Sat, Aug
30

Asakusa Samba Carnival 2025

12:00pm – 5:00pm
Free

The Asakusa Samba Carnival is a big, blown-out affair, with a lively parade.

What happens?

At Asakusa’s Samba Carnival, you are guaranteed to see the most dazzling array of beautiful telephoto lenses that you have ever witnessed — and the dancers are quite nice too!

Reflecting Japan’s close ties with Brazil (Brazil has the largest Japanese diaspora in the world), the festival sees teams compete with samba floats, drummers, and, of course, dancers with tiny costumes and enormous feathered headdresses.

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Schedule

The carnival usually kicks off at 12 p.m. from Umamichi-Dori Street (near the Nitenmon Gate) and finishes on Kaminarimon Street at around 5 p.m. If you don’t want to be stuck in the crowds, either turn up early or go to Tawaramachi Station on the Ginza Line which is an easy walk from the finishing point of the parade.

  • Asakusa Samba Carnival
  • Asakusa Samba Carnival

Photo credit: Grigoris Miliaresis

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