Akihabara District, Tokyo
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Tokyo Events
Tokyo 2012 events
It’s not only a tourist dream, it’s the real thing. Families gather under the newly arrived blossoms to drink sake and share a picnic – and there’...
For a lavish display of portable shrines and floats, visit Tokyo during the three-day festival that honours the deities of the Kanda Myojin Shrine...
At one of Tokyo’s biggest shrines, May sees one of Tokyo’s biggest festivals. Thousands fill the streets to watch the mikoshi (portable...
This is another big festival involving parades of portable shrines through the streets of Tokyo. This one sets itself apart by having a phoenix on...
Tokyo's biggest and most spectacular fireworks display erupts over the Sumida River, to commemorate those who died in the Great Famine of the Edo...
Up to 350,000 people gather to watch a procession of 3,000 participants carrying lanterns and huge paper decorations to Honmonji. The Oeshiki...
Japan's annual film extravaganza is held at various venues throughout the metropolis. Expect an international display that leaves you with plenty...
The huge Tokyo Motor Show promises to examine "next-generation automobiles and the social systems with which they interact". Expect to hear a lot...
The Gishi-sai festival honours the '47 loyal retainers in Akoh', a drama based on an incident which actually took place in 1703, when 47 vassals...
The Hagoita-Ichi (Battledore Fair) is an annual fair held at the Sensoji Temple in Asakusa. Street stalls sell all shapes and sizes of hagoita...
Tokyo 2013 events
After the convenient bonenkai parties, designed to forget the old year and start the new one with a clean slate, New Year in Japan...
In an unusual mix of acrobatics and health and safety, firemen in Edo-period costume perform circus stunts on top of bamboo ladders to remind the...
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