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Tokyo Events This Week: Tokyo Night Market, Local Fests, and Halloween Across the City

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Tokyo Cheapo
October 19, 2025

Tokyo events for Monday, October 20, to Sunday, October 26, 2025.

This week, local favorite Tokyo Night Market makes its return to Yoyogi while festival fun heads to Asagaya, Shimokita, Kōenji, and Jimbōchō. On top of that, anyone can feel the Halloween spirit with family friendly and not-so-family friendly events across the city.

Oct 23rd

Traditional Japanese Noh theatre is a uniquely immersive art form that lovers of Japanese culture can’t miss. At Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, you can enjoy the drama surrounded by nature.

Oct 24th - 25th

Two days of jazz in the streets, cafés, shrines, and churches of Asagaya. The festival, organized by the local community, has been running since 1995.

Oct 25th

Turn up the lights for the Sakura Citizens Fireworks Festival in Sakura City, Chiba. This year’s fireworks show will be held on a smaller scale than usual.

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Oct 26th

Roppongi Hills hosts a parade in which up to 1,800 kids participate. While the streets of Roppongi will be filled with zombie brides, this event is for the kids, so it’s a good option if you want to avoid inflicting mental trauma on your toddler.

Oct 26th

Nihonbashi-Kyōbashi Festival celebrates the Nihonbashi Highway. It might sound boring, but we promise it’s anything but.

Oct 26th

The Omotesandō/Harajuku Hello Halloween Pumpkin Parade is targeted at kids. It is a cute alternative to an adult Halloween parade.

Oct 25th - 26th

If you are in the vicinity of JR Kōenji Station on the last weekend of October, you will be able to watch and take part in the Kōenji Festival.

Oct 22nd - 26th

Wander under the boughs of Yoyogi Park while experiencing some of Tokyo’s charm and culture at the Tokyo Night Market. This week-long event has live performances, art exhibitions, and stalls offering local crafts for sale.

Oct 24th - 26th

The lights of Tokyo Tower will be made all the brighter by hundreds of candles at its base. Tokyo Tower Candle Days will have everything from traditional performing arts to celebrity panels.

Oct 24th - 26th

As a major center for Japan’s anime culture, Ikebukuro has gone for a slightly more Japanese approach to this imported annual festival. It’s free to see cosplayers outside of the special event venue.

Oct 24th - 26th

Have a family-friendly Halloween. An event focusing on the little ones, there will be spooky parades that are more adorable than terrifying, with cute costumes galore.

Oct 11th - 26th

Shinrin Park in Saitama Prefecture will hold a light-up and illumination event. Celebrate Halloween in nature.

Oct 10th - 26th

The Hibiya Cinema Festival runs for a couple of weeks, offering free movie viewings to the public in Tokyo Midtown Hibiya Step Square. There will be a plethora of award-winning films and shorts to see.

Oct 9th - 26th

Shimokitazawa is known for its thrift stores, record stores, and indie music venues, but did you know it’s also the home of some of the best curry in Tokyo?

Oct 25th - 26th

Sanrio Puroland’s all-night Halloween rave is back. The bill runs deep: DJs, vocalists, and VJs stretch across multiple stages, while Sanrio mascots drift in and out.

Oct 24th - 26th

Taste of Tokyo is a mega food-focused festival that takes place in Tokyo each year to kick off fall. A variety of popular vendors will be serving up local favorites and regional cuisine from across the country.

Oct 25th - 26th

One of the biggest Halloween nights of the year is back with a bang. Tokyo Decadence Halloween has DJs, dancers, demons, burlesque, drag acts, and magic — plenty to keep you busy!

Oct 25th - 26th

Sep 26th - Oct 26th

Oct 11th - 28th

Inkie, whose bold pieces helped shape the U.K. graffiti movement in the 1980s, and Sepr, known for his witty, character-driven work seen on walls and album covers around the world, have created a new body of work inspired by Japan.

Oct 1st - 31st

This month-long Halloween celebration in Ikebukuro is designed for families. Children can make their own candy boxes from paper cartons and use them to collect sweets on designated “Trick or Treat Operation” days.

Oct 1st - 31st

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Tokyo is marking it with Pink Ribbon in Tokyo, a city-wide campaign aimed at raising awareness about breast cancer and encouraging regular screening.

Sep 12th - Oct 31st

RED° TOKYO TOWER, located at the bottom of Tokyo Tower, will be hosting a unique Halloween-themed virtual reality experience where you can explore abandoned attractions and complete a series of different horror-inspired games.

Oct 1st - Nov 3rd

Dig deep into Japanese performing arts — including dance and music theater — at this international performing arts festival in Tokyo.

Sep 24th - Nov 3rd

The Kanda Used Book Festival is one of the largest annual events in the Jinbōchō district of Kanda — renowned as a town of used and antique books. The organizers go further to claim it’s the largest event of its kind in the world.

Nov 2nd - 3rd

Analog Market invites analog devotees and newcomers alike to experience vinyl and analog culture through and beyond the music. Explore vinyl records, vintage finds, artwork, fragrances, thrift goods, food, wine, craft beer, and interactive workshops.