- Manpaku 2018 May 17 (Thursday) – June 4 (Monday)
- Toshimaen Hydrangea Festival May 26 (Saturday) – June 25 (Monday)
- Shibuya Renaissance (June 3)
- Suga Shrine Grand Festival June 1 (Friday) – June 3 (Sunday)
- Susanoo Shrine Tennosai (Festival) June 1 (Friday) – June 3 (Sunday)
Manpaku 2018 May 17 (Thursday) – June 4 (Monday)
Place: Showa Kinen Park
Manpaku is an enormous food festival where you can eat many delicacies from all over Japan, such as shaved ice, salmon eggs rice bowl or ramen. There will also be many artists performing: musicians, jugglers and magicians.
Official Website (Japanese Only)
Closest station: JR Tachikawa Station
Toshimaen Hydrangea Festival May 26 (Saturday) – June 25 (Monday)
Place: Toshimaen (Nerima-ku)
Toshimaen, an amusement park in Nerima-ku, is one of the best places to see hydrangeas in Tokyo. The park also offers many rides and a pool.
If you bear any tattoos, please note that the park will not allow tattooed visitors.
Entrance to the park costs 1000 yen.
Official website (Japanese Only)
Closest station: Toshimaen Station (Toei Oedo Line, Seibu-Toshima Line)
Shibuya Renaissance (June 3)
Place: Shibuya Bunkamura Doori
Different sorts of Japanese traditional dances as well as music performance (including Japanese drums) will take place on Bunkamura Doori (the street between Shibuya 109 and Tokyo department store).
It starts at 13:10.
Official website (Japanese Only)
Closest station: Shibuya Station
Suga Shrine Grand Festival June 1 (Friday) – June 3 (Sunday)
Place: Suga Shrine and the Yotsuya area
A Japanese traditional festival in Suga Shrine near Yotsuya. This is the shrine that inspired the final scenes in the popular animation movie ‘Your name’. Every day there will be Awa-Odori dances, Japanese traditional drums shows and mikoshi (portable shrines) will be carried through the surrounding streets.
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Closest station: Yotsuya Sanchome Station (Marunouchi Line)
Susanoo Shrine Tennosai (Festival) June 1 (Friday) – June 3 (Sunday)
Place: Susanoo Shrine and Minami-Senju area
The festival was originally made in order to drive off plagues that happened because of the hot summer weather.
As it is often the case in such festivals, the mains events will be on Saturday and Sunday, when the main mikoshi (portable shrine) of Susanoo Shrine will be carried through the streets.
Of course there will be many food stalls around the shrine too.
Official website (Japanese Only)
Closest station: Minami-Senju station (JR Lines, Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)
