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Ebi Kani Fes 2026, a new shrimp and crab food festival, runs October 31 to November 3 at Saitama Shintoshin Keyaki Hiroba. Entry is free and payment is cashless only. This guide covers the first six dishes with prices, the stations to use, and accepted payment methods.

About 60 bakeries from Hokkaido to Okinawa come to the United Nations University courtyard in Aoyama over October 10–12. Entry is free and it goes ahead in rain. This guide covers hours, the daily bakery changes, the BREAD LAB shop, workshops that need booking, and the free BALMUDA toaster reheat booth.

JMSDF Tateyama Air Base in Chiba opens to the public on Saturday, October 10 for its once-a-year Helicopter Festival. Entry is free and there is nothing to book. The day includes training flights, ground displays and a dog tag workshop, and a free shuttle runs from JR Tateyama Station.

Roppongi Hills Christmas runs from November 5 to December 25. The 400m Keyakizaka avenue glows with about 970,000 white and blue LEDs from 17:00 to 22:00, and the 20th Christmas Market opens on November 21. This guide covers dates, hours, photo spots and a suggested evening route.

The 40th Hokkaido Product and Tourism Fair runs at SOGO Omiya from 1 to 12 October 2026. Here are the dates, the vendors in each half, the daily-limited bento and sweets, and the eat-in hours.

Nihonbashi Bettara-ichi returns on October 19–20, 2026. It is a street fair of over 300 years, held around Takarada Ebisu Shrine, with about 500 stalls, sweet radish pickles and around 1,500 lanterns after dark. This guide covers the dates, what to eat and buy, and how to get there.

Sunshine City in Ikebukuro hosts about 65 Hokkaido vendors from October 8 to 12. Entry is free, and there are about 400 eat-in seats. New this year is a tasting of 33 Hokkaido sake labels from ¥200 a pour. This guide covers daily hours, first-time vendors, the cooked-to-order stalls and how to get there.

The 24th Yokohama Motomachi Food Fair runs October 3–4, 2026, 4pm–8pm around Motomachi Naka-dori. This guide covers the hours, which shops take part, how the 100-yen ticket system works, and what to check before you go.

Sake Matsuri Japan runs October 9–12 at Okachimachi Panda Hiroba, right by JR Okachimachi Station. Entry is free. Eleven breweries pour their own sake, and a tasting corner offers 113 labels from across Japan. This guide covers hours by day, tasting ticket prices, the brewery list and what to check before you go.

Shimokita Craft Beer Fest Fall returns to Shimokitazawa Station Front Plaza from October 10 to 12 for its 10th edition. Entry is free, and you buy a ¥300 reusable cup with your first beer. This guide covers opening hours, last orders, the breweries and food stalls, and Hop on the Roof, a beer brewed with hops grown on a Shimokitazawa rooftop.