This week is all about making your dreams come true, being bold enough to make another wish and work toward achieving it! Here is our weekly round-up of events this week from Tanabata celebrations to fun food events and local festivals! Enjoy!
Love And Stars
Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival
The largest Tanabata event in the Kanto area, this three-day festival is jam-packed with lively events, including its famous 1,000-people-parade, giant dinosaur robot displays, rock-climbing for kids and lots and lots of food. The Shonan Star Mall shopping area will also be decorated with large colorful streamers that cascade from the ceiling, making it an amazing photo spot. Crowded for sure, but definitely worth visiting. Stay safe!
Date: FRI, JUL. 8-SUN, JUL. 10, 2022
Time: ALL DAY UNTIL 9 P.M. (UNTIL 8 P.M. ON SUNDAY)
Location: THE AREA AROUND JR HIRATSUKA STATION'S NORTH EXIT - Map
Fee: FREE!
Info: RECOMMENDED FOR: COUPLES, FAMILIES, SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS, MATSURI FANS
For The Love Of The Ocean
Ocean Peoples
This annual sea-themed festival in Yoyogi Park is packed with around 30 food booths, beer gardens, live dance and music performances, and a beach culture market, where you can buy everything you need for your summer getaway. Shop as you groove to the live ocean tunes by local and international artists.
Date: SAT, JUL. 9-SUN, JUL. 10, 2022
Time: 11 A.M.-8 P.M.
Location: YOYOGI PARK, 2-3 JINNAN, SHIBUYA-KU, TOKYO - Map
Fee: FREE!
Info: RECOMMENDED FOR: OCEAN LOVERS, FRIENDS, FAMILIES, KIDS, COUPLES
Flower Labyrinth
Windmill Sunflower Garden
It's a labyrinth you wouldn't want to escape from! Plunge into the sea of 15,000 blooming sunflowers, take some great shots and even bring home two sunflowers each (¥100 per sunflower)!
Date: Sat, Jul. 9 - Sun, Jul. 31, 2022
Time: 9 A.M.-4 P.M.
Location: Sakura Furusato Square, 2714 Usuida, Sakura City, Chiba - Map
Fee: Free entry
Info: RECOMMENDED FOR: INSTAGRAMMERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, FAMILIES
Beer It On
Hibiya Summer Oktoberfest
Craving for beer and sausages? The iconic German festival is coming back to Symbol Promenade Park this summer! Enjoy a weekend full of imported German beer and live music. Eat, drink and sing your heart away — no one's gonna hear you anyways!
Date: Fri, Jul. 8-Mon, Jul. 18, 2022
Time: 3 p.m.-9:30 p.m. (Weekends from 11 a.m.)
Location: HIBIYA PARK, 1-6 HIBIIYA-KOEN, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO - Map
Fee: ¥500 entry
Info: RECOMMENDED FOR: Foodies, COUPLES, FRIENDS
Motif of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring
Afternoon Tea Exhibition: Pearl
Be artistically inspired at this afternoon tea exhibition that presents sweets, savories and mocktails harmoniously with an artist’s atelier concept. This unique and tasty exhibition presents edible artworks each inspired by the works of the greatest artists in history such as Dalí, Vermeer, da Vinci and Monet. The main showcase is a dramatic cake made with a sweet and crispy pie tart base, rose and berry mousse, mascarpone and handmade candy filled with passionfruit and orange sauce depicting the salient silhouette of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Date: FRI, JUL. 1-MON, OCT. 31, 2022 (WEEKDAYS ONLY)
Time: 2 P.M.-3 P.M.
Location: Mesm Tokyo, Autograph Collection, 1-10-30 Kaigan, Minato City, Tokyo - Map
Fee: ¥5,350 (¥ 7,350 with champagne)
Info: RECOMMENDED FOR: ART FANS, ARTISTS, FRIENDS, COUPLES
Spiritual Parade
Narita Gion Festival
With a history of over 300 years, this festival attracts 450,000 annual visitors from all over the country and the world for its extravagant floats, portable shrines, and stunning decorations down Omotesando Road in Narita.
Date: FRI, JULY 8-SUN, JULY 10, 2022
Time: FROM 1:30 P.M. (FRI), FROM 9 A.M. (SAT) AND FROM 1 P.M. (SUN)
Location: NARITASAN SHINSHOJI TEMPLE, 1 NARITA, CHIBA PREFECTURE - Map
Fee: FREE!
Info: RECOMMENDED FOR: MATSURI FANS, FAMILIES, COUPLES, FRIENDS, INSTAGRAMMERS
Walk The Light
Tanabata Washi Candle Night
Organized by a group of university students for a project called We Love Japan, this spectacular event features 3,500 candles placed in paper lanterns, which are lined to form a Milky Way path toward Zojoji Temple. Each lantern carries a handwritten message, a wish or a drawing, written by children at welfare facilities in Tokyo and Tohoku. Come witness the lights and make your own wish as you walk the Milky Way!
Date: Thu, Jul. 7, 2022
Time: 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
Location: Zojoji Temple, 4-7-35 Shibakoen, Minato, Tokyo - Map
Fee: Free!
Info: Recommended for: Couples, Friends, Instagrammers
Count The Stars
Tokyo Tower's Milky Way Illumination
Have you ever dreamed of watching the Milky Way unveil before your eyes across the night sky? Well, this summer, although not exactly the actual thing, you can see this in the heart of Tokyo. This weekend, follow the 600-step, star-studded outer staircase up to Tokyo Tower’s main observatory for a 360° Milky Way illumination. Inspired by the Tanabata love story legend, this is the perfect place to take that special someone out this summer.
Date: Now through Sun, Sep. 4, 2022
Time: 9 A.M.-11 P.M.
Location: TOKYO TOWER, FIRST FLOOR OF MAIN OBSERVATORY, 4-2-8, SHIBAKOEN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO - Map
Fee: ¥1,200 (GENERAL)
Info: Recommended for: Couples, Families, Friends, Instagrammers
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