10月32026
Nikko Autumn Leaves Season
日光の紅葉
Colour descends by altitude over six weeks, from Okunikko's lakes to the Toshogu shrine woods.
地區
關東有什麼活動
關東共 101 項活動,依日期排列。
10月172026
Ashikaga Flower Park Illumination: Flower Fantasy
光の花の庭 Flower Fantasy
More than five million bulbs light the 100,000 square metre Ashikaga Flower Park, including a light recreation of its famous great wisteria.
10月242026
Mount Takao Autumn Leaves Festival
高尾山もみじまつり
A seven-week autumn festival on Tokyo's favourite mountain, with weekend performances at the cable car base.
10月242026
SMBC Japan Series 2026
SMBC日本シリーズ2026
NPB's best-of-seven championship series between the Yokohama DeNA BayStars and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
10月242026
Tobu Zoo Winter Illumination 2026-2027
ウインターイルミネーション2026-2027
Tobu Zoo opens after dark on 65 winter days, with animal light objects, a 50 metre tunnel of light and a music-synced illumination tree.
10月262026
Tokyo International Film Festival 2026 (39th TIFF)
第39回東京国際映画祭
Japan's largest international film festival screens 204 films over 10 days in central Tokyo.
10月282026
Shojo Manga Infinity: Moto Hagio x Ryoko Yamagishi x Waki Yamato (National Art Center Tokyo)
少女漫画・インフィニティ 萩尾望都×山岸凉子×大和和紀 三人展
Landmark three-artist exhibition of shojo manga legends Hagio, Yamagishi and Yamato, part of the Art Week Tokyo 2026 institutional programme.
10月292026
Showa Kinen Park Autumn Leaves Festival and Night Walk
国営昭和記念公園 黄葉・紅葉まつり＆秋の夜散歩
Golden ginkgo avenues and a lit Japanese garden, with evening opening for the autumn night walk.
10月292026
Yomiuriland Jewellumination 2026: Growing Light
よみうりランド ジュエルミネーション2026
Yomiuriland's jewel-coloured Jewellumination, designed by Motoko Ishii, runs from late October to early April on the theme 'Growing Light'.
10月302026
DESIGNART TOKYO 2026
デザイナート・トウキョウ2026
Tokyo's design and art festival fills around 70 venues across the city for 10 days.
10月302026
Tokyo Ramen Festa
東京ラーメンフェスタ
One of Japan's largest ramen events, with 12 ramen shops from across the country serving at Komazawa Olympic Park.
10月312026
Mariko Mori: All That Shines (Mori Art Museum)
森万里子：燦燦
Major retrospective of Mariko Mori, including the walk-in Wave UFO, at the Mori Art Museum ahead of its temporary closure from 2027-09-24 for renovation.
10月312026
Roppongi Art Night 2026
六本木アートナイト2026
Tokyo's all-night art festival returns, running from 5pm on 31 October to 6am on 1 November 2026.
10月312026
Tokyo Mega Illumi 2026-2027
東京メガイルミ2026-2027
Oi Racecourse's Tokyo Mega Illumi runs its final season in 2026-2027, with the 100 metre Edo cherry blossom tunnel.
11月12026
Kabuki at Kabuki-za: November 2026 Programme
歌舞伎座 十一月公演
Kabuki-za's November programme runs 1 to 25 November 2026 with matinee and evening performances.
11月32026
Yamanashi Nouveau Festival 2026 (Tokyo)
山梨ヌーボーまつり2026
Release-day festival for Yamanashi Nouveau (Koshu and Muscat Bailey A new wine), with dozens of Yamanashi wineries pouring in Hibiya Park on the Culture Day holiday.
11月42026
Art Week Tokyo 2026
アートウィーク東京 2026
Art Basel-partnered citywide week linking 42 galleries and 13 institutional shows via free shuttle buses, with ten AWT Focus curator-led spaces. Tokyo's key annual contemporary-art moment.
11月52026
Roppongi Hills Keyakizaka Illumination
けやき坂イルミネーション
Roppongi Hills lights its Keyakizaka zelkova avenue with about 970,000 LEDs in the 2026 'SNOW & BLUE' colour scheme.
11月52026
Tokyo Skytree Town Dream Christmas 2026
東京スカイツリータウン ドリームクリスマス2026
Tokyo Skytree Town lights about 400,000 bulbs for its Dream Christmas, in 2026 themed 'STAR LIGHT GOLD'.
11月62026
Whisky Festival 2026 in Tokyo
ウイスキーフェスティバル2026 in 東京
Japan's largest whisky tasting fair, 121 exhibitors including Japanese craft distilleries, run by critic Mamoru Tsuchiya's Whisky Culture Institute. Prime chance to taste rare Japanese whisky.
11月72026
Tsuchiura All-Japan Fireworks Competition
土浦全国花火競技大会
One of Japan's three great fireworks competitions, where makers demonstrate new shells over the Sakura River in Tsuchiura.
11月112026
Shinjuku Minamillumi 2026-2027
新宿ミナミルミ
About 275,000 LEDs light six venues around Shinjuku Station's south side, including Southern Terrace and the Suica Penguin plaza.
11月122026
HIBIYA Magic Time Illumination 2026
HIBIYA Magic Time Illumination 2026
Tokyo Midtown Hibiya lights Hibiya Step Square, its Park View Garden and Hibiya Naka-dori from mid November to the end of February.
11月122026
Marunouchi Illumination
丸の内イルミネーション
Winter illumination of champagne-gold lights on the street trees of Marunouchi Naka-dori in Tokyo.
11月142026
Baccarat Eternal Lights at Ebisu Garden Place
バカラ エターナルライツ
Ebisu Garden Place hangs its Baccarat crystal chandelier for the 27th edition of its winter illumination.
11月142026
Design Festa vol.64
デザインフェスタ vol.64
Asia's largest freestyle art event: about 6,500 booths of independent artists, illustrators, craft makers and performers over one weekend, held each May and November.
11月142026
Sagamiko Illumillion
さがみ湖イルミリオン
Sagamiko Illumillion lights the hillside Sagamiko MORI MORI resort with about 6,000,000 bulbs, the largest scale in the Kanto region.
11月192026
Tokyo Dome City Winter Illumination: TOKYO SNOW DOME CITY
TOKYO SNOW DOME CITY
Tokyo Dome City's 2026 winter illumination, 'TOKYO SNOW DOME CITY', uses over a million lights and a Cinnamoroll collaboration.
11月262026
Tokyo Midtown Midwinter Lights (MIDTOWN CHRISTMAS 2026)
MIDTOWN CHRISTMAS 2026
Tokyo Midtown's Midtown Garden becomes 'Midwinter Lights', a snowy forest and aurora scene with floating bubbles, for MIDTOWN CHRISTMAS 2026.
11月292026
Japan Cup 2026 (G1 horse race)
第46回ジャパンカップ（GI）
Japan's premier international invitational turf race over 2,400 m at Tokyo Racecourse, with a purse among the richest in the world and overseas challengers invited each year.
12月12026
Enoshima Shonan no Hoseki 2026-2027
湘南の宝石2026-2027
Enoshima's 'Jewel of Shonan' lights the Samuel Cocking Garden and Sea Candle, and was certified one of Japan's three great illuminations in 2025.
12月12026
Omotesando Illumination 2026
表参道イルミネーション2026
Omotesando's zelkova avenue is expected to light about 900,000 champagne-gold bulbs along 1.1 kilometres for Christmas 2026.
12月22026
Chichibu Night Festival
秩父夜祭
Annual festival of Chichibu Shrine with six decorated floats paraded through central Chichibu and winter fireworks on the main day.
12月22026
Kabuki at Kabuki-za: December Grand Kabuki 2026
十二月大歌舞伎
The December Grand Kabuki runs 2 to 25 December 2026 in three parts a day.
12月42026
Meguro River Minna no Illumination
目黒川みんなのイルミネーション
The Meguro River's 'winter cherry blossoms' are expected to light about 390,000 pink LEDs along 2.2 kilometres between Gotanda and Osaki.
12月42026
Yorunoyo
ヨルノヨ
Illumination event across Yokohama's waterfront, with a five-minute city-wide light and music show.
12月112026
Ao no Dokutsu SHIBUYA 2026
青の洞窟 SHIBUYA 2026
Shibuya's 'blue cave' turns 900 metres from Shibuya Koen-dori to the Yoyogi Park zelkova avenue deep blue for just over two weeks.
12月192026
Jump Festa 2027
ジャンプフェスタ
Shueisha's Jump manga festival at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, with stages, exhibitions and merchandise.
12月262026
Countdown Japan 26/27
カウントダウン・ジャパン
Japan's year-end indoor rock festival at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, closing with the New Year countdown.
12月272026
Arima Kinen 2026 (Grand Prix, G1)
第71回有馬記念（GI）
The fan-voted year-end Grand Prix over 2,500 m, the highest-turnover horse race on earth and Japan's traditional last big sporting event of the year.
12月292026
Comic Market 109 (Winter Comiket)
コミックマーケット
Winter edition of Comic Market (Comiket), the world's largest doujinshi fair, at Tokyo Big Sight.
1月12027
Emperor's Cup JFA 106th All-Japan Football Championship Final
天皇杯 JFA 第106回全日本サッカー選手権大会 決勝
Japan's oldest football competition ends with the traditional New Year's Day final at the National Stadium, a fixture of the Tokyo oshogatsu sports calendar alongside Hakone Ekiden.
1月12027
Takasaki Daruma Market
高崎だるま市
New Year market in front of Takasaki Station selling the city's famous red daruma wishing dolls (Takasaki makes 80% of Japan's daruma), with food stalls, stage events and a daruma burning ceremony.
1月22027
Hakone Ekiden 2027 (103rd)
第103回東京箱根間往復大学駅伝競走
Japan's biggest university relay: 21 teams race Tokyo to Hakone and back over two days, 217.1 km in all.
1月22027
Kabuki at Kabuki-za: January 2027 New Year Programme
歌舞伎座 壽初春大歌舞伎
Kabuki-za's January New Year programme is expected to open on 2 January 2027; the programme was not yet announced at verification.
1月92027
Maebashi Hatsuichi Festival
前橋初市まつり
Maebashi's first market of the year, a daruma doll fair held every 9 January since the 1600s.
1月102027
Hatsu Grand Sumo Tournament 2027
大相撲初場所
The New Year grand sumo tournament: 15 days at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
1月192027
Special Exhibition: The Tale of Genji, Splendour of the Heian Court (Tokyo National Museum)
特別展「源氏物語 王朝のかがやき」
Major winter special exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum devoted to the Tale of Genji and Heian court culture, with national-treasure scrolls and screens.
1月212027
Tokyo Art Book Fair 2026 (16th edition)
トウキョーアートブックフェア2026
The 16th Tokyo Art Book Fair runs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo over two blocks in January 2027.
1月292027
Yunishigawa Onsen Kamakura Festival
湯西川温泉かまくら祭
Hundreds of candle-lit miniature kamakura along the Sawaguchi riverbed in the hot spring town of Yunishigawa, a designated Japan Night View Heritage site.
2月82027
Yushima Tenjin Plum Festival
湯島天神梅まつり
Tokyo's classic plum festival, around 300 plum trees at the shrine of the god of learning.
2月112027
Mito Plum Festival
水戸の梅まつり
Plum blossom festival at Kairakuen Garden and Kodokan in Mito, with about 3,000 plum trees of about 100 varieties at Kairakuen.
3月72027
Tokyo Marathon
東京マラソン
Marathon through central Tokyo from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building to Tokyo Station.
3月112027
Art Fair Tokyo 2027 (21st edition)
アートフェア東京21
Japan's largest art fair holds its 21st edition at Tokyo International Forum, 11 to 14 March 2027.
3月242027
DIVA (National Art Center Tokyo x V&A)
ディーヴァ展 私を動かす、その歌声
The V&A's blockbuster DIVA exhibition comes to Tokyo, tracing 100 singers and performers from opera to pop, co-organised with Sony Music Entertainment in NACT's 20th-anniversary year.
3月252027
Chidorigafuchi Cherry Blossom Illumination (Chiyoda Sakura Festival)
千代田のさくらまつり 千鳥ヶ淵ライトアップ
About 230 cherry trees over the Imperial Palace moat, lit at night, with rowing boats under the blossom.
3月272027
AnimeJapan
アニメジャパン
One of the world's largest anime events, held at Tokyo Big Sight with two public days.
3月272027
Naka-Meguro Cherry Blossom Festival (Meguro River)
中目黒桜まつり
A weekend festival under about 800 cherry trees arching over the Meguro River canal in Nakameguro.
4月112027
Kamakura Festival
鎌倉まつり
Kamakura's spring festival at the great Hachimangu shrine, opening with the Shizuka dance and closing with galloping yabusame archers on the shrine approach.
4月152027
Hitachi Seaside Park Nemophila Season
ネモフィラ
Season when Miharashi Hill at Hitachi Seaside Park is covered in blue nemophila flowers.
4月162027
Craft Sake Week at Roppongi Hills
CRAFT SAKE WEEK at ROPPONGI HILLS
Thirteen days of sake tasting from around 130 breweries at Roppongi Hills Arena.
4月232027
9th Yokohama Triennale
第9回横浜トリエンナーレ
Japan's longest-running international contemporary art triennale, 124 days under artistic directors Cosmin Costinaș and Inti Guerrero, centred on the Yokohama Museum of Art.
4月252027
M3 (Music Media-mix Market) Spring
M3
Japan's leading doujin music fair, a one-day market for independent music at Tokyo Ryutsu Center.
4月282027
World of Coffee Tokyo 2027 and World Barista Championship
ワールド・オブ・コーヒー東京2027 / ワールドバリスタチャンピオンシップ
The Specialty Coffee Association's trade and consumer expo comes to Japan for the first time, hosting the 2027 World Barista Championship at Tokyo Big Sight over Golden Week.
5月92027
Natsu Grand Sumo Tournament 2027
大相撲夏場所
The May grand sumo tournament: 15 days at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
5月132027
Kanda Matsuri (main festival year)
神田祭（本祭）
One of Japan's three great festivals, held in full only in odd-numbered years: a 30 km day-long procession of priests on horseback, floats and mikoshi through the business districts of central Tokyo, followed by 100 neighbourhood mikoshi entering the shrine.
5月142027
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.
5月152027
Yokohama Triathlon 2027 (T50 World Championship Tour)
横浜トライアスロン
Elite triathlon around Yamashita Park, Yokohama's round of the new T50 World Championship Tour.
5月172027
Nikko Toshogu Spring Grand Festival (1,000 Samurai Procession)
日光東照宮春季例大祭（百物揃千人武者行列）
Re-enactment of the 1617 transfer of Tokugawa Ieyasu's remains: 1,200 men in samurai armour escort three mikoshi down the cedar-lined avenue, preceded the day before by yabusame horseback archery.
5月192027
Keyaki Hiroba Spring Beer Festival 2027
2027けやきひろば春のビール祭り
Japan's largest craft beer festival, held every spring and autumn under the zelkova trees at Saitama Shintoshin with 50-60 breweries and 300-400 beers; the autumn 2027 edition should follow in mid-September.
5月292027
Kamakura Hasedera Hydrangea Season
長谷寺 あじさい路
About 2,500 hydrangeas of 40 varieties on a hillside path above the sea at Kamakura's Hasedera.
6月122027
Hakone Hydrangea Season and Night Hydrangea Train
箱根あじさい電車
Hydrangeas line the climbing mountain railway; a reserved night train runs through illuminated flowers.
6月182027
Japan Sake Fair 2027 / Annual Japan Sake Awards public tasting
日本酒フェア2027（全国新酒鑑評会 公開きき酒会）
The Japan Sake Brewers Association's national fair with about 1,200 brands from 45 prefectures, plus the once-a-year public tasting of around 400 gold-medal sakes from the Annual Japan Sake Awards.
7月22027
Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival
湘南ひらつか七夕まつり
One of Kanto's three great Tanabata festivals, with about 500 bamboo decorations up to 10 m tall, celebrity-themed displays and a parade through the station-front arcades over three days.
7月302027
TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL
TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL
Three-day idol music festival across stages in Tokyo's Odaiba and Aomi waterfront area.
7月312027
Sumida River Fireworks Festival
隅田川花火大会
Fireworks display launched from two sites along the Sumida River in Tokyo, in the Asakusa area.
8月12027
Kusatsu Onsen Thanksgiving Festival
草津温泉感謝祭
Three days of thanks to the hot springs at Kusatsu's Yubatake, with a ritual drawing of the spring water.
8月22027
Minato Mirai Festival in Support of GREEN×EXPO 2027
横浜グリーンエクスポ応援『みなとみらいフェスティバル』
Yokohama's major summer fireworks festival over Yokohama Port in Minato Mirai, the renamed successor to the Minato Mirai Smart Festival, with music and street performances.
8月32027
Numata Festival
沼田まつり
Numata's great summer float festival, held over three days in early August in the castle town centre.
8月72027
Edogawa Fireworks Festival
江戸川区花火大会
Fireworks display over the Edogawa River in Edogawa, held jointly with Ichikawa City across the river in Chiba.
8月72027
Itabashi Fireworks Festival
いたばし花火大会
Fireworks display over the Arakawa River in Itabashi, held at the same time as the Todabashi display across the river.
8月132027
Summer Sonic Tokyo
サマーソニック
Tokyo edition of Creativeman's Summer Sonic festival, at ZOZO Marine Stadium and Makuhari Messe in Chiba City.
8月142027
Comic Market 110 (Summer Comiket)
コミックマーケット
Summer edition of Comic Market (Comiket), the world's largest doujinshi fair, at Tokyo Big Sight.
8月142027
Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival
神宮外苑花火大会
Ticketed fireworks and live music festival at Meiji Jingu Gaien in Tokyo, with about 10,000 fireworks.
8月272027
Animelo Summer Live
アニメロサマーライブ
The world's largest anime song festival, expected to return to Saitama Super Arena in 2027.
9月112027
Rock in Japan Festival
ロック・イン・ジャパン・フェスティバル
Large outdoor rock festival at Soga Sports Park in Chiba City, organised by rockin'on.
9月112027
Showa Kinen Park Cosmos Festival
国営昭和記念公園 コスモスまつり
Over four million cosmos across four flower fields in Tokyo's largest national park.
9月122027
Aki Grand Sumo Tournament 2027
大相撲秋場所
The September grand sumo tournament: 15 days at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
9月162027
Tokyo Game Show
東京ゲームショウ
Video game trade show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, organised by the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA).
9月182027
Ikaho Festival
伊香保まつり
Three-day autumn festival in the Ikaho Onsen hot spring town, centred on the Ikaho Shrine grand festival on 19 September.
9月182027
Ultra Japan
ウルトラ・ジャパン
Japanese edition of the Ultra Music Festival electronic dance music event, at Tokyo Odaiba Ultra Park in Koto City, Tokyo.
9月202027
Kinchakuda Red Spider Lily Festival
巾着田曼珠沙華まつり
Around five million red spider lilies carpet the woodland floor of a river-loop park near Tokyo.
9月292027
Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships 2027 (ATP 500)
木下グループジャパンオープンテニスチャンピオンシップス2027
Asia's oldest ATP tournament, an ATP 500 at Ariake drawing top-10 players in the week before the Shanghai Masters.
10月22027
Setagaya Tamagawa Fireworks Festival
世田谷区たまがわ花火大会
Autumn fireworks display over the Tama River at Futako-Tamagawa in Setagaya, held simultaneously with Kawasaki's display across the river.
10月82027
Sawara Grand Festival, Autumn (Suwa Shrine)
佐原の大祭 秋祭り（諏訪神社秋祭り）
Fourteen huge floats topped with 4-metre figures are pulled through the canal-side merchant town of Sawara to Sawara-bayashi music, a 300-year-old UNESCO-listed festival held in July and October.
10月112027
Hitachi Seaside Park Kochia Season
コキア
Season when the kochia bushes on Miharashi Hill at Hitachi Seaside Park turn red.
10月152027
MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix 2027
MotoGP日本グランプリ
Round 18 of the 2027 MotoGP world championship at Mobility Resort Motegi, race day Sunday 17 October.
10月162027
Kawagoe Matsuri
川越まつり
Festival in Kawagoe's warehouse district with ornate floats and hikkawase musical face-offs between floats.
10月162027
Nikko Toshogu Autumn Festival (Shuki Taisai)
日光東照宮秋季大祭
Autumn grand festival at Nikko Toshogu Shrine with yabusame horseback archery and a procession of about 1,200 participants.
10月252027
Tokyo International Film Festival 2027 (40th TIFF)
第40回東京国際映画祭
The 40th, anniversary edition of TIFF is expected in late October 2027; dates not yet announced.
10月302027
Roppongi Art Night 2027
六本木アートナイト2027
The 2027 edition of Tokyo's all-night art festival is expected on the last weekend of October 2027.