
Shinjuku Eisa Festival 2023
Late July sees the annual Shinjuku Eisa Festival. Eisa is a traditional dance originating in the Okinawan islands. The traditional costumes, dancing, and drumming are quite different to what …
Late July sees the annual Shinjuku Eisa Festival. Eisa is a traditional dance originating in the Okinawan islands. The traditional costumes, dancing, and drumming are quite different to what …
This is the big daddy of summer fireworks festivals in Tokyo, although due to COVID-19 and the Olympics, the 2021 event is scheduled to take place in October. The Sumida River Fireworks show …
A relatively small but regular antique fair, this event has around 25–30 stalls and is on almost every Sunday (aside from those with festivals or bad weather). Roughly translated as Hanazono …
The Taiwan Festa is an all encompassing festival with focus on “tourism, industry, entertainment, culture, and gastronomy”. The superstar of the event will be the gastronomy portion …
Update: For 2022, many of the events for the festival have been canceled or discouraged (please see below for details). However, the Hakone Daimonji-yaki (burning kanji on the mountainside) will …
It requires a little adventure beyond Tokyo to get to this annual festival of Japanese wind chimes (furin). Craftsmen from all over Japan gather to display and sell thousands of these chimes, …
The summertime favorite Forest Beer Garden is back for another year of outdoor drinks and chills. It’s located in Meiji Shrine’s Outer Garden, where you can enjoy a cold one, some grilled …