Although the calendar says it is autumn, the heat is still like midsummer in September, and there are many events in the month, such as the last summer festival of the year, music festivals, and other events that will make you feel the beginning of autumn!
1, Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo Autumn limited garden presentation “TOKYO MOON – Clouds and Moon – (Sept. 13 – Nov. 11)
2, Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo Autumn limited garden presentation “TOKYO MOON – Clouds and Moon – (Sept. 13 – Nov. 11)
This is the closest spot in Tokyo to view the moon, where a 3-meter-diameter “moon” is projected onto a “sea of clouds screen” that appears above the Yusui-ike Pond. During the period, there are a variety of plans that can only be experienced here, such as a limited-time stay plan with an original moon cake, evening high tea to enjoy the taste of autumn, and “MOON yoga” to relax under the light of the full moon.
📍Yusui Pond in the garden, 2-10-8 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku (Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo)
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2, Moon Art Night Shimokitazawa 2024 (September 13 – September 29)
This year, too, a new sensation art festival will be held under the theme of “Moon” with the facilities and stores around Shimokitazawa station joining together to create a lively atmosphere. Details will be updated on the official website in due course.
📍The entire Shimokita Line Street
3, Fukagawa Fifteen Nights Festival (September 14 – 17)
📍 1-20-3 Tomioka, Koto-ku
4, Disney on Classics – Maho no Yoru no Musikkai 2024 (September 14-16)
📍Bunkyo Civic Center (Bunkyo Civic Hall Main Hall) 1-16-21 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
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5, Hara Cinema (September 14-15)
Produced by Kino Igloo, a mobile movie theater that travels the country, this outdoor movie theater allows visitors to relax and enjoy themselves on the lawn. Julia Roberts, Jacob Tremblay, and Owen Wilson will screen “Wonder, You Are the Sunshine”, the story of Oggy, a boy born with a special face that is different from others, who goes to school for the first time in the fifth grade. Lottery applications will be accepted from August 17 to August 28.
📍Niko Tamagawa Rise Harafield Plaza Roof Garden 5F (2-21-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
6, ULTRA JAPAN 2024 (September 14-15)
📍Odaiba ULTRA JAPAN Special Venue
7, 39th Asakusa Samba Carnival Parade Contest (September 15)
Asakusa Samba Festival has become a major summer event in Asakusa, attracting 500,000 people every year. While alternative events have been held for the past three years until last year, this year the event will be fully revived as the “39th Asakusa Samba Carnival Parade Contest. Why not enjoy the enthusiasm of the powerful bateria, the lively dancers, the songs that enliven the carnival, and the gorgeously decorated “allegoria (floats)” up close?
📍Asakusa Bamdo Street – Kaminarimon Street
8, National Umeshu Festival (September 20 ~ September 23)
Source: National Umeshu Festival in Tokyo 2024[/caption].More than 120 varieties of Umeshu (plum wine) from all over Japan are lined up at Yushima Tenjin, and visitors can compare their favorite brands and purchase them on the spot at this event. In addition to a variety of plum wine made by sake brewers from all over Japan in eight different plum wine categories, visitors can also enjoy white liquor-based, authentic shochu, sake-based, brandy-based, citrus-based plum wine such as yuzu and lemon, and nigori plum wine.
📍 3-30-1 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku
9, Chofu Fireworks 2024 (September 21)
📍Paid seating areas: Fuda venue, Keio-Tamagawa venue, and Dentsu University Grand venue
10, 19th Sakura-shinmachi Nebuta Festival
📍Sazae-san Street, Sakurashinmachi Ekimae Street
11, Shibuya Miyashita Park Bon Dance 2024 (September 21 – 22)
music + fashion + dance + art event. This year’s theme is “festival” that anyone can enjoy, and a wide variety of contents will be offered. Music bars, clubs, DJ bars, and other establishments with connections to Shibuya and music will gather around the surrounding nightlife area, where visitors can enjoy drinks and food that are unique to each establishment.
📍MIYASHITA PARK 4th floor, Shibuya Miyashita Park Lawn Plaza
12, THE HOPE 2024 (September 21-22)
One of the largest HIP HOP festivals in Japan. In 2023, the festival will expand its scale to include more than 70 artists, including secret guests. One-day tickets start at 12,000 yen.
📍Odaiba THE HOPE Special Venue
13, Roppongi Art Night 2024 (September 27-29)
Roppongi Art Night, Tokyo’s leading art festival. The festival will be held in collaboration with art museums, other cultural facilities, large complexes, and shopping streets, and will include special programs for exhibitions, extended opening hours, and other linked events. New this year, “RAN Picks,” a program in which Roppongi Art Night will select and exhibit several artists of note. RAN Focus,” which focuses on a specific country or region and presents programs by artists active in that country or region, will focus on artists from Taiwan.
📍Roppongi Hills, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo Midtown, Suntory Museum of Art, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Roppongi Shopping Street, and other cooperating facilities and public spaces in Roppongi area
14, Shinagawa Shukuba Festival 2024 (September 28-29)
, held on a 2-km road that has remained since the Edo period, started to pass on the traditions and cultural heritage of Shinagawa, which flourished as the first post town on the 53 Stages of the Tokaido Highway, to the younger generation and to revitalize the area. Edo Customs Procession & Traffic Safety ParadeParticipants in the “Edo Customs Procession & Traffic Safety Parade,” a parade along the Tokaido Highway dressed in costumes from the Edo period, will be invited from the general public.
📍The Edo Folk Procession & Traffic Safety Parade is a 2-km parade on the old Tokaido Highway to Shinagawa-dera Temple (3-5-17 Minami Shinagawa).
15, Candlelight Concerts (September 6 and 29)
To date, concerts have been held at venues around the world, featuring not only classical music, but also jazz, soul, blues, and the latest pop music, creating a unique experience that even those unfamiliar with music appreciation can enjoy.
On September 6 (Fri.) from 5:00 p.m. and 7:15 p.m., “Joe Hisaishi’s Masterpieces” will be performed at Ginza Oji Hall, and on September 29 (Sun.) from 3:05 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., “Supreme Classic Masterpieces” will be performed at the Mitsukoshi Theater.
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