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A collection of 17 events for parents and children to go to on May 5, Children’s Day, and other events to enjoy during this pleasant time of the year to spend outdoors.
Movie,Music Festivals
1, 14th Zushi Beach Film Festival @ Zushi Beach (April 25-May 6)
The Zushi Beach Film Festival, an annual GW event on the Zushi seaside, will be held again this year. A wide range of films will be screened, from masterpieces to documentaries, including original video works and films that are being shown for the first time on Japanese screens. The venue will be lined with tents and booths for all-day enjoyment, including a daily food court, a bazaar that is always busy, and a seaside merry-go-round for workshops where visitors can learn while feeling the sea breeze.
📍 Zushi Beach, Kanagawa Prefecture
👉Official website🚇About 15 min. walk from Zushi/Hayama Stn.
🎟️ Admission: ¥3,000 for adults, free for junior high school students and younger *No same-day ticket sales for adults
2, SEASIDE CINEMA 2025@Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, etc. (May 2 – May 6)
One of the largest cinema festivals in Japan, SEASIDE CINEMA 2025 offers a variety of film-themed experiences, including outdoor theaters, at five venues: Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, MARINE & WALK YOKOHAMA, Yokohama Bay Quarter, Yokohama World Porters, and Yokohama Hammerhead. This year marks the seventh time the festival has been held.
📍 Yokohama Minato Mirai (*Dates and hours vary by venue)
👉Official website🎟️ Free
3, Night Picnic Cinema @ West Garden Welcome Gate (May 5)
Night Picnic Cinema”, where everyone can lay out sheets on the lawn and enjoy for free, will be held at Machida Yakushiike Park Shikisai-no Mori West Garden. On the day, the movie “Paddington” will be shown at 19:00. The cafe “44APARTMENT Yakushiike” in the park will also sell a limited menu for the event.
📍 Machida Yakushiike Park Shikisaike no Mori West Garden Lawn (3105 Honmachida, Machida City)
👉Official website🚇From the bus stop in front of the ticket gate of Furubuchi Station, take the Fur03 (bound for Fujinodai Danchi) and get off at Imaiyado stop, then walk about 5 minutes. The trip takes about 20 minutes.
4, Japan Jam 2025 (April 29, May 3-May 5)
An outdoor music festival organized by Rocking On Japan, the same company behind the “Rock in Japan Festival” and “Countdown Japan. This year’s festival, the fourth of its kind, will bring together a diverse lineup of artists, including THE YELLOW MONKEY, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, ikimono-gakari, Creepy Nuts, Sheep Literature, sumika, UNISON SQUARE GARDEN, Saucy Dog, NiziU, and many more. NiziU, and many more.
📍 Chiba City Soga Sports Park (Chuo-ku, Chiba City)
👉Official website🚇About 8 minutes on foot from Soga Station West Exit, about 20 minutes by shuttle bus from Chiba Station, about 15 minutes by shuttle bus from Chiba Minato Station, about 12 minutes by shuttle bus from Chiba-Tera Station
🎟️1 Day ticket: 13,000 yen
5, La Folle Journée TOKYO 2025 (May 3-5)
La Folle Journée, a classical music festival born in the western French port city of Nantes in 1995, landed in Tokyo in 2005 and has recorded a total of 9.04 million visitors by 2024. The festival is scheduled to feature 90 performances that can be enjoyed by everyone from children to classical music lovers.
📍 Tokyo International Forum (3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
👉Official website🚇About 1 minute walk from Yurakucho Station, about 5 minutes walk from Tokyo Station
🎟️Varies depending on the performance
Events for parents and children
1, Tokyo Tower Annual Spring Event: 333 Carp Streamers and Sanma Noboris (March 25-May 6)
Tokyo Tower Spring Festival will be held again this year. In honor of Tokyo Tower’s 333-meter height, 333 carp streamers will swim brightly. If you visit the site, look for the “Sanma Noboris” from Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, which has been sending a cheer for the recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake since 2011, with only one fish in the mix.
📍 Tokyo Tower (4-2-8 Shiba Koen, Minato-ku)
👉Official website🚇About 5 minutes walk from Akabanebashi Exit of Akabanebashi Station, about 7 minutes walk from Exit 1 of Kamiyacho Station
2, “Movement of Flowers and Light” Toneri Stars Reflected in a Sea of Nemophila at Shonen Park (April 11 – 29)
This year’s “Flower and Light Movement” is a fusion of illumination and nemophila, the blue flowers in full bloom in the park, and this year’s “Toneri Blue,” the blue color shared by nemophila, sky and water, will be illuminated at night to highlight the toneri blue color. Kitchen cars will be open during the event.
📍 Toneri Park
👉Official websiteJust a short walk from 🚇Shaheen Park Station
3, YAESU BIG HOLIDAY 2025 – 11 days of fun for parents and children @ Tokyo Midtown Yaesu (April 26 – May 6)
An event for families to enjoy with their children. This year, the “BIG HOLIDAY Koinobori Kuguri,” a giant Koinobori (carp streamer) about 25 meters long, will be held at the Galleria again. The event will also feature a “BIG HOLIDAY Kids Workshop,” a learning space for children, a “BIG HOLIDAY Kids Play Park,” a limited-time playground, and a “BIG HOLIDAY Kids Music Square,” where children can experience live music, and many other contents that fuse learning and play.
📍 Tokyo Midtown Yaesu (1-2-1 Yaesu, Chuo-ku)
👉Official website🚇Direct underground connection from Tokyo Station (via Yaesu Underground Mall), approx. 3 min. walk from Kyobashi Station
4, Rooftop Lounge YURAGI Kids Week @ Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa
A campfire experience event where you can enjoy a camping atmosphere by the poolside of the rooftop pool. In addition to “barbecue plates” that adults and children can enjoy together, “blue sky shaved ice” in refreshing light blue with airplane-shaped icing cookies will be served. If you are lucky, you can even see airplanes flying overhead.
📍 Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa (3-13-1 Takanawa, Minato-ku)
👉Official website🚇About 5 minutes walk from Takanawa Exit of Shinagawa Station, about 3 minutes walk from Takanawadai Station Exit A1
🎟️Barbecue plate (about 2 servings) with advance reservation ￥6,000, blue sky shaved ice ￥1,200
5, Animal Exhibition Who are we? Who are we? 〜WHO ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE GOING?
PLAY! MUSEUM and the National Museum of Nature and Science collaborate for the first time to present an animal-themed exhibition, “Animal Exhibition. In addition to the kits used in the National Museum of Nature and Science’s 2021 traveling exhibition “Who Are We: Observations and Findings in Biology,” there will be hands-on installations on five themes, including Forest of Smiles, Planet of Patterns, and Tails are Amazing.
📍 PLAY! MUSEUM (2F and 3F, GREEN SPRINGS W3 Building, 3-1 Midori-cho, Tachikawa City)
🚇About 10 min. walk from Tachikawa Station North Exit and Tama Monorail Tachikawa Kita Station (for National Showa Memorial Park)
🎟️ Adults 1,800 yen / University students 1,200 yen / High school students 1,000 yen / Junior high school students 600 yen / Elementary school students 600 yen / Preschool children free
6, Design Ah Exhibition neo (April 18-September 23)
An exhibition that develops the concept of the NHK E-television program “Design Ah neo” into a hands-on experience will be held at TOKYO NODE GALLERY. This year’s exhibition, the third in the series, will present new works based on new themes, while maintaining the concept of allowing children to enjoy thinking and discovering various aspects of design.
📍 TOKYO NODE GALLERY A/B/C Toranomon Hills Station Tower 45F
TOKYO NODE GALLERY A/B/C 👉 Official website
🚇 Directly connected to Toranomon Hills Station
🎟️ Adults: 2,500 yen, High school and Junior high school students: 1,200 yen, Elementary school students: 1,000 yen, 2 years old and up: 500 yen
Gourmet Event
1, Taiwan Festival in TOKYO SKYTREE TOWN® 2025 (April 5 – June 1)
This year will be the third time to hold this gourmet event themed “365 Days of Taiwan Night Market in Japan. This year’s theme is “365 Days of Taiwan Night Market in Japan. In addition to the standard Taiwanese gourmet foods, this year’s event will feature a collaboration menu with “Lehua Night Market” in New Taipei City, Taiwan, as well as “Taiwan Fresh Lemon Sour” using Taiwanese lemons. Don’t miss the venue decorated with neon lights in the style of a Taiwanese night market, which changes its appearance from day to night.
📍 Tokyo Skytree Town® 4F Sky Arena
👉Official website🚇Located near the front entrance of Tokyo Skytree Station and Exit B3 and A2 on the 3rd basement floor of Oshiage Station
2, Shimokitazawa Meat and Sweets Festival (April 17 – May 6)
A food event featuring meat and sweets, with 47 restaurants in Shimokitazawa participating. If you purchase a participation pass, you can use it for all days during the period, so the earlier you participate, the more you save. A stamp rally will also be held, with prizes awarded for the number of stamps collected.
📍 Reception is at Shimokitazawa LinkPark (2-31 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
👉Official website🚇Located near Shimokitazawa Station
3, Oktoberfest 2025 in Odaiba @ Symbol Promenade Park and Central Square
Oktoberfest, held annually in Munich, Germany, began as a festival in 1810, when many Munich citizens celebrated the wedding of then Crown Prince Ludwig and the Princess of Saxony. In Japan, it has been held in various places since 2003, while changing its name. It is a chance to enjoy authentic German beer and sausages under the blue sky, which are usually hard to find in other countries.
📍 Symbol Promenade Park Central Square
👉Official website🚇About 5 minutes walk from Daiba Station, Tokyo International Cruise Terminal Station, about 5 minutes walk from Tokyo Teleport Station
🎟️Admission feeAdults: 500 yen, elementary school students and preschool children: free
4, Craft Gyoza Fest TOKYO 2025 (April 25-May 6)
The Craft Gyoza Fest®, a classic Golden Week gourmet festival, will be held again this year. About 30 kinds of gyoza will be gathered at the Tokyo venue. Highlights include the special handmade yaki gyoza (grilled dumplings) that won a championship in a Chinese food competition at “Asian Kappo Shimbashi Rengetsu” and the lamb and cumin spiced gyoza from “Nakayoshi Gyoza Elizabeth,” a first-time entrant from Sapporo.
📍 Komazawa Olympic Park Central Square (1-1 Komazawa Park, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
👉Official website🚇About 15 minutes walk from Komazawa University Station
5, Yokohama Frühlings Fest 2025 (April 25-May 6)
Frühlings Fest” is a seasonal festival held throughout Germany to celebrate the arrival of spring with close friends. In addition to booths where you can enjoy the authentic German atmosphere, the outdoor zone will feature BBQ and a kids zone.
📍 Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse Event Plaza / Red Brick Park
Red Brick Warehouse 👉 Official Website
From Sakuragicho Station, walk about 15 minutes via the train road, or walk about 6 minutes from Bashamichi Station or Nihon-odori Station.
6, Meat Fest 2025 TOKYO Steak King Championship (April 26-May 6)
The “Meat Fest”, which has led the meat boom and created one of the largest food entertainment events in Japan combining meat cuisine and entertainment, will be held in Odaiba. For this festival, a menu of delicious outdoor dishes and flavors will be developed, and seating for 3,000 people will be set up.
📍 Odaiba Special Venue (Odaiba Aomi District, Section P)
🚇 About 2 minutes walk from Tokyo International Cruise Terminal, 5 minutes walk from Daiba Station, 7 minutes walk from Tokyo Teleport Station
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