Wildlife Events in Tokyo

Fussa Firefly Festival

Head out to Fussa, an outlying suburb one hour west of Tokyo, to see one of Japan’s classic summer sights: a field of fireflies. This is the 54th year of this hotaru festival, where 500 …

Tokyo Sea Life Park: Free Admission Day

Tokyo Sea Life Park is a very impressive aquarium. Its mission is to display animals from Tokyo’s own sea as well as from the rest of the world, and it has a wide range of exhibition areas. …

Tokyo Mushroom Society 11th Annual Mushroom Fair

Come and appreciate mycology with the Tokyo Mushroom Society at the 11th Annual Mushroom Fair! See and learn about real, wild mushrooms. They’ll have wild mushrooms to display, a member …

Ueno Zoo – Free Admission Day

Ueno Zoo is famous for its pandas but it has a wide range of other animals from tigers and gorillas to llamas and hamsters. Luckily for cheapos there are three days a year that admission is free: …

Tama Zoo – Free Admission Day

Tama Zoological Park is divided into three themed ecological zones: the African, Asiatic and Australian Gardens plus an Insectarium. You can wander around at your own leisure but there is also a …

Inokashira Park Zoo – Free Admission Day

Inokashira Park Zoo displays a range of Japanese and Asian species including deer, monkeys and aquatic birds. It is easily accessible located in Kichijoji and also contains a botanical garden and …

Come Into Contact With Nature Festival

The “Come Into Contact With Nature Festival” is a little easier to roll off the tongue in Japanese than in English (Midori To Fureau Festival) but it seems a great event for city kids …

Kasai Park Daffodil Festival

There will be a celebration involving 200,000 daffodils planted around Kasai Rinkai park’s giant Ferris wheel on the 7th and 8th of February. Yes, 200,000. If you don’t think that …