Tokyo & Vicinity LOCAL EVENTS

Samurai festival- Yorii Hojo Festival
May 10, 2026

This is an event to play the scene of a Samurai battle that occurred in the Yorii area back in 1590. About 500 people in Samurai costumes join and perform as warriors.

Yorii Hojo Samurai festival
寄居北條まつり

May 10th(Sun) 2026
Location: Yorii city, Saitama Prefecture

Yorii Hojo Festival Information by The Tourism Association of Yorii (Japanese)
http://yorii-kanko.jp/hojo.html

Getting there
From Tobu Ikebukuro Station 東武池袋駅, take the Tobu Tojo-sen train (Kaisoku Express) to Ogawamachi 小川町駅, then change train bound for Yorii 寄居駅. (Total travel time: 1.30 min) A 10-min walk from Yorii Station