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Antique Jamboree |
12 – 13 January
A three-day event for antiques enthusiasts with stalls containing everything from trinkets and furnitures to clothes and art.
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Kanda Festival |
15 May
The festival commemorates the establishment of the
‘shogunate’ which made Tokyo (Edo) the capital
instead of Kyoto. The Kanda Festival is take place
in alternate years.
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Sanja Matsuri |
16 - 18 May
The biggest of the `Three Grand Festivals'; a three-day weekend of mikoshi (portable shrine) processions through the streets of Asakusa, with food, drink, music and good fun aplenty.
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Sumida River Firework Festival |
July - August (tba)
Tokyo's biggest fireworks display, with street stalls selling all sorts
of treats.
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Tokyo International Film Festival |
October (tba)
An annual international film festival held in the Shibuya area of Tokyo, with the main screening taking place at Bunkamura and Roppongi Hills.
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Oeshiki Festival |
12 - 13 October
The Oeshiki Festival is observed throughout Japan in
memory of the great 13th century Buddhist priest
Nichiren. The participants taking part in this
festival will carrying lanterns and huge paper
decorations to Honmonji.
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Shibuya Festival |
November (tba)
A community festival with parades, food, children's events, activities and more, set against the autumnal backdrop of Tokyo's most happening borough.
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Takao Momiji Matsuri (The Maple Leaf Festival) |
1
- 30 November
A festival celebrating the arrival of the autumn season, up the leafy slopes of Mount Takao.
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