Table Of Contents
- 1, Shimokitazawa Curry Festival 2024 (October 10-27)
- 2, MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2024 “NEW ERA” (October 11-14)
- 3, HIBIYA CINEMA FESTIVAL 2024 (October 11-27)
- 4, Oktoberfest 2024 in Jingu Gaien (October 11-31)
- 5, TOKYO ISLAND 2024 (October 12-14)
- 6, Ariake Urban Sports Park (Opened on October 12)
- 7, Look up to the sky and open your senses: SHIBUYA SKY’s 5th anniversary (October 3 – November 3)
- 8, Momoko Sakura Exhibition (October 5 – January 5)
- Also recommended: 10 spots for a weekend day trip
From autumn events to gourmet festivals, here are the events you should not miss this weekend!
1, Shimokitazawa Curry Festival 2024 (October 10-27)
This is an annual curry festival held every October. This year, 109 stores will participate, including not only curry specialty stores, but also cafes, pubs, BARs, ramen noodle shops, bakeries, and more. A stamp rally in which visitors can get stamps after eating curry and sweets or making purchases will offer 12 curry-related prizes.
📍 109 stores offering curry around Shimokitazawa Station, 17 stores offering sweets, and a plaza around Shimokitazawa Station
👉Official website🚇 Shimokitazawa station area
🎟️ Stamp rally participation fee 500 yen
2, MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2024 “NEW ERA” (October 11-14)
One of the largest art and culture festivals in Japan will be held again this year, with more than 100 up-and-coming artists participating throughout the festival. The festival will feature the “SSS: Super Spectrum Specification,” an art exhibition that uses the format of an international exposition to explore expressions beyond the techniques of traditional art such as painting and sculpture, two art fairs, live performances on board the ship, and a market area with more than 50 stores. and a market area with more than 50 shops.
📍 Tennozu Canal Area (Terada Warehouse, etc.)
👉Official website4 minutes walk from Tennozu Isle Station, 15 minutes walk from Shinagawa Station
🎟️ 1-DAY TICKET General admission 2,000 yen (advance ticket; also includes admission to the Art Exhibition, two art fairs, and the exhibition currently being held at the cooperating facility “WHAT MUSEUM”). Admission to other areas is free)
3, HIBIYA CINEMA FESTIVAL 2024 (October 11-27)
This year’s event, the seventh in the series, proposes a variety of new ways to enjoy movies. This year, under the theme of “NAGARU CINEMA,” spaces will be set up where people can enjoy movies while talking together, crying out loud, singing, and sometimes even dozing off. In the “Stairway Zone – While Talking”, visitors can watch movies in a photogenic space with rugs and cushions.
📍 Tokyo Midtown Hibiya Hibiya Step Plaza
👉Official website🚇Direct connection from Hibiya Station, approx. 4 min. walk from Yurakucho Station, approx. 5 min. walk from Ginza Station
🎟️ Free (free entrance and exit)
4, Oktoberfest 2024 in Jingu Gaien (October 11-31)
Oktoberfest, held annually in Munich, Germany from September to October, arrived in Japan in 2003. This year, the festival will be held at three venues, starting with Shiba Park in September, followed by Toyosu and Jingu Gaien. Enjoy German beer and traditional German food, which are usually hard to find in Japan.
📍 Meiji Jingu Gaien, in front of Seitoku Memorial Picture Gallery and General Ball Stadium
👉Official website🚇Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, 10-minute walk from Aoyama-itchome Station, 5-minute walk from Shinanomachi Station, 5-minute walk from National Stadium Station
🎟️Admission feeAdults (junior high school students and older) 1,000 yen
5, TOKYO ISLAND 2024 (October 12-14)
An outdoor festival in a space that is 10 times the size of Tokyo Dome, 15 minutes by bus from Odaiba, and offers a panoramic view of Tokyo. During the festival, visitors can stay overnight in tents set up in the camping area. Performing artists include Stray Tenor, Yabai T-shirt Man, and Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.
📍 Umi-no-Mori Park Forest Creation Area (located in Umi-no-Mori 3-chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo)
👉Official website🚇All shuttle buses departing from and arriving at Tokyo Teleport Station only, except for ticket purchasers with parking tickets.
🎟️1 day ticket 12,000 yen
6, Ariake Urban Sports Park (Opened on October 12)
Ariake Urban Sports Park, which aims to create a bustling atmosphere triggered by urban sports , opens on October 12. In addition to the skateboard park, indoor bouldering building, and “3×3” basketball court that have already opened, the park will also feature an outdoor athletic facility, running stadium, and other sports facilities, as well as cafes, restaurants, and other dining facilities.
📍 1-13-7 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo
👉Official site *Preparation site
7, Look up to the sky and open your senses: SHIBUYA SKY’s 5th anniversary (October 3 – November 3)
To celebrate the 5th anniversary of SHIBUYA SKY, exhibitions, movie screenings, and other events will be held. During this period, the 5th anniversary commemorative exhibition “Sky, Various. On the 17th, “Shibuya Supermoon Observation” will be held to observe the “supermoon,” the closest approach of the moon to the earth this year, through an astronomical telescope, and on the 17th, “Moon World Quartet” will hold a special live performance. ermhoi with her Chamber Music will be held on the 17th.
📍 SHIBUYA SKY (Shibuya Scramble Square 14th, 45th, 46th floors, rooftop)
👉Official website🚇 Direct connection to Shibuya Station underground entrance number B6
🎟️ Adults 2,200 yen and up (varies depending on each event)
8, Momoko Sakura Exhibition (October 5 – January 5)
The exhibition features approximately 300 pieces of original color drawings and handwritten manuscripts, including some of Momoko Sakura’s best-known works, which are on display for the first time in the Kanto region. The first chapter of the exhibition will focus on “Chibi Maruko-chan” and will feature over 100 original drawings, including the first color door picture and character introductions. Chapter 2 will focus on Momoko Sakura’s essays, introducing exhibits related to the essays she wrote, including the huge manuscript paper and enlarged book of “Momo no Kanzume” published in 1991, as well as “Marumushi-cho” and “Momoko no Ikimono Zukan” (Momoko’s Illustrated Book of Living Things).
📍 Mori Arts Center Gallery (52F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
👉Official website🚇 Approx. 6 min. walk from Roppongi Sta.
🎟️ Same-day tickets: General admission 1,800 yen, advance tickets: General admission 1,600 yen