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
Michi-no-Eki Hakone Toge
A mountain-pass stop above Lake Ashi
Kanagawa's first michi-no-eki, opened in 1995 at Hakone Pass on Route 1, close to the Shizuoka bo...
Michi-no-Eki Hota Shogakko
School lunch and a night in a former classroom
Kyonan’s town primary school closed in 2014 and reopened in 2015 as a roadside station. The gym i...
Mount Tanigawa
Ropeway to Tenjindaira, Then Three Hours Up the Tenjin Ridge
A 1,977-meter peak on the Gunma and Niigata border where more than 800 climbers have died since 1...
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...
Tobu World Square
The world's landmarks at 1/25 scale near Kinugawa Onsen
An outdoor miniature park with 102 buildings from 22 countries built at 1/25 scale, including 48 ...
Kasama Inari Shrine
An Inari shrine at the heart of Kasama, with shrine buildings and a shopping approach known for i...
Michi-no-Eki Tomiura Biwa Club
Loquat soft serve in the heart of Boso loquat country
Chiba’s first roadside station, on Route 127 near Tomiura IC, built around the Boso loquat. Order...
Michi-no-Eki Utsunomiya Romantic Mura
A farm park with a hot spring and brewery outside Utsunomiya
A 46-hectare farm park on Route 293, about five minutes from the Utsunomiya interchange. Come for...
Ofuna Kannon
A 25-Meter White Kannon Bust Watching Over Ofuna Station
A white concrete bust of Kannon about 25 meters tall on the hill above Ofuna Station, begun in 19...
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...
Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Nikolai-do)
A Green Byzantine Dome Two Minutes from Ochanomizu Station
The main cathedral of the Orthodox Church in Japan, a Byzantine-style church with a 35-meter gree...
Katori Shrine
A wooded shrine in Katori dedicated to Futsunushi, with a long approach and dark wooden sanctuary...
Michi-no-Eki Yunishigawa
A hot spring bath upstairs from a mountain railway station
A roadside station in the mountains of northern Nikko, joined directly to Yunishigawa-Onsen Stati...
Ino Tadataka Museum
A museum in Sawara tracing the surveying journeys and mapmaking of Ino Tadataka through maps, ins...
Michi-no-Eki Kamogawa Ocean Park
A shell-shaped lookout on the Boso coast road
A three-storey building shaped like a turban shell, or a pyramid, depending on who you ask, on Ro...