Tokyo events for Monday, September 30 to Sunday, October 6, 2024.
Tokyo’s biggest autumn fireworks, Tamagawa Fireworks Festival, and Odaiba’s lantern festival brighten up the skies of Tokyo. Salsa Street is ready for the dancers and Tokyo Disney is preparing for Halloween.
Low-key events include a Noh traditional theater performance at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden and Diversity Park, also held in Shinjuku.
Tamagawa Fireworks Festival
The 46th edition of Setagaya’s biggest fireworks festival is to take place above the Tama River near Futakotamagawa Station on the Tokyu Denentoshi Line and the Tokyu Oimachi Line. You should get there early if you want to get a good spot. It gets so crowded that festival guidelines stipulate a 90cm by 90cm allowance on your blue sheet for one person!
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden Mori no Takigi Noh
Traditional Japanese Noh theatre is a uniquely immersive art form that lovers of Japanese culture can’t miss. Noh performances are easily recognizable through the intricate masks and short tales that make up a performance. This Shinjuku evening is no different, with two stories lined up.
Hokkaidō Fair in Yoyogi
The Hokkaidō Fair (also called “The Hokkai Shokudō”) is a 4-day celebration of the food of Japan’s northernmost prefecture. Well known for potatoes, dairy, and meat, the region has enough specialty dishes to keep you busy for days, so make sure you arrive hungry.
Diversity Park
With a focus on parasports, there will be various activities in several zones, including a green zone, main zone, kids zone, and sports zone. Along with that, they will have charity games, basketball, VR experiences, and a stage program.
Onjuku Ise-ebi Festival
The waters off the coast of Onjuku on the eastern side of the Boso Peninsula are famed for spiny lobster or ise-ebi. This festival gives you a chance to eat lots of lobster with lots of other people. Along with eat-as-you-go stalls, there are packages for fixed prices.
Salsa Street Festival
Ueno de Bueno! Food. Dance. Music. That’s all you really need to know about this festival in Ueno. Try your luck at some salsa dancing — don’t worry if you’re not a pro, the event will be so packed no one is focusing on your moves, so let loose!
Sea Lights Lantern Festival in Odaiba
This Lantern Festival used to take place on Marine Day in July but has moved to October for 2024 to avoid the summer heat. Formerly known as the Marine Day Lantern Festival, the Sea Lights Festival has volunteers set out hundreds of paper lanterns in bright, fancy designs. With the Rainbow Bridge in the background, it makes for a real Instagram-worthy sight.
Tokyo Disney Resort Halloween
Count on Tokyo Disney Resort to celebrate Halloween! Expect parades, themed food and merchandise, and special decorations at both parks. This year’s Disney Halloween will allow guests to dress up during the entire period from September 30 to November 7.
Autumn Rose Festival
The Autumn Rose Festival at Kyu-Furukawa Gardens is a wonderful place to chill out and smell the.. roses. The gardens are famous for an early 20th-century Western-style garden (including an extensive rose collection), a Japanese garden, and a large Western-style mansion. It takes place between October and November every year.
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