Kamakura Shoku no Junkan Ichi is a free one-day food market on 3 November at Kita-Kamakura-dai Shopping Street and Yoshigasawa Park. This guide covers the food stalls, free talks, workshops, recycling drop-offs and what to bring.

A three-day sake festival comes to Mitsui Outlet Park Kisarazu in Chiba from November 1 to 3. Thirteen breweries will sell and pour sake, and the Roof Terrace adds two themed sake booths and food trucks serving oden and Kisarazu yakisoba. This guide covers the lineup, the direct buses, and what to check before you go.

Marugoto Taiwan Fair 2026 runs in Koenji, Tokyo on October 24–25, alongside Koenji Fes. Tang Mei-Yun Taiwanese Opera Company plays Japan for the first time, with free street shows, a ticketed Nezha performance and hands-on workshops. A free food culture talk and Taiwanese stalls round out the weekend. Here are the times, venues and booking links.

Pal System Kanagawa opens its Hiratsuka delivery center to the public on Saturday, October 17. Entry is free, with tastings and sales from 15 exhibitors, a kids’ delivery job experience, health checks and a disaster-prep workshop. There is no parking, so come by bus.

A free October festival at Otemachi Place, directly linked to Otemachi Station. Each Tuesday to Thursday has its own theme, from Yoshida Pan bread with Tully’s coffee tickets to sweets, body care, a used book fair and a night bakery. Below are the 13-day schedule, which floor to go to, and tips for the items that sell out.

Five regional shops around Ginza run a sake stamp rally from October 16 to 18. One stamp card buys a glass of local sake and a snack at each shop, plus entry to a prize lottery. Only the first 900 people get a card.

The Hokkaido Autumn Fair runs at Haneda Airport Terminal 3 and Narita Airport Terminal 1 from 2 to 8 October 2026. This guide covers the venues and opening hours, who can enter the Haneda venue, sample products, and tips before you go.

Businesses from Minamisanriku, a coastal town in Miyagi, will run a three-day fair at JR Omiya Station from 27 to 29 November 2026. Here are the dates, opening hours, the exact spot inside the station, and what to check before you go.

Pan no Fes returns to Mitsui Outlet Park Tama Minami-Osawa from 31 October to 3 November 2026, 11:00 to 17:00. Entry is free. This guide covers all 17 bakeries, which days each one appears, and the 8 limited breads.

Osasa Ranch in Nikko holds a one-day autumn festival on Saturday, October 24, with free Brown Swiss beef yakiniku, free milk, free butter-making, a mobile petting zoo and 10% off souvenirs.

Senjakuame Honpo is handing out free two-piece samples of its renewed Naoshichi throat drops and gummies, made with a rare citrus from Sukumo, Kochi. Samples are given out at Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan on October 2 and at the Marugoto Kochi antenna shop in Ginza on October 3–4.

Yokosuka’s autumn curry festival comes to Verny Park on Saturday, October 10, from 10:00 to 16:00. It has Navy and JMSDF curries, a 5-curry tasting set limited to 1,000 servings and a curry bread festival limited to 1,000 sets.

SAKE PARK returns to the rooftop lawn of MIYASHITA PARK in Shibuya from 13 to 15 November 2026. Entry is free. Sake and food are paid with ¥300 SAKE tickets plus the event’s own masu cup. Here are the hours, the brewery list, the live music line-up and the six early-bird sets on Makuake.

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.