Japan Travel Guide

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Annual Festival of Hanazono Shrine

• Place : Hanazono Shrine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
• Festival Time : 28th – 31th May. from around 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Access: The Marunouchi Subway Line to Shinjuku-Sanchome Sta.
  • you can check your transfer : http://tokyo-subway.net/english/index.html

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Spring Festival of Togenuki Jizo Temple

• Place : Togenuki Jizo Temple, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
• Festival Time : 24th May. From around 9 a.m. to sunset.
• Access: The JR Yamanote Line or the Toei Mita Subway Line to Sugamo Sta., and then walk 5 min.
  • you can check your transfer : http://tokyo-subway.net/english/index.html

Takigi Noh at Shiba Zojoji Temple

• Place : Shiba Zojoji Temple, Minato-ku, Tokyo
• Noh play time : 29th May from around 5:30 p.m. to around 8:30 p.m.
• Tickets (reserved seats only) range from ¥3,000 to ¥7,000, and are sold at Zo’joji Temple from April 29th (Tel: 03-3432-1431). If it rains, noh plays will be performed in Hondo (main hall), and only those with either ¥5,000 or ¥7,000 tickets will be eligible for enjoying it indoors. Ticket-holders of either ¥3,000 or ¥4,000 will receive refunds.
• Access: The Toei Mita Subway Line to Onarimon Sta. or Shiba-Koen Sta., and then walk 3 min.
  • you can check your transfer : http://tokyo-subway.net/english/index.html

Kifune Matsuri Festival

• Place : Ohmori Kifune Shrine, Ota-ku, Tokyo
• Festival time : should go to there from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 23rd May
• A parade of six mikoshi (three portable shrines carried by townspeople, and three other mikoshi carried by children) and four floats on which Hiko-daiko (Japanese drum) beating is performed, proceeds on the city’s main streets from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the 23rd. About 50 open-air stalls are set up in the precincts of the shrine on both days.
• Access: The JR Keihin Tohoku Line to Omori Sta. From there, take a bus for Morigasaki, and then get off at Omori Higashi Chugakko Bus Stop.
  • you can check your transfer : http://tokyo-subway.net/english/index.html

Yushima Tenjin Matsuri or Annual Festival of Yushima Tenjin Shrine

• Place : Yushima Tenjin, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
• Festival Time : 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the 22nd / from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the 23rd
• The highlight of this festival is Shinkosai or a procession of horen (floats) and mikoshi (portable shrines), drawn by townspeople, parading in the neighborhood of the shrine from around 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the 22nd. On the 23rd, mikoshi parade through the town from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Access: Access: The Chiyoda Subway Line to Yushima Sta.
  • you can check your transfer : http://tokyo-subway.net/english/index.html

Osunafumi Taisai (walking-on-sand ritual)

• Place : Tamagawa Daishi Temple, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
• Festival Time : from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the 21st & 22nd / from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the 23rd.
• Everybody is welcome to walk with bare feet on sacred sands gathered from sacred places, in the temple’s main hall located underground.
• Access: The Tokyu Oimachi Line or the Den’en Toshi Line to Futako-Tamagawa Sta., and then walk 10 min.
  • you can check your transfer : http://tokyo-subway.net/english/index.html