Festivals in greater Tokyo (Kantō)
Dates are computed from each festival’s rule, so future years work too
5 · Saitama, Tokyo, Tochigi
- 2–3 December 2026Saitama
Chichibu Night Festival
秩父夜祭
On a winter night, lantern-covered floats are hauled up a steep slope while fireworks burn overhead.
- 8–9 May 2027Tokyo
Kanda Matsuri
神田祭
Kanda Myōjin's rite — the full version falls in odd-numbered years only.
- 17–18 May 2027Tochigi
Nikkō Tōshōgū Spring Festival
日光東照宮春季大祭
A thousand-strong warrior procession moving through the cedar avenue, in rites for Tokugawa Ieyasu.
- 21–23 May 2027Tokyo
Sanja Matsuri
三社祭
Asakusa Shrine's rite: a hundred neighbourhood palanquins shaking Asakusa for three days.
- 9 June 2028Tokyo
Sannō Matsuri
山王祭
Hie Shrine's rite in Akasaka — the other tenka matsuri, alternating years with Kanda.