Festivals · Kanto
Sanja Matsuri
三社祭
Tokyo's wildest festival: around 100 neighbourhood mikoshi and the three great shrine mikoshi are carried through Asakusa by tens of thousands of bearers, drawing nearly two million spectators over three days.
Expected window
- Dates
- Fri 14 to Sun 16 May 2027
- Date status
- Expected window, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Asakusa Shrine and the streets of Asakusa around Senso-ji
- City
- Tokyo
- Prefecture
- Tokyo
- Region
- Kanto
- Category
- Festivals
- Tickets
- Free
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Tokyo's wildest festival: around 100 neighbourhood mikoshi and the three great shrine mikoshi are carried through Asakusa by tens of thousands of bearers, drawing nearly two million spectators over three days. Free No tickets; Asakusa hotels fill; the Sunday 'miya-dashi' of the three main mikoshi starts around 06:00
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking links for this event are added after the product checks pass.
Official source: https://san-tatsu.jp/news/524300/. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.