Tokyo & Vicinity LOCAL EVENTS

Asakusa Kappabashi Tanabata Festival
Jul. 4 - 8, 2025

During the festival, the street will be decorated with bamboo with colorful wishing paper and various folk arts will be performed there on the weekend.

Kappabashi Street is a shopping street with many stores handling cooking utensils, from cooking pots, Hocho knives, and Ramen bowls to food replicas. Being close to Asakusa, the most popular tourist spot in Tokyo, many tourists also visit Kappabashi.

Tanabata Matsuri Festival
下町七夕まつり

Date:  July 4th(Fri) - 8th(Tue) 2025
Location: Kappabashi Shopping Street in the town between Asakusa and Ueno, Tokyo

12 min walk from Kaminarimon Gate of Sensoji Temple.
5-min walk from JR Ueno Station (Asakusa-guchi Exit)
5-min walk from Iriya Subway Station(H18) on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya-sen Line
5-min walk from Tawaramachi(G18) or Inaricho(G17) Subway Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza-sen Line
3-min walk from Asakusa Station on the Tsukuba Express Line

Info by Taito City (Japanese website)
https://www.city.taito.lg.jp/event/kanko/shitamathitanabata.html

Kappabashi Street
https://www.kappabashi.or.jp/

Google Maps: Kappabashi
https://goo.gl/maps/g8S7vpujt9G2