Tokyo (Kagurazaka) Events

This is an autumn cultural festival held throughout the town of Kagurazaka. Over three weeks, about 40 events will pop up in galleries in alleys, storefronts, and even temple grounds.

Highlights include the open-air exhibition "Kagurazaka Art Square" featuring paintings, calligraphy, and crafts in the precincts of Bishamonten Zenkoku-ji Temple, and "Saka ni Oekaki" (Drawing on the Slope) on the final day, where a long paper is laid out along Kagurazaka-dori for anyone to draw freely. You can walk from your accommodation and pick and choose the events that interest you. Please check the official website for the dates and times of each event during the festival.

This is the Setsubun bean-throwing ceremony at Bishamonten Zenkoku-ji Temple, the face of Kagurazaka. People gather to seek lucky beans at this winter event held at the temple right in front of the accommodation, along Kagurazaka-dori.

Although not large in scale, it's an event where you can truly feel the turning point of the year in Kagurazaka. Setsubun can sometimes fall on February 2nd depending on the year, so please check the official date for that year.

Four summer days in Kagurazaka. The first two days are theHozuki Market, and the latter two days are theAwa Odori Dance Festival.

For Awa Odori, the slope itself becomes the venue. Dancers come down the narrow street, so you're very close to the action. Groups from Tokushima also participate.

The view differs between the top and bottom of the slope. If your accommodation is halfway up the slope, you can go out before it gets crowded and return when you're tired.