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Ibaraki’s Hitachi Seaside Park turns its Miharashi Hill deep red every autumn. Here are the carnival dates, the seasonal ticket surcharge, the free admission days and the official colour forecast, written for residents planning a day trip.

Fifty breweries run by Japan’s next generation of sake makers set up in the Otemachi office district for five evenings and two afternoons. Here is the schedule, the full lineup, and what the 1 October Sake Day overlap means for visitors.

Japan’s largest lamb event returns to Nakano on 7–8 November 2026. Free entry, two connected parks, lamb chops to jingisukan, plus wool and crafts. Here is what is confirmed so far and how to plan the day.

Ueno Park turns into a standing-room sake bar from 6 to 8 November 2026. Entry is ¥500 for anyone 20 or over, a guided tasting is included, and more than 300 drinks are sold glass by glass.

From 10 October to 6 November, Kyu-Furukawa Gardens in Kita City opens its Autumn Rose Festival: around 100 rose varieties in front of a stone Western mansion, a free clarinet concert, early-morning scent walks and a 70th-anniversary stamp rally. Entry is ¥150.

From 10 October to 3 November 2026, around 10,000 candles fill the Samuel Cocking Garden on Enoshima. Here are the hours, the entry fees, the workshops and how to get there from Tokyo.

From September 19 to November 3, the garden beside Ueno Toshogu shrine fills with more than 200 dahlia plants in over 120 varieties, arranged around Japanese parasols and a five-storied pagoda view. Admission is ¥800 for junior high age and up, free for elementary school children and younger.

Tokyo Nomi no Ichi returns to Showa Kinen Park in Tachikawa from 31 October to 3 November 2026. Here is what happens on which day, how much tickets cost, and why you need cash at the gate.

The 5th Kawasaki Yoichi runs 23 October to 1 November around the east side of JR Kawasaki Station. Food stalls are free to enter for three days; the bar-hopping half switches to a ticket system at 3,600 yen for three coupons. Here are the confirmed dates, venues and what is still to be announced.

Nyanfes 24 brings roughly 500 cat-themed creator booths to Taito-kan in Asakusa for a single day. Here is the schedule, the ¥700 advance ticket vs the ¥500 same-day ticket, how the two entry times differ, and the Animare 2 animal event included with the same ticket.