Festivals in Tokyo

Festival of lights at Yasukuni Shrine with 30,000 paper lanterns.

Star Festival celebrating the annual meeting of celestial lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi.

Alternate-year festival at Hie Shrine in Tokyo with an imperial procession.

Tokyo's wildest festival at Asakusa Shrine with over 100 portable shrines.

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.

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

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