Food festivals in Tokyo worth planning a trip around, by month.

Festivals through the year

Tokyo Ramen Festa ★ 4.7

OctoberLate Oct to early Nov, 12 days across 3 partsTicket needed

Tokyo Ramen Festa at Komazawa Olympic Park is Japan's largest outdoor ramen event, three rotating four-day windows in late October. 36 regional shops.

Focus: Regional ramen styles from across Japan

Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-0013, Japan

Setagaya Pan Matsuri ★ 4.4

NovemberEarly Nov, two days

Setagaya Pan Matsuri (La Fete du Pain Setagaya) in Tokyo brings 100-plus Japanese bakeries to Setagaya Park each November. Bread market, bread university.

Focus: Artisan bakeries from across Japan

Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-0001, Japan

Niku Fes (Meat Festival) ★ 4.0

AprilLate April to early May, Golden Week 12 daysTicket needed

Niku Fes in Tokyo's Odaiba is the Golden Week meat festival, two dozen restaurants pouring wagyu sushi, A5 steak, Philly cheesesteaks and craft beer over 12.

Focus: Wagyu, yakiniku, burgers, BBQ from across Japan

Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan

Craft Gyoza Fes Tokyo ★ 4.4

AprilLate April to early May, Golden Week 8 daysTicket needed

Craft Gyoza Fes in Tokyo's Komazawa Park is Japan's biggest gyoza-only festival, with 20-30 regional gyoza vendors over 8 Golden Week days. Free entry.

Focus: Regional gyoza dumplings from across Japan

Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-0013, Japan

Sake Festival Japan ★ 4.3

AprilMid-April, three daysTicket needed

Sake Festival Japan in Tokyo's Ueno Onshi Park is the city's biggest spring sake tasting. Three days of regional and limited brews, tasting tickets.

Focus: Sake from breweries across Japan

Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007, Japan

Sanja Matsuri Asakusa ★ 4.8

MayThird weekend of May, three days

Sanja Matsuri at Tokyo's Asakusa Shrine is the city's biggest Shinto festival on the third weekend of May. 100 portable mikoshi shrines, yatai street food.

Focus: Festival street food and yatai stalls

Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0032, Japan

Kanda Matsuri ★ 4.6

MayMid-May odd-years, two main days

Kanda Matsuri in Tokyo's Kanda Shrine is one of Japan's three great Shinto festivals, biennial on odd years. 100 mikoshi parade Akihabara and Nihombashi.

Focus: Festival yatai street food

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021, Japan

Tsukiji Umaimon Festival ★ 4.2

OctoberMid October, one weekend

Tsukiji Umaimon Festival in Tokyo's Outer Market is the autumn open-air street market party. Tuna butchering shows, free seafood tastings, sake and yatai.

Focus: Tsukiji Outer Market seafood and street eats

Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan

Ueno Park Sakura Hanami Yatai ★ 4.1

MarchLate March to early April, two weeks

Ueno Park Sakura Yatai in Tokyo runs along Sakura-dori each spring during peak cherry blossom. Two weeks of yakisoba, takoyaki, ringo-ame and hanami beer.

Focus: Hanami picnic foods and yatai street stalls

Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007, Japan

Tori-no-Ichi Asakusa ★ 4.5

NovemberTwice or thrice in November, rooster days only

Tori-no-Ichi at Tokyo's Otori Shrine Asakusa runs every rooster day of November. Lucky kumade rake stalls, yakitori, yatai food, sake under the lanterns.

Focus: Tori meat skewers and yatai festival food

Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0031, Japan
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