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Seasonal Events
Traditional and Non-Traditional events that are festivals but not matsuri.
Asakusa Samba Carnival
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Tourist Info.
Many audience will wait long time before to take a great view spot. If you want to see this festival in good spot, you should come and wait at least 2 hours before the Carnival starts.
Access
0. at Ueno Station
1. use Ginza Line to Asakusa (6 min.)
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Asakusa Samba Carnival
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: August)
Asakusa Samba Carnival (淺草サンバカーニバル)is the one of the three major summer festival in Tokyo. Like Samba Carnival at ...
Tokyo Marathon 2012
Area: Tokyo; Western Tokyo (Season: Feburary)
Tokyo Marathon 2012 (東京マラソン2012) is one of the major Marathon event in Japan. It's held in February or March. ...
Comic Market
Area: Tokyo; Southern Tokyo (Season: August)
Comic Market (コミックマーケット) is the largest amateur-comic market in the world which happens in the middle of August ...
Yabusame at Zushi beach
Area: Kanagawa; Yokosuka and Miura (Season: November)
Yabusame at Zushi beach (逗子海岸流鏑馬) is one of Yabusame ceremony in Kanagawa. It happens in the end of November. ...
Mino Washi Akari Art Expo.
Area: Gifu; Mino and Gujo (Season: October)
Mino Washi Akari Art Expo. (美濃和紙あかりアート展) is an art of festival held in Mino City, Gifu. Akari Art is an art of the ...
Shitamachi Tanabata Matsuri
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: July)
Shitamachi Tanabata Matsuri (下町七夕まつり) is one of the popular Tanabata Festival in Tokyo. It is sponsored by ...
Lake Kameyama Koyo Cruising
Area: Chiba; Boso Peninsula (Season: December)
Lake Kameyama Koyo Cruising (亀山湖 紅葉狩りクルーズ) offers the best Koyo tour around Tokyo. It is about 40 min. cruising ...
Iriya Asagao Matsuri
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: July)
Iriya Asagao Matsuri (入谷朝顔まつり) is one of Summer festival held in Ueno, Tokyo. Asagao is Japanese Morning Glory. ...
K4GP in Fuji Speedway
Area: Shizuoka; Southern Fuji (Season: August)
K4GP in Fuji Speedway is one of the great unofficial race event happens at Fuji Speedway in the middle of August. ...
Torinoichi Festival
Area: Tokyo; Northern Tokyo (Season: December)
Torinoichi Festival (酉の市) at Nishi Araitaishi Temple (西新井大師) is the last Torinoichi Festival of the year hold in ...
Indonesia Festival 2010
Area: Tokyo; Western Tokyo (Season: July)
Indonesia Festival 2010 (インドネシア祭り) is a friendship and awareness festival between Indonesia and Japan. It was held ...
Hozuki Market Festival
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: July)
Hozuki Market Festival (ほおずき市) is happen July 9 and 10 at Sensoji Temple. At this market, people sale Hozuki, the ...
Kotohira Shrine Setsubun Festival
Area: Tokyo; Central Tokyo (Season: Feburary)
Kotohira Shrine Setsubun Festival (金刀比羅神社節分祭) is one of the Setsubun event happens in Suidobashi Tokyo. The main ...
Setsubun at Arai Yakushi Temple
Area: Tokyo; Western Tokyo (Season: Feburary)
Setsubun at Arai Yakushi Temple (新井薬師節分) is one of popular Setsubun Festival in Tokyo. There is a parade of ...
Lighten up Ginkgo of Yasukuni
Area: Tokyo; Central Tokyo (Season: December)
Lighten up Ginkgo of Yasukuni (靖国の銀杏のライトアップ) is very famous lighten up Koyo spot in Tokyo. In the early December, ...
Yamayaki of Mt. Omuro
Area: Shizuoka; Izu Peninsula (Season: Feburary)
Yamayaki of Mt. Omuro (大室山山焼) is one of the most popular seasonable even in Ito, Shizuoka. Yamayaki literary means ...
Kakashi Matsuri
Area: Tokyo; Southern Tokyo (Season: October)
Kakashi Matsuri (かかし祭り) is a local Matsuri held in Higashi Azabu Shopping District. This Matsuri was started by ...
Minato citizen festival
Area: Tokyo; Southern Tokyo (Season: October)
Minato citizen's festival (みなと区民まつり) is a city festival of Minato ward happen in early October at Shiba Park and ...
Katsushika Industrial Fair
Area: Tokyo; Northern Tokyo (Season: October)
Katsushika Industrial Fair (葛飾区産業フェア) is a public event which represent all industrial products and craftworks of ...
The garden of Imperial Kiku flower
Area: Tokyo; Western Tokyo (Season: November)
The garden of Kiku, the Imperial Flower (皇室ゆかりの菊花壇), happens at Shinjuku Gyoen National Gaeden in the beginning to ...
Torinoichi at Otori Shrine
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: November)
Torinoichi at Otori Shrine (鷲神社酉の市) in Asakusa is the biggest and most popular Torinoichi in Tokyo. Torinoichi of ...
Minomatsuri Yama-Nerimono
Area: Gifu; Mino and Gujo (Season: April)
Minomatsuri Yama-Nerimono (美濃祭 山車・ねりもの) happens in the 2nd day of Mino Matsuri. Mino Minomatsuri is held in the ...
Hakidaore Market
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: December)
Hakidaore Market (はきだおれ市) is a great free market of leather shoes held in Asakusa. At the weekend of the middle of ...
Vietnam Festival 2008
Area: Tokyo; Western Tokyo (Season: September)
Vietnam Festival '08 was held at Yoyogi Park on September 20 and 21, 2008. This year is the 35 anniversary for ...
Bunkyo Azalea Festa
Area: Tokyo; Central Tokyo (Season: May)
Bunkyo Azalea Festa (文京つつじまつり) is one of three major flower festival in Bunkyo Ward of Tokyo. It is held at the ...
Fiesta Mexicana
Area: Tokyo; Southern Tokyo (Season: September)
Fiesta Mexicana (フィエスタ・メヒカーナ) in Odaiba Tokyo is one of the biggest Mexican festival in Tokyo. There are many ...
Namasute India
Area: Tokyo; Western Tokyo (Season: September)
Namasute India (ナマステ・インディア) 2011 at Yoyogi Park is the biggest Indian festival in Japan. They have great Indian ...
Akari Art Expo in Shinjuku
Area: Tokyo; Western Tokyo (Season: November)
Akari Art Expo in Shinjuku (新宿あかりアート展) happens in early November at Moa 4th Street of Shinjuku. Akari Art is the ...
Sensoji Hagoitaichi
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: December)
Hagoitaichi (羽子板市) is a Hagoita Market held at Sensoji temple. From December 17 to 19, there are many Hagoita ...
Ako Gishi sai
Area: Tokyo; Southern Tokyo (Season: December)
Ako Gishisai (赤穂義士祭) is the memorial festival of Chushingura at Sengakuji temple. It's held in December 14 which ...
Shibuya Kagoshima Ohara Matsuri
Area: Tokyo; Western Tokyo (Season: May)
Shibuya Kagoshima Ohara Matsuri (渋谷鹿児島おはら祭) is one of Dance parade in Tokyo. It is held in the middle of May in ...
Tsukishima Kusaichi
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: July)
Tsukishima Kusaichi (月島草市) is a typical summer Matsuri held in Tsukishima Island, Tokyo. It happens in 2nd weekend ...
Tsukudajima Nenbutsu Odori
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: July)
Tsukudajima Nenbutsu Odori (佃島念仏踊り) is one of Bon Odori Matsuri in Tokyo. It happens at Tsukudajima Island Tokyo ...
Shinagawa Intercity
Area: Tokyo; Southern Tokyo (Season: June)
Shinagawa Intercity (品川インターシティ・フリーマーケット) has a freemarket every Sunday and holiday. About 120 shops opens in this ...
OfunatoTokyoTower Sanma Festa
Area: Tokyo; Southern Tokyo (Season: September)
OfunatoTokyoTower Sanma Festa. (大船渡東京タワーさんま祭り) is a great Sanma fish festival held in Tokyo Tower. This festival ...
Ikiiki Asakusa Ajisai Festa.
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: June)
Ikiiki Asakusa Ajisai Festa. (いきいき浅草あじさい祭) is one of Hydrangea festival happens at Iriya, Tokyo. This festival is ...
Bettara Ichi Festival
Area: Tokyo; Central Tokyo (Season: October)
Bettara Ichi (べったら市) is the food festival with Ebisu Shrine at Nihonbashi, Tokyo. It started in the middle of Edo ...
Sumida River Toro Nagashi
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: August)
Sumida River Toro Nagashi is one of popular Toro Nagashi in Tokyo. It is a has about 3,000 lanterns float every ...
Tokyo Tourism Kiku Flower Festival
Area: Tokyo; Central Tokyo (Season: November)
Tokyo Tourism Kiku Flower Festival (東京都観光菊花大会) is a Kiku Flower exhibition happens at Hibiya Park in the beginning ...
Yushima Shrine Kiku Matsuri
Area: Tokyo; Central Tokyo (Season: November)
Yushima Shrine Kiku Matsuri (湯島天神菊まつり) is one of popular chrysanthemum in Tokyo. It happens from Nov. 1 to Nov 23. ...
Asakusa Kiku Flower Show
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: November)
Asakusa Kiku Flower Show (淺草菊花展) is popular Kiku Matsuri in Tokyo. It happens at Sensoji from the middle of Oct. ...
Edogawaku Gold Fish Matsuri
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: July)
fish market at Gyosen Park. In this market, there are about 20,000 gold fishes prepared for Kingyo Sukui. Kingyo ...
Hinano Tsurushi Kazari Festival
Area: Shizuoka; Izu Peninsula (Season: Feburary)
Hinano Tsurushi Kazari Festival (雛のつるし飾りまつり) is traditional festival held at Hina Museum in Inatori Onsen in Izu ...
Rikugien Koyo lighten-up
Area: Tokyo; Northern Tokyo (Season: November)
Rikugien (六義園) has lighten up Koyo at the end of November when its leaves are having beautiful Autumn leaves. The ...
Bunkyo Ajisai Festival
Area: Tokyo; Central Tokyo (Season: June)
Bunkyo Ajisai Festival (文京あじさいまつり) is one of the five major festival of Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. It is held at Hakusan ...
Art Site Crusing at Sumida River
Area: Tokyo; Eastern Tokyo (Season: November)
Art Site Crusing at Sumida River (アートサイトクルージング) is a tourist project sponsored by Sumida and Taito ward. During ...
