Every year during Golden Week, a Spring Grand Festival is held at Meiji Shrine (the biggest and most important shrine in Tokyo). The week-long festival features an impressive lineup of traditional performing arts presentations—lead by masters in the field.
Main ceremonies/performance schedule includes:
- Shinto ritual ceremonies (main ceremony)
- Bugaku (ancient imperial court music)
- Yabusame (horseback archery)
- Budo (martial arts demonstrations)
- Noh and kyogen (classical Japanese theater)
- Hogaku and hobu (classical Japanese dance)
- Kyudo (Japanese archery)
- Sankyoku (traditional Japanese music)
- Satsuma biwa (Japanese lute)
- Sansyuden (ceremonial poem recital)
Late
Apr
~
Early May
2023
明治神宮春の大祭
Free
Official site
⚠️ Link in Japanese
- 0.6 km from Harajuku Station Yamanote Line (JY19)
- 0.7 km from Sangūbashi Station Odakyu Odawara Line (OH3)
- 0.7 km from Kitasandō Station Fukutoshin Line (C14)
