Things to Do in Kanto, Japan
Tokyo and its surroundings, from neon districts to the temples of Nikko and the coast of Kamakura.
216 destinations across 7 prefectures
Festivals in Kanto
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Tsuchiura Fireworks
7 November 2026
Ibaraki · Fireworks festival
Koedo Kawagoe Fireworks
21 November 2026
Saitama · Fireworks festival
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Chichibu Yomatsuri
2 to 3 December 2026
Saitama · Float procession
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Comiket
29 to 31 December 2026
Tokyo · Festival
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Sanja Matsuri
14 to 16 May 2027
Tokyo · Float procession
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Sumida River Fireworks
31 July 2027
Tokyo · Fireworks festival
Joso Kinugawa Fireworks
Expected September 2027
Ibaraki · Fireworks festival
Kounosu Fireworks
Expected October 2027
Saitama · Fireworks festival
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Places to Visit in Kanto
Mitsumine Shrine
A Wolf-Guarded Shrine at 1,100 Meters, 80 Minutes by Bus Beyond Chichibu
A mountain shrine at about 1,100 meters in the far west of Chichibu, where wolves stand in for th...
Pola Museum of Art
Monet and Renoir in a Museum Sunk into a Hakone Beech Forest
A museum in the Sengokuhara woods, opened in 2002, built mostly underground to keep it 8 meters h...
Jinata Onsen
A Free Hot Spring in the Sea Rocks of Shikinejima, Timed by the Tide
Rock pools at the foot of a narrow cleft on Shikinejima's south coast, where iron-rich spring wat...
Karuizawa Toy Kingdom
A toy-themed park for small children in the highlands below Mount Asama
A seasonal park for young families in the Tsumagoi highlands, despite the Karuizawa name. Indoor ...
Mount Oyama
Edo's Pilgrim Peak: A Cable Car to Afuri Shrine, Then 90 Minutes Up
A 1,252-meter peak in the Tanzawa range that drew some 200,000 pilgrims a year in the Edo period....
Tobu Zoo
White tigers and a wooden coaster in one Saitama park
A zoo and amusement park rolled into one, about an hour from Tokyo on the Tobu line: around 120 a...
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Japan's First Public Art Museum, Where Each Show Has Its Own Ticket
Opened in 1926 as Japan's first public art museum. There is no permanent collection display: the ...
Zojo-ji
Six Shoguns' Graves Directly Beneath Tokyo Tower
The Tokugawa family temple in Shiba, with Tokyo Tower rising right behind the main hall. The grou...
Hakone Yumoto Onsen
Hakone's Gateway Onsen Town, Where the Romancecar Stops and Two Big Day Bathhouses Wait
Hakone Yumoto is the end of the line for the Odakyu Romancecar from Shinjuku, about 80 minutes ou...
Kan'ei-ji
The Shogun Temple That Lost Most of Its Land to Ueno Park
Founded in 1625 by the monk Tenkai as the 'Hiei of the east', Kan'ei-ji was the Tokugawa family t...
Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa
A Dolphin Show in a Round Arena, Two Minutes From Shinagawa Station
An indoor aquarium inside the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, about two minutes from Shinagawa Station, w...
Showa Kinen Park
180 Hectares of Flower Fields on a Former Air Base in Tachikawa
A 180-hectare national park built on the site of the former US Tachikawa air base, with seasonal ...
Tsukishima
Monja on Reclaimed Land: About 50 Griddle Shops Off One Street
A Meiji-era island of reclaimed land at the mouth of the Sumida River whose main shopping street,...
Doai Station
Doai Station: 462 Steps Up from a Platform Inside a Mountain Tunnel
An unstaffed JR Joetsu Line station whose down-line platform sits inside the Shin-Shimizu Tunnel,...
Hama-rikyu Gardens
A Seawater Pond and a Teahouse Below the Shiodome Towers
A former shogunal villa on Tokyo Bay whose main pond still fills and drains with the tide, the on...