Setagaya Boroichi Market in January
★ Staff recommendation
Check out this flea market with more than 700 vendors.
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Shimokitazawa Tengu Festival 2028
★ Staff recommendationWatch out for Tengu on the busy streets of Shimokitazawa! Have your soybeans handy for when you see them, and keep your eyes peeled while enjoying the food stalls and festival.
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Mt. Takao Setsubun
Join the throngs of people in throwing beans to cleanse misfortune on the slopes of Mt Takao.
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Sasazuka Flea Market
With around 30 stalls, this is a compact flea market close to Shinjuku.
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Kichijōji International Animation Film Festival
Launched in 2005 as a local initiative backed by editors, critics and animation historians, the festival has grown alongside the neighborhood.
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Setagaya Plum Blossom Festival
Setagaya Plum Blossom Festival takes place at Hanegi Park from February until early March.
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Plum Blossom Festival at Jindai Botanical Gardens
The Ume (Plum) Garden at Jindai Botanical Garden bursts with life, color, and music during winter.
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Jindaiji Temple Daruma Doll Fair
As one of Japan's three biggest daruma markets, this festival has around 300 street stalls selling these bright red traditional dolls.
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Nakano Running Festa 2027
Choose a route to suit you: a casual 1.5k m stroll through Nakano Central Park, or an all out 10 km marathon?
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Mt. Takao Hiwatari Festival
★ Staff recommendationYou can see-and even participate in-fire walking at the Mt Takao Hiwatari Festival.
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Kyōdo-no-Mori Plum Blossom Festival
Kyōdo-no-Mori is home to around 1,300 plum trees across 120 varieties.
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Sasazuka Flea Market
With around 30 stalls, this is a compact flea market close to Shinjuku.
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Takao Baigo Plum Village Festival
See a plum blossom festival held in the shadow of Mt. Takao.
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Yoshino Baigō Plum Blossom Festival
The plum blossoms found at Ōme Ume Park are beautiful to behold — and come with a side of traditional festivities.
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Fuchū Citizens’ Cherry Blossom Festival
For those looking for a quieter cherry blossom spot, head to Fuchū.
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Yomiuriland Jewellumination
Light up your Christmas with this brilliant illumination display that transforms Yomiuriland into a kaleidoscopic dream.
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Jindai Botanical Gardens Cherry Blossom Festival
A beautiful cherry blossom festival in the heart of the Jindai Botanical Gardens.
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Hawarin Bayar Mongolia Spring Festival
This Mongolian spring festival is packed with traditional activities to try.
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Kokuryo Shrine Wisteria Festival
The Kokuryo Wisteria Festival features local food, stage performances, and a magical evening light-up.
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Ōme Grand Festival
Gaze up at twelve giant wheeled floats known as "dashi" parading the city of Ōme in far western Tokyo.
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Craft Gyoza Fes 2027
Sample from the very best of Japan's dumplings, be they steamed, fried, boiled, or grilled.
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Kurayami Festival
Come see horse racing and archery, shrine jostling, and giant drum performances.
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Shiofune Kannon Temple Azalea Festival
Each year, for around a month, the mountain behind Shiofune Temple bursts into color.
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