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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 takes over the zelkova avenue at Yoyogi Park from 21 to 25 October 2026. Free admission, open until 22:00 every night, with street food, live stages and night-fair stalls five minutes from Harajuku Station.

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.