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The lively Togo Shrine Markets occur once a month in Jingumae. From dawn onwards, locals browse through old plates, folk arts, traditional dolls, and junk, with the shrine as a backdrop. There…
Hundreds of dealers take over Boroichi-dori Street during Tokyo's lively antique flea market, Setagaya Boro-ichi. A rummage could reward discerning shoppers with an antique kimono, hidden…
Buy an authentic souvenir at this New Year fair in downtown Tokyo. Stalls cluster around the Senso-ji Temple selling ornamental hagoita. Decorated with silk or lacquer, these wooden paddles…
Achieving Zen in a tightly enclosed space is a Japanese spiritual achievement and really put to the test for O-Shogatsu, when Tokyo's inhabitants descend on their beloved temples en masse for…
The lively Togo Shrine Markets occur once a month in Jingumae. From dawn onwards, locals browse through old plates, folk arts, traditional dolls, and junk, with the shrine as a backdrop. There…
From hubcaps to spoilers, Tokyo Auto Salon can kit out your car with all the flashiest accessories and upgrades. The Makuhari Messe provides a sneak preview for all petrol heads of the latest…
If browsing flea markets is your thing, don't miss this opportunity to poke your nose around the Antique Jamboree. The Tokyo Big Sight is filled with stalls containing everything from trinkets…
Hundreds of dealers take over Boroichi-dori Street during Tokyo's lively antique flea market, Setagaya Boro-ichi. A rummage could reward discerning shoppers with an antique kimono, hidden…
Moja Okuri (Driving out the Devil)
The murky darkness of a cold January evening provides an ominous setting for two torch-bearing devils to tear around a twilight Sensoji Temple in this ancient ascetic ceremony.
Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Wrestling
Sumo wrestling, still practised competitively, dates back to the 16th century. At the Grand Tournaments at Ryogoku Kokugikan, fascinating ring-entering rituals precede the wrestlers trying to…
The greatest Sumo wrestlers in Japan, and therefore the world, meet at Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall for The January Basho, one of the year's six Grand Tournaments. Crowds cheer as meaty men…
The Togenuki Jizo Grand Festival makes the already bustling street of Jizo-dori even busier. Tokyo's elderly residents descend upon Koganji Temple to eat, gossip and browse the 200 market…
Some 38,000 visitors and 1500 exhibitors attend International Jewellery Tokyo at Tokyo Big Sight, seeking to make inroads into the Asian jewellery market. Major Japanese buyers congregate to…
Setsubun is a Japanese tradition that says "sayonara" to winter and "hello" to spring. At Tokyo's Senso-ji Temple, soybeans are thrown into the crowd during special ceremonies, an action…
The lively Togo Shrine Markets occur once a month in Jingumae. From dawn onwards, locals browse through old plates, folk arts, traditional dolls, and junk, with the shrine as a backdrop. There…
The lively Togo Shrine Markets occur once a month in Jingumae. From dawn onwards, locals browse through old plates, folk arts, traditional dolls, and junk, with the shrine as a backdrop. There…
Tokyo International Anime Fair
Tokyo, the anime capital of the world, hosts an international fair dedicated to those much-loved Japanese cartoons. Trade stalls, exhibitions, screenings and the Tokyo Anime Awards take over…
During Japan's biannual Fashion Week, high-flyers of the fashion industry gather at shows and exhibitions around Tokyo to size up the new Spring/Summer or Autumn/Winter collection. Fashion…
Festival/Tokyo showcases theatre and dance from across the world at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Owlspot Theater and Nishi-Sugamo Art Factory, all in Ikebukuro. Expect experimental…
The lively Togo Shrine Markets occur once a month in Jingumae. From dawn onwards, locals browse through old plates, folk arts, traditional dolls, and junk, with the shrine as a backdrop. There…
