07/08/2025
🎆 July 2025 | Japan Summer Festival Calendar ✨
Summer in Japan means yukata, food stalls, fireworks, and bon dances!
We’ve rounded up some of the best summer festivals happening around Tokyo 🎐
Plan your trip and take notes now! ✈️
📸 66th Tokyo Koenji Awa-Odori
One of Tokyo’s most energetic summer festivals!
10,000 dancers and a million spectators gather for this vibrant Awa dance celebration.
|Dates|August 23 (Sat) & 24 (Sun), 2025
|Access|Around JR Koenji Station & Tokyo Metro Shin-Koenji Station – 8 stage areas across shopping streets and Koumin Dori
🛕 69th Asagaya Tanabata Festival
Asagaya’s shopping arcade transforms with colorful handmade decorations and summer treats! A fun and festive Tanabata celebration 🎋
|Dates|August 7 (Thu) – 11 (Mon), 2025
|Access|Around JR Asagaya Station to Asagaya Pearl Center (Oume Kaido side)
⛩ 46th Sunshine City Bon Odori Festival
Join the nostalgic summer vibes with Bon dancing at Ikebukuro’s Sunshine City!
Perfect for making summer memories 🌙
|Dates|July 31 (Thu) – August 2 (Sat), 2025
|Access|8-min walk from JR/Metro/Seibu/Tobu Ikebukuro Station
3-min walk from Tokyo Metro Higashi-Ikebukuro Station
🎋 74th Ueno Summer Festival
From festival food stalls and live performances to ice sculpture displays—there’s fun for the whole family at Ueno Park, with wind chimes ringing in the summer breeze 🎐
|Dates|July 11 (Fri) – August 11 (Holiday), 2025
|Access|Short walk from JR/Tokyo Metro Ueno Station
🩰 35th Ōsaki New City Bon Odori Festival
Cheer squads, marching bands, night market vibes, and Bon dancing under glowing lanterns—Ōsaki New City’s festival is fun for all ages 🎇
|Dates|August 22 (Fri) & 23 (Sat), 2025
|Access|1-min walk from JR / Tokyo Rinkai Line Ōsaki Station
Put on your yukata and step into summer!
Which festival do you want to visit the most?
Tell us in the comments 🎐