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
Suggested Itineraries
Places to Visit in Kanto
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...
Rainbow Bridge
Walking 1.7 km Across Tokyo Bay on the Rainbow Bridge Promenade
A free 1.7 km walkway on the lower deck of the 1993 suspension bridge between Shibaura and Odaiba...
Rinno-ji
Nikko's Head Temple: Three Gilded Buddhas in Sanbutsudo and Iemitsu's Black-and-Gold Taiyuin
The Tendai temple that has run Nikko's mountain worship since the monk Shodo opened it in 766. Tw...
Ryujin Suspension Bridge
A Footbridge with a 375-Meter Span, 100 Meters Above a Dam Lake, with Bungee Jumps off the Middle
A pedestrian suspension bridge with a 375-meter main span, hung 100 meters above the lake behind ...
Sagamiko MORI MORI
Forest rides, climbing walls and six million winter lights
A hilltop forest park above Lake Sagami, run by Fujikyu and renamed from Pleasure Forest in July ...
Sarushima
Brick Fort Tunnels on a Tokyo Bay Island Ten Minutes by Ferry
A small uninhabited island off Yokosuka, described by the city as the only natural island in Toky...
Seibuen Yuenchi
A 1960s Showa shopping street and a Godzilla ride in Tokorozawa
An old Seibu Railway amusement park that reopened in May 2021 as a full Showa-era set piece: a re...
Sengaku-ji
Where the 47 Ronin Lie Beside the Lord They Avenged
The Zen temple in Takanawa where the 47 ronin of the Chushingura story are buried beside their lo...
Shibuya Sky
An Open-Air Roof 229 Meters Above Shibuya, Booked in 20-Minute Slots
The open-air rooftop of Shibuya Scramble Square, 229 meters above Shibuya Station, with an indoor...
Shichirigahama
Surf, Enoshima and Mt. Fuji From the Enoden, With a Famous Crossing
A 2.9-kilometer surf beach between Inamuragasaki and Koshigoe, with Enoshima and, on clear days, ...
Shima Onsen
42 Springs, a 1691 Inn and the Blue of Lake Okushima
A narrow hot spring valley along the Shima River in northwest Gunma with 42 sources, named in 195...
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 ...
Soji-ji
A 164-Meter Corridor Wiped by Hand, Five Minutes from Tsurumi
One of the two head temples of Soto Zen, founded in 1321 on the Noto Peninsula and moved to Tsuru...
Suitengu
Nihonbashi's Safe-Childbirth Shrine, Busiest Every Twelfth Day
Tokyo's best-known shrine for safe childbirth, a minute from Suitengumae Station, rebuilt in 2016...
Sunshine City
Ikebukuro's Observatory, Rooftop Aquarium and Pokemon Center in One Complex
A big Ikebukuro complex built around the Sunshine 60 tower, with two shopping malls, the Sunshine...