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New Year's parade based on a legend
Venue: Shozoku Inari-jinja Shrine When: Dec 31st - Jan 1st 2018,  9:30am - 12:00am
Oji Shrine, located 5 minutes' walk from Oji Station, is one of the most important shrines of Tokyo, and is known for its New Year's parade based on an old legend.
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Haneda Airport welcomes the New Year in Edo era style
Venue: Haneda Airport When: Jan 1st - Jan 3rd 2018,  11:00am - 7:00pm
To welcome the New Year, Haneda Airport is hosting a unique, unmissable event: the Haneda Edo festival, recreating the era of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa. Between Ja...

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Asakusa's traditional fair of good luck charms
Venue: Senso-ji Temple When: Dec 17th - Dec 19th 2017,  9:00am - 9:00pm
Tokyo's oldest temple, Senso-ji in Asakusa, holds an annual three-day fair called Hagoita-Ichi to sell good luck ornamental bats, called hagoita in Japanese.
 
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When: Dec 15th - Dec 18th 2017,  10:00am - 5:00pm
Traditional performing arts can be enjoyed at this annual festival held since the 12th century. Named after the Wakamiya shrine that resides in the larger Kasuga-Taisha shrine complex, this On-Matsuri was originally held to pray for...

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Home brewed sake for all
Venue: Koami Jinja Shrine When: Tuesday - Nov 28th 2017,  9:00am - 6:00pm
The Koami Shrine holds a doburoku (sake) festival annually on the 28th of November. It is otherwise known as a harvest festival, where rice and sake are offered to Gods.
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Home brewed sake for all
Venue: Koami Jinja Shrine When: Tuesday - Nov 28th 2017,  9:00am - 6:00pm
The Koami Shrine holds a doburoku (sake) festival annually on the 28th of November. It is otherwise known as a harvest festival, where rice and sake are offered to Gods.
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Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival returns
When: Oct 14th - Nov 5th 2017,  11:00am - 8:00pm
Kyoto Experiment: Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival has taken place every autumn in Kyoto, Japan, since 2010. The festival will bring together leading examples of theater ...

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Defying the typhoon dancing with 120,000 people
For the 4th time in a row it was time to celebrate the legendary ULTRA dance music festival which took place in the TOKYO ODAIBA ULTRA PARK from September 16th to 18th. Over a time span of 3 days, electronic dance music lovers were once...

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Admire the yellow leaves each autumn
Venue: Hachioji City When: Nov 19th - Nov 20th 2017,  10:00am - 5:00pm
Autumn is one of the best seasons to visit Japan, conjuring up images of beautiful red landscapes and falling leaves. But the gingko tree is also a fairly common site across ...

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Kagoshima's biggest festival
Venue: Tenmonkan When: Nov 2nd - Nov 3rd 2017,  6:50pm - 5:00pm
Kagoshima's biggest annual festival returns each November promising traditional dance parades, taiko performances and a whole lot more.
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