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.

Pho, banh mi and banh xeo from 20 food booths, a V-pop stage headlined by MIN, and a phone-based ordering system – all with free entry at Shiba Park in Minato City on 24 and 25 October.

Tokyo Night Market returns to the Keyaki Namiki at Yoyogi Park from Oct 21 to 25, 2026, with free entry until 22:00. Here are the hours, food stalls, day-by-day stage and DJ lineup, after-parties and tips for your visit.

Autumn fireworks over Shonan: the 2026 Fujisawa Enoshima Fireworks lights up Katase Kaigan Nishihama for 30 minutes on Saturday 17 October, with about 1,000 shells including a 20-gou giant. Dates, times, station access and the no-rain-date rule, explained in English.

Tokyo’s kitchenware street in Asakusa holds its 41st tool festival from 6 to 12 October 2026: about 130 shops selling at special prices, a raffle with ¥5 million in prizes, a digital stamp rally, and a 850m pedestrian street on the final day.

Japan’s largest soy milk festival returns to Shinjuku Southern Terrace from 10 to 12 October 2026. Entry is free, 13 vendors serve event-only dishes, and Kikkoman runs a four-way tasting booth. Here is what an English-speaking visitor needs to know.

Craft Gyoza Fes returns to Saitama-Shintoshin for six days from 7 to 12 October 2026. Entry is free, payment is cashless only, and eight featured gyoza shops are lined up. Here is what an English-speaking visitor needs to know before going.

Around 200 domestic Japanese cheeses in one place at Roppongi Hills Arena on 10-11 October 2026. Free entry area, two tasting ticket types (2,500 yen / 3,500 yen) and the Japan Cheese Awards 2026 ceremony – here is how the two days are structured.

From 21 September to 6 October 2026, Saitama’s Kinchakuda turns crimson with about five million red spider lilies. Here is the admission fee, the free shuttle bus schedule, access from central Tokyo and how to time your visit.