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Tokyo Events This Week: Fall Flowers, Festivals, and Inner-City Snow
What's a Cheapo to do this week?
Tokyo Cheapo
November 02, 2025
Tokyo events for Monday, November 3, to Sunday, November 9, 2025.
With Halloween behind us, the color of flowers takes center stage this week with chrysanthemum festivals throughout the city.
The Local Green, Meiji Shrine, and Fuji-Kawaguchiko Fall Leaves festivals give us more reasons to get out into nature, and the Iruma Air and Japan Mobility shows are ones for the petrol heads. On top of that, this week you can also catch an inner-city snowboard comp for a good cause and free buses to more than 50 special exhibitions across Tokyo.
Nov 3rd
This is a chance to watch yabusame, the impressive Japanese martial art of horse-mounted archery during the Meiji Shrine Autumn Grand Festival.
Nov 1st - 30th
This is an annual autumn festival held to celebrate the area’s beautiful changing leaves. There will be food stalls, performances, and local specialties to try, with crowds expected on weekends.
Nov 3rd
This is definitely one for the history-lovers or anyone who enjoys pomp and ceremony; there will be between 100 to 200 participants in period costumes dressed as samurai, geisha, workers, and princesses to commemorate the daimyō’s journey through Hakone along the old Tōkaidō road (the major Edo-era route from Kyoto to Tokyo).
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Oct 31st - Nov 5th
Stroll through one of Tokyo’s most famous gardens by moonlight. For one week only, Hamarikyu Gardens will extend its opening hours so visitors can take in the full moon via illuminated paths.
Nov 8th - 9th
This festival is all about music and sustainability. The festival combines live music, plant markets, vintage finds, and gourmet food, all under the theme “life with green”.
Nov 3rd
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force will showcase some of its finest aircraft, including the F-15. The Ground Self-Defense Force will stage a parachute drop, and then the Blue Impulse JASDF aerobatic demonstration team will provide the highlight of the show.
Oct 30th - Nov 9th
Nov 8th - 9th
Tokyo Snow Festival brings together local snowboarders and bands to raise money and awareness for bone marrow donation charities. Over 50 snowboarders will compete in men’s, women’s, and kids’ trick contests, and bands will perform on the main stage.
Nov 8th
Tokyo’s annual human rights awareness festival returns. There will also be universal sports like boccia and wheelchair basketball. Join a low-vision simulation, and enjoy live music, dance, and storytelling.
Nov 8th - 9th
There will be over 100 stalls selling food and crafts, including food and wares from Pakistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, there will be entertainment from around the world, as well as games and sports to try.
Nov 9th
Kawagoe International Exchange Festival celebrates diversity with international food and folk performances from the area’s international community. Enjoy food and performances as well as opportunities to get involved in local volunteer initiatives.
Nov 5th - 9th
In collaboration with Art Basel and sponsored by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, AWT gives you the chance to hop on and off buses for free, visiting more than 50 special exhibitions and venues across Tokyo.
Oct 10th - Nov 5th
Tokyo Midtown Design Live (formerly known as Design Touch) is an innovative art event happening in and around Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi. Past highlights have included immersive color-drenched landscapes, artist‑designed playgrounds, and forest‑school workshops under the trees.
Oct 27th - Nov 5th
Don’t let the “film festival” in the name intimidate you — you don’t have to be a connoisseur of arthouse films to enjoy the festival. This year marks the 38th edition of the festival.
Sep 19th - Nov 24th
Nov 9th
Huddle up on a chilly night before Christmas with candlelight and carol tunes. A string quartet and two ballet performers will take you on a journey through The Nutcracker, plus some pieces from Swan Lake and other recognizable classics.
Oct 31st
Just 1 minute from Shibuya Station, Tokyo Comedy Bar has built a name for itself as the home of comedy in the city. Each week, Tokyo’s best comedians hit the stage to showcase their sets, and the local comedy community gathers for a laugh.
Nov 3rd - Dec 25th
Catch intimate live performances of your favorite anime tracks in Shinbashi. Expect to hear classics from Studio Ghibli films like Spirited Away and Kiki’s Delivery Service as well as theme songs from series like Evangelion and Dragon Ball Z performed on piano and flute with a live vocalist.
Nov 1st - 15th
Oct 25th - Nov 23rd
Meaning “chrysanthemum exhibition”, the Kikkaten is an annual celebration of the seasonal flower at Meiji Jingū, one of Tokyo’s most visited Shintō shrines.
Oct 25th - Nov 23rd
This is the third flower festival of the year at Kameido Tenjin Shrine. There are some fun examples where characters are recreated, as well as bonsai versions, too.
Nov 1st - 24th
This celebration of Japan’s imperial flower includes planted beds, as well as displays. Another highlight is the Kamiyo float, a wooden cart decorated with hundreds of chrysanthemums that the staff builds each year.
Oct 31st - Nov 9th
The Tokyo Metropolitan Tourism Chrysanthemum Exhibition has been held since 1914 and is known as Japan’s foremost chrysanthemum exhibition for both quality and quantity of flowers.
Oct 11th - Nov 7th
The Autumn Rose Festival at Kyu-Furukawa Gardens is a wonderful place to chill out and smell the roses. It takes place between October and November every year. If you miss this, there’s also a rose festival in spring.
Oct 26th - Nov 26th
The team at Latina Parrilla is celebrating one year in Ginza by offering a special treat to its customers.
Sep 5th - Nov 4th
Join your favorite Sanrio characters this Halloween at this special PUROHALLOWEEN event. This year’s event is held at Sanrio Puroland from September 5 to November 4, with the theme of witches and wizards.
Oct 11th - Nov 9th
Love Japanese horror? Add this exhibition to your Halloween plans. J-horror tends to burrow under the skin rather than leap out at you with gore and jump scares.