Meiji Shrine Spring Grand Festival

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:

1. Shinto ritual ceremonies (main ceremony) | May 2 at 10am and 2pm | May 3 at 10am
2. Bugaku (ancient imperial court music) | April 27, from 11am
3. Yabusame (horseback archery) | May 1, from 1:30pm
4. Budo (martial arts demonstrations) | May 1, from 2pm
5. Noh and kyogen (classical Japanese theater) | May 2, from 11:45am
6. Hogaku and hobu (classical Japanese dance) | May 2, from 3:45pm
7. Kyudo (Japanese archery) | May 3, from 9am (in front of the Shiseikan Budojo building)
8. Sankyoku (traditional Japanese music) | (May 3, from 12pm)
9. Satsuma biwa (Japanese lute) | May 3, from 2:30pm
10. Sansyuden (ceremonial poem recital) | May 6, from 1pm

(Adriana Paradiso)