Festivals in Tokyo

Boys' Day with carp streamers and samurai helmet displays.

Crying baby sumo contest where sumo wrestlers try to make babies cry first.

Popular cherry blossom viewing at Ueno Park with over 1,000 trees.

Girls' Day festival with ornate doll displays celebrating daughters' health.

Bean-throwing ceremony to ward off evil spirits, held at temples across Japan.

Breaking of New Year mochi decorations, symbolizing new beginnings.

Official sumo tournaments held six times a year in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka.

Grand kabuki performances at Tokyo's iconic Kabukiza Theatre.

First shrine or temple visit of the New Year, a nationwide tradition.

Japanese New Year celebrations with traditional food, games, and shrine visits.

Floating lantern ceremony on the Sumida River near Senso-ji Temple.

Tomioka Hachimangu's festival is known for water splashed over shrine bearers; grand celebrations follow a multi-year cycle.

One of Tokyo's three great festivals, held at Kanda Myojin Shrine in odd-numbered years.

Katsushika's intimate fireworks along Edogawa River, famous for close-range viewing.

Large drums and portable shrines animate the streets around Okunitama Shrine in Fuchu.

Annual grand festival at Meiji Shrine with traditional performances.

Neighborhood floats and festival music fill the old Ome Highway during this spring celebration.

Historical costume parade through the streets of Asakusa.