machi Tobi Festa

Kagurazaka Machi Tobi Festa is an annual festival celebrating the traditional culture of Kagurazaka, a historic district in Tokyo.

calendar_month 11 Oct - 02 Nov
schedule 6:00 pm - 8:00 am
payments FREE
calendar_month 11 Oct - 02 Nov
schedule 6:00 pm - 8:00 am
payments FREE

Narita Fireworks Festival

Since 2006 the Fireworks Festival in Narita City has been held yearly, with the festival honouring different important events.

calendar_month 01 Nov
schedule 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
payments FREE
calendar_month 01 Nov
schedule 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
payments FREE
The logo of Snow Bank Pay It Forward: Tokyo Snow Festival

Snow Bank Pay It Forward: Tokyo Snow Festival

Each year Yoyogi Events Plaza is transformed into a snow paradise for two days of snow sports, music and entertainment, with the aim of educating young people about the importance of blood donation an

calendar_month Mid Nov 2025
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
calendar_month Mid Nov 2025
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
Stalls at Suginami Festa

Suginami Festa

The weekend will see a variety of arts, crafts and performances, including a music and dance show, gospel choir performance, talks focused on local produce and domestic community exchange programmes,

calendar_month Mid Nov 2025
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
calendar_month Mid Nov 2025
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE

Cheese Festa

Cheese Day in Japan has been celebrated on the 11th November since 1992 when it was introduced in order to help everyone become more familiar with cheese.

calendar_month Mid Nov 2025
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
calendar_month Mid Nov 2025
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE

Dream Yosacoy/Yosakoi Festival

Dream Yosakoi Festival hosts original dance performances by teams from all over Japan, celebrating the Japanese culture of Yosakoi Naruko dance.

calendar_month 01 Nov - 02 Nov
schedule 10:30 am - 9:00 pm
payments FREE
calendar_month 01 Nov - 02 Nov
schedule 10:30 am - 9:00 pm
payments FREE

Malaysia Fair Tokyo

Malaysia Fair is Tokyo's largest event embracing Malaysian culture, with the event gathering everything Malaysian in one space.

calendar_month Early Nov 2025
schedule 6:00 pm - 10:00 am
payments FREE
calendar_month Early Nov 2025
schedule 6:00 pm - 10:00 am
payments FREE
Yabusame Archer on Horseback

Meiji Jingū Shrine Yabusame

Yabusame, or horseback archery, is one of the most popular events to happen at Meiji Shrine Autumn Grand Festival.

calendar_month 03 Nov
schedule 6:00 pm - 8:00 am
payments FREE
calendar_month 03 Nov
schedule 6:00 pm - 8:00 am
payments FREE
Hakone Daimyo Procession

Hakone Daimyo Procession

An annual march held on the national holiday of Culture Day that passes through the town of Hakone. The event is based on a feudal lord's procession - an act that took place in the Edo period (1603 -

calendar_month 03 Nov
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
calendar_month 03 Nov
schedule ALL DAY
payments FREE
Doburoku Festival

Doburoku Festival

The doburoku festival is a harvest festival that takes place each autumn, where an offering of doburoku (cloudy home-brewed sake) is made to the gods and to visitors of the shrine in prayers of a boun

calendar_month 28 Nov
schedule 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
payments FREE
calendar_month 28 Nov
schedule 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
payments FREE
Dontosai Festival

Dontosai Festival

The Dontosai Festival, also known as the Matsutaki Festival has a history of 300 years.

calendar_month 14 Jan
schedule 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
payments FREE
calendar_month 14 Jan
schedule 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
payments FREE
Oni Hashiri: Ogres and Flaming Torches

Oni Hashiri: Ogres and Flaming Torches

A 500-year-old fire festival held at the Nenbutsu Temple in Nara Prefecture.

calendar_month 14 Jan
schedule 1:00 pm - 11:00 pm
payments FREE
calendar_month 14 Jan
schedule 1:00 pm - 11:00 pm
payments FREE
Shittenoji Doya Doya Festival

Shittenoji Doya Doya Festival

The Shittenoji Doya Doya Festival is famously known as Osaka's Naked Festival.

calendar_month 14 Jan
schedule 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
payments FREE
calendar_month 14 Jan
schedule 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
payments FREE
Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival

Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival

The Dosojin Festival is an ancient event held annually in Nozawa Onsen on the first day of the New Year.

calendar_month 15 Jan
schedule 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
payments FREE
calendar_month 15 Jan
schedule 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
payments FREE
People-Throwing and Ash-Smearing Festival

People-Throwing and Ash-Smearing Festival

The Matsunoyama Onsen Snow Throwing Festival, held annually on January 15th, celebrates the "Little New Year."

calendar_month 15 Jan
schedule 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
payments FREE
calendar_month 15 Jan
schedule 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
payments FREE