Tokyo has many historic summer festivals. Why not go out and make memories of this summer by watching the big fireworks that light up the night sky, enjoying food from the stalls, or participating in the Bon Odori dance festival?
1,37th Annual Downtown Tanabata Festival (July 4-8)
The annual festival, sponsored by the executive committee of the Shitamachi Tanabata Matsuri, is held on Kappabashi Main Street, which stretches 1.2 km from Asakusa’s Roku-ward west across the Dougu-machi district to Ueno. Many Tanabata decorations, stalls of local merchants, and various performers gather, filling the entire long street with handmade energy and making the shopping street the busiest of the year. The main event is on July 6 and 7.
📍 Kappabashi Main Street
👉Official website🚇A short walk from Asakusa Station on the Tsukuba Express, about a 5-minute walk from Tawaramachi Station and Inaricho Station, about a 5-minute walk from Iriya Station.
2, Iriya Morning Glory Festival ( July 6-8)
Japan’s largest morning glory market is held at Iriya Kishimojin (Shingenji Temple). It is said to have originated in the late Edo period (1603-1867), when a gardener showed morning glories on the grounds of Iriya Kishimojin. About 30 morning glory vendors and 100 stalls line Kototoi-dori Avenue around Iriya Kishimojin, and the area is crowded with people from early in the morning.
📍 Iriya Kishimojin (1-12-16 Shimotani, Taito-ku, Tokyo)
👉Official website🚇About 5 minutes walk from South Exit of Uguisudani Station, about 1 minute walk from Exit 2 of Iriya Station
3, The 78th Mitamatsuri (July 13-16)
This festival at Yasukuni Shrine began in 1947 in honor of an ancient Japanese belief. Numerous votive lanterns are hung in the shrine grounds to comfort the souls of those who died in the war. During the festival, Awa Odori dance, Aomori Nebuta, and other dedication events are also held. No stalls will be set up, but kitchen cars will be set up in the outer garden “Garden of Rest” and the central plaza.
📍 3-1-1 Kudan-kita, Chiyoda-ku
👉Official website🚇About 10 minutes walk from Iidabashi Station West Exit and Ichigaya Station, about 5 minutes walk from Kudanshita Station Exit 1
🎟️ Limited time nighttime courtyard visit ¥1,000 (free for elementary school students and younger)
4, 51st Kagurazaka Festival (July 23-26)
A summer festival in Kagurazaka that retains the atmosphere of the Edo period. The Hozuki-ichi on July 23 and 24, held mainly at Bishamonten Zenkoku-ji Temple, will bring together super ball scooping, yo-yo fishing, and other fair games in the Bishamonten precincts, and the Awaodori dance festival will be held on July 25 and 26.
📍 Kagurazaka 1-chome to Kagurazaka-ue, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, around Kagurazaka-dori Street
👉Official website🚇To Kagurazaka-dori, just outside Kagurazaka Exit of Kagurazaka Station, 2 minutes walk from Exit A3 of Ushigome-Kagurazaka Station, 5 minutes walk from Exit B3 of Iidabashi Station, 7 minutes walk from West Exit of Iidabashi Station
5, Sumida River Fireworks Display (July 26)
The Sumida River Fireworks Festival is one of Tokyo’s most popular fireworks festivals, and is held on the bridges and streets around the fireworks display site. Scheduled to start at 19:00.
📍 Nearest stations to the first site: Asakusa, Oshiage, Tokyo Skytree, Hikifune; nearest stations to the second site: Asakusa, Kuramae, Ryogoku, Asakusabashi.
👉Official Website6, Tachikawa Festival National Showa Memorial Park Fireworks Display (July 26)
For more than 60 years since the first Tachikawa Noryo Fireworks Festival held in 1954 on the banks of the Tama River near Hino Bridge, this festival has been loved by Tachikawa citizens and many people living in the Tama area as a summer tradition of Tachikawa. The viewing area is located in the Showa Kinen Park where the fireworks can be seen beautifully from 19:15 to 20:15.
📍 National Showa Memorial Park Minnano Harafuchi (Nearest station is Tachikawa Station)
👉Official website🚇About 20 minutes walk from Tachikawa Gate, about 15 minutes walk from West Tachikawa Gate.
🎟️ ticket with leisure seat 2 persons ¥13,200, chair seat ticket 1 person ¥8,800
7,Itabashi Fireworks Festival (August 2)
This is a fireworks display that launches Tokyo’s largest “shaku-gosun-dama” (five-sided, three-arm, four-arm, five-arm, and five-arm). The program is full of attractions such as new fireworks by 10 of Japan’s best pyrotechnicians, a 300-meter Niagara Falls, and a joint launch with the Todabashi Fireworks Festival on the opposite shore. 19:00 start, 20:30 end, cancelled in case of stormy weather.
📍 Arakawa riverside, Itabashi-ku
👉Official website🚇About 20 min. walk from Takashimadaira, Nishidai, Hasune, or Ukima Funawatari Sta.
🎟️ A seats 4,500 yen, S seats 5,000 yen, Prime seats 6,000 yen, etc.
8, 2025 Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival (August 16)
Since 2011, the Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival has been supporting the recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake by donating a portion of the proceeds to the areas affected by the disaster. The fireworks display will begin at 19:30 and end at 20:30, with Sunday, August 17 as a backup date.
📍 Jingu Stadium (doors open at 16:00, show starts at 17:00), Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium (doors open at 15:00/show starts at 16:00)
👉Official website🚇To Jingu Stadium: 5-minute walk from Gaienmae Station. To Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium: 5 min. walkfrom Gaienmae Sta. or 10 min. walk from Aoyama-itchome Sta.
🎟️ Jingu Stadium (all seats reserved): Arena SS seats ¥14,000, Arena S seats ¥11,000, Arena A seats ¥10,000, Stand S seats ¥11,000, Stand A seats ¥10,000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium: (all seats reserved) Stand seats ¥7,000
9, The 58th Azabu Juban Noryo Festival (August 23 & 24)
The 58th Azabu Juban Noryo Festival (August 23-24) is a summer festival held by the Azabu Juban shopping district and is known as one of the most crowded summer festivals in Tokyo. Every year, popular restaurants in the neighborhood open their stalls, and traditional night stalls are lined up, including cotton candy, shaved ice, target practice, goldfish scooping, and more. Families are often in attendance.
📍 Azabu Juban Shopping Street
👉Official website🚇Located near Azabu Juban Station
10, The 66th Tokyo Koenji Awa Odori (August 23 and 24)
A summer tradition in Koenji with 10,000 people dancing and 1 million people cheering, this event started in 1957 in the shopping district to attract more people to the town, and has expanded to the adjacent shopping district, surrounding town councils, and neighborhood associations, becoming a major event in Koenji. For ¥15,000 (Chuo Enbujo) or ¥10,000 (Junjo Enbujo, Momoyen Enbujo, or Minami Enbujo), you can get a ticket for a special plank seat.
📍 Koenji Station North-South Shopping Street and Konan Street
👉Official website🚇Located near Koenji Station