These 10 places are the best places to go this weekend to enjoy the Christmas season in Tokyo!
1, TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR 2025 (Dec. 11-14 , Dec. 19-21 )
This year marks the 15th edition of this book fair specializing in art publishing. For the first time, the fair will be held over two weekends. The 9th edition of “Guest Country,” a project to introduce publishing culture focusing on a single country or region, will feature Italy, including “YES YES YES Revolutionary Press in Italy 1966-1977,” a collection of newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, and ephemera produced in Italy between 1966 and 1977. YES YES YES Revolutionary Press in Italy 1966-1977,” which includes newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, ephemera, etc. produced in Italy from 1966 to 1977.
📍 Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Planning Exhibition Room B2F, Entrance Hall, etc. (4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo)
👉Official website🚇About 9 minutes walk from Exit B2 of Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station, about 15 minutes walk from Exit 3 of Kiba Station
🎟️ Online ticket (date and time to be determined): General ¥1,000 + ¥165 issuance fee, free for elementary school students and under.
2, Toward the Great Mausoleum of Perception: Interactive Installation by Seiko Mikami (December 13 – March 8, 2026)
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Haruko Mikami. The exhibition will look back on her activities from a media art perspective by presenting several interactive installations created since the late 1990s. This is the first time that three large installations will be exhibited simultaneously in Japan and abroad. During the exhibition, talk events with artists and researchers who were close to Mikami are also planned.
📍 NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC] (Tokyo Opera City Tower 4F, 3-20-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku)
👉Official site🚇About 2 minutes walk from Hatsudai Station East Exit
🎟️ ¥1,000 for adults, ¥800 for university students
3, Odaiba Rainbow Fireworks (December 6, 13, 20, 24, 27)
Dynamic fireworks display colors the dignified winter night sky of Odaiba. On December 20, “Music Fireworks” will be held, in which fireworks are shot off to the accompaniment of music. The best place to view the fireworks is from Odaiba Kaihin Park, DECKS Tokyo Beach, Aqua City Odaiba, and other nearby facilities.
🚇To Odaiba Kaihin Koen Park, about 3 minutes walk from Odaiba Kaihin Koen Station, about 3 minutes walk from Daiba Station, about 10 minutes walk from Tokyo Teleport Station
4, Futakotamagawa Rise Skate Garden (December 6 – March 1)
This year, reflecting the world view of “HEARTLIGHT HOLIDAY with MOOMIN” at Futakotamagawa Rise Christmas 2025, the skating rink will be surrounded by decorations depicting Moomin’s friends, making visitors feel as if they were residents of the Moomin Valley. For first-time skaters, a one-point lesson (10 minutes/¥1,000) will be available on the day of the event.
📍 Futako Tamagawa Rise Central Square (1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
👉Official website🚇Directly connected to Futakotamagawa Station on Tokyu Denentoshi Line and Oimachi Line
🎟️ Adults ¥2,200, Students (junior high, high school, university) ¥2,000, Elementary school students ¥1,700, Preschool children ¥1,200 (including rental shoes)
5, Blue Cave SHIBUYA (December 4 – December 25 )
About 500,000 lights will cover the entire area from Shibuya Park Avenue to the zelkova trees in Yoyogi Park in an all-blue color scheme. This year, “Blue Cave THE SNOWMAN,” a giant spherical balloon in the shape of a snowman that appeared last year, will be set up at the Yoyogi Park Zelkova trees, and a Christmas-inspired movie will be projected.
📍Shibuya Park Avenue to Yoyogi Park Zelkova Avenues
🚇About 10 min. walk from Harajuku or Meiji-jingumae Sta.
6, Roppongi Crossing 2025: Time Passes, We Are Eternity (December 3 – March 29, 2026)
Every three years, the Mori Art Museum holds an exhibition that serves as a fixed-point observation of the Japanese contemporary art scene. This year’s exhibition, themed “Time,” will bring together a diverse range of expressions, including an immersive installation by internationally acclaimed artist A.A. Murakami and a large, colorful ceramic work by Takuro Kuwata, who is also known for his collaborations with foreign maisons, that radiates overwhelming formative beauty.
📍 Mori Art Museum (53rd floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
🚇Direct connection from the concourse of Exit 1C of Roppongi Station on the Hibiya Line, 6-minute walk from Exit 3 of Roppongi Station on the Toei Subway Oedo Line
👉Official website🎟️ Weekdays (weekends and holidays) ¥2,000 (¥2,200) for adults, ¥1,400 (¥1,500) for students (high school and university students), free for junior high school students and younger, ¥1,700 (¥1,900) for seniors
7, VA | STRANGER THINGS HOUSE (November 27-December 28)
Commemorating the final chapter of “Stranger Things: The Unknown World,” which has become a social phenomenon around the world, the pop-up store “VA | STRANGER THINGS HOUSE ” will open at the Omotesando concept store “V.A.”. In addition to a wide selection of limited items from a wide range of brands, including collaboration items with Kosuke Kawamura and ARUMANA, there will also be a limited menu of food and drinks inspired by the characters and world of the works, which can only be enjoyed here.
📍 V.A. (6-1-9 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
👉Official website🚇About 3 minutes walk from Mejijingumae station, about 6 minutes walk from Harajuku station
8, Roppongi Hills Christmas Market 2025 (November 22 – December 25)
One of the oldest Christmas markets in Japan, now in its 19th year. The market will be held in conjunction with the Keyakizaka illumination “SNOW & BLUE” starting on November 4 (Tue.). Why don’t you come and visit?
📍 Roppongi Hills O-yane Plaza (6-10-6 Roppongi, Minato-ku)
👉Official website🚇About 5 minutes walk from Roppongi Station on the Hibiya Line, about 9 minutes walk from Roppongi Station on the Oedo Line
🎟️ Admission free
9, Azabudai Hills Christmas 2025 (November 22 – December 25)
Beyond the arched gate, a total of 17 stores (5 merchandising stores and 12 food and beverage outlets) will be lined up to create an authentic Christmas space. Among the retailers are Käthe Wolfert, a world-renowned German Christmas goods specialty store, and SiKiTO, which sells wreaths and swags. The food and beverage outlets will offer a collection of gourmet foods with a live atmosphere. Dining 33, produced by Seizo Mikuni, will offer “Melted Raclette Cheese and Grilled Winter Vegetables & Sausage” topped with a generous amount of raclette cheese, and “Minimal – Bean to Bar Chocolate -” will offer “Chocolate Strawberry” covered with warm chocolate on strawberries. Chocolate Strawberry” and more.
📍Azabudai Hills Central Square
👉Official website🚇Connect directly to Kamiyacho Station from Exit 5, approx. 2 min. walk from Roppongi-itchome Station from Exit 4
🎟️ Admission free
10, Tokyo Christmas Market 2025 in Jingu Gaien (November 21-December 25)
Since the first event in Hibiya Park in 2015, a 14-meter Christmas pyramid, the world’s tallest Christmas pyramid, the same height as the world’s oldest Christmas market in Dresden, Germany, has been installed as the symbol of the market. This year, the market will again feature stores selling glühwein, Christmas sweets, European-style Christmas ornaments, and other items.
📍Meiji Jingu Gaien, in front of the Seitoku Memorial Picture Gallery and General Ballroom (2-3 Kasumigaoka-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)
🚇About 10 minutes walk from Aoyama-itchome Station, about 12 minutes walk from Gaienmae Station, about 8 minutes walk from Shinanomachi Station
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November 21-December 19】 【November 21-December 19
Adults (junior high school students and older): ¥1,000 on weekdays, ¥1,500 on weekends and holidays
Children (elementary school students) : ¥500, preschool children: free
December 20 – December 25
Adults (junior high school students and older) :¥2,000
Children (elementary school students): ¥1,000, Preschoolers: Free