Weekend Guide · Greater Tokyo Area

Tokyo This Weekend

A curated edit of festivals, markets, exhibitions, and ceremonies happening across Tokyo on Saturday and Sunday — from horseback archery on the Sumida to vegan food fairs in Kiba and azaleas in full bloom at Nezu.

🌸 Cherry-blossom & azalea season 📅 Sat, Apr 18  ·  Sun, Apr 19 🗺️ Greater Tokyo Area
Saturday · 土曜日

April 18, 2026

10 events
Free Outdoor

Earth Day Tokyo 2026

The 25th anniversary of Tokyo's flagship environmental festival, with NGOs, eco-businesses, organic food stalls, live music, and youth-led talks on sustainability. The 2026 theme is "Youth Actions for the Future."

🕒When Sat & Sun, 10:00 – 18:00 📍Where Yoyogi Park Event Square & Zelkova Row 🚉Access 3 min walk from Harajuku Stn (JR) or Meiji-jingumae Stn (Chiyoda/Fukutoshin) 🔗Source Tokyo Cheapo
Free / ¥4,000 Outdoor

Asakusa Yabusame (Horseback Archery)

Samurai-costumed archers gallop along Sumida Park shooting at wooden targets — a living Edo-period ceremony. Watch the free kusajishi archery in the morning, or buy a seat for the main yabusame run in the afternoon.

🕒When 11:45 (kusajishi, free) · 13:00 – 14:30 (yabusame, ¥4,000 or free from Kototoi Bridge) 📍Where Sumida Park (between Kototoi Bridge & Tobu Rail Bridge) 🚉Access 5 min walk from Asakusa Stn (Ginza, Asakusa, Tobu, Tsukuba Express lines) 🔗Source GO TOKYO
Free Outdoor

Shinjuku Chuo Park Flea Market

An amateur-only flea market with up to 200 stalls piled with vintage clothes, kids' gear, and retro housewares, set under the skyscrapers of West Shinjuku. No-frills and great for treasure hunters.

🕒When Saturday, 9:00 – 16:00 (weather permitting) 📍Where Shinjuku Central Park, Water Plaza 🚉Access Right outside Tochomae Stn (Oedo) · 5 min from Nishi-Shinjuku Stn (Marunouchi) · 10 min from Shinjuku Stn 🔗Source Tokyo Cheapo
Free Outdoor

Mottainai Flea Market @ Nakano Central Park

One of Tokyo's biggest recycled-goods markets, with up to 350 stalls selling pre-loved clothing, books, homewares, and bric-à-brac. "Mottainai" means "what a waste" — a celebration of reuse.

🕒When Sat & Sun, 10:00 – 16:00 📍Where Nakano Central Park 🚉Access 5 min walk from North Exit of Nakano Stn (JR Chuo / Tokyo Metro Tozai) 🔗Source Tokyo Cheapo
Free Outdoor

Tennoz Harbor Market

A canal-side weekend market in Tokyo's art-and-warehouse district, mixing handmade crafts, antiques, plants, food trucks, and kid-friendly workshops with sweeping views of the Rainbow Bridge.

🕒When Sat & Sun, typically 11:00 – 17:00 📍Where Isle Shinagawa, Tennozu Isle 🚉Access 1 min from South Exit of Tennozu Isle Stn (Tokyo Monorail) · 3 min from Exit B (Rinkai Line) 🔗Source GO TOKYO
Free Outdoor

Kokuryo Shrine Wisteria Festival

A neighborhood spring matsuri celebrating "Sennofuji" — a 400–500-year-old wisteria — at a tiny shrine in Chofu. Expect food stalls, local performances, and an evening illumination of the hanging vines.

🕒When Sat & Sun, daytime + evening illumination 📍Where Kokuryo Shrine, Chofu 🚉Access 5 min walk from Fuda Stn on the Keio Line (~30 min from Shinjuku) 🔗Source Tokyo Cheapo
Outdoor

Bunkyo Azalea Festival @ Nezu Shrine

A 300-year-old hillside garden with 3,000 azalea shrubs in 100 varieties, typically at full bloom in the third week of April. Food stalls line the approach; the garden alone is worth the side-trip to old-town Bunkyo.

🕒When Daily through April 30, 9:00 – 17:30 (peak bloom Apr 10 – 20) 📍Where Nezu Shrine, Bunkyo-ku 🚉Access 5–7 min walk from Nezu Stn (Chiyoda Line) or Todaimae Stn (Nanboku Line) 🔗Source GO TOKYO
Free Outdoor

Farmer's Market @ UNU (Aoyama)

A weekly open-air market in front of the United Nations University with 40+ stallholders from the Kanto countryside selling seasonal produce, flowers, craft beer, and a rotating food-truck lineup.

🕒When Sat & Sun, 10:00 – 16:00 📍Where UNU Plaza, 5-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya 🚉Access 5 min walk from Exit B2, Omotesando Stn (Ginza/Chiyoda/Hanzomon) 🔗Source Time Out Tokyo
Indoor

BTS · Live at Tokyo Dome

A stadium-scale K-pop concert from BTS at Japan's most iconic arena. Expect the full production — LED walls, pyrotechnics, synchronized crowd fan chants. Tickets via lottery and resale; gates open early.

🕒When Sat Apr 18 · Doors 13:00 / Show 15:00 📍Where Tokyo Dome, Bunkyo-ku 🚉Access 1–5 min from Korakuen (Marunouchi/Nanboku), Kasuga (Oedo/Mita), or Suidobashi (JR/Mita) 🔗Source Tokyo Dome Events
Indoor

Opening Day: Karl Walser — Dark Afterglow of the Fin de Siècle

The first major Japan retrospective of the Swiss painter and illustrator Karl Walser, opening at Tokyo Station Gallery. A dreamy tour through turn-of-the-century European symbolism, portraiture, and stage design.

🕒When Opens Sat Apr 18, runs through Jun 21 · 10:00 – 18:00 (Fri till 20:00) 📍Where Tokyo Station Gallery, Marunouchi North Dome 🚉Access Directly inside Tokyo Station (Marunouchi North Exit) 🔗Source Tokyo Art Beat
Sunday · 日曜日

April 19, 2026

8 events
Free Outdoor

Tokyo Vegan Gourmet Festival (Spring)

Japan's largest vegan food event — 80+ stalls serving plant-based ramen, burgers, curries, gelato, and doughnuts alongside open-air yoga and natural-products booths. A laid-back, family-friendly garden party.

🕒When Sun Apr 19, 10:30 – 16:00 📍Where Kiba Park Event Plaza, 4-6-1 Hirano, Koto-ku 🚉Access ~10 min walk from Kiba Stn (Tozai Line) 🔗Source Time Out Tokyo
Free Outdoor

Oedo Antique Market

Japan's largest outdoor antique fair — ~250 stalls of pottery, kimono, ukiyo-e prints, Western tableware, and mid-century oddities in the glass courtyard of Tokyo International Forum. Polite haggling welcome.

🕒When Sun Apr 19, 9:00 – 16:00 (3rd Sunday) 📍Where Tokyo International Forum, open-air plaza 🚉Access 1 min walk from Yurakucho Stn (JR Yamanote/Keihin-Tohoku/Yurakucho Line) 🔗Source Tokyo International Forum
Indoor / Outdoor

TELL Tokyo Tower Climb 2026

A charity stair climb up Tokyo Tower's ~600 steps to the 150 m Main Deck, raising funds for mental-health nonprofit TELL Japan. Timed competitors, community teams, and casual climbers welcome — prizes at 10:00.

🕒When Sun Apr 19 · Early morning start, awards at 10:00 📍Where Tokyo Tower, 4-2-8 Shibakoen, Minato 🚉Access 5 min from Akabanebashi Stn (Oedo) · 7 min from Kamiyacho Stn (Hibiya) · 7 min from Onarimon (Mita) 🔗Source TELL Japan
Free Outdoor

Earth Day Tokyo 2026 — Day 2

Day two of the 25th Earth Day Tokyo — more live music, vegan/organic food stalls, and hands-on workshops from environmental NGOs. Sunday is quieter in the morning and a good time to meet the organisations in person.

🕒When Sun Apr 19, 10:00 – 18:00 📍Where Yoyogi Park Event Square 🚉Access 3 min walk from Harajuku Stn / Meiji-jingumae Stn 🔗Source GO TOKYO
Free Outdoor

Tennoz Harbor Market — Day 2

Sunday edition of the canal-side market. Vintage clothing, used books, potted plants, and food trucks (udon, seafood, crepes) along the Tennozu waterfront — pair with a wander through the nearby Warehouse TERRADA art spaces.

🕒When Sun Apr 19, ~11:00 – 17:00 📍Where Isle Shinagawa, Tennozu Isle 🚉Access 1 min from Tennozu Isle Stn (Monorail, South Exit) · 3 min from Exit B (Rinkai) 🔗Source GO TOKYO
Free Outdoor

Mottainai Flea Market — Day 2

Sunday of the 350-stall Nakano reuse market. Arrive after 14:00 for the best end-of-day discounts as sellers pack up. Combine with a stroll through Nakano Broadway's anime/otaku shops a few minutes away.

🕒When Sun Apr 19, 10:00 – 16:00 📍Where Nakano Central Park 🚉Access 5 min walk from North Exit of Nakano Stn (JR Chuo / Tozai) 🔗Source Tokyo Cheapo
Free Outdoor

Farmer's Market @ UNU — Sunday

Closing day of the weekend farmers' market. Producers often discount remaining stock after 15:00 — come for coffee, a bento, and a short detour to Omotesando's architecture before heading home.

🕒When Sun Apr 19, 10:00 – 16:00 📍Where UNU Plaza, Jingumae, Shibuya 🚉Access 5 min from Exit B2 of Omotesando Stn 🔗Source Time Out Tokyo
Indoor

teamLab Borderless · Azabudai Hills

An ever-changing labyrinth of digital-art rooms from teamLab, near Tokyo Tower. During Sakura/GW season it runs extended hours (closing 22:00 on Apr 16–20). Pre-booked timed tickets strongly recommended.

🕒When Daily incl. Apr 18 & 19 · extended hours to 22:00 📍Where teamLab Borderless, Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza B, B1F 🚉Access 1 min from Kamiyacho Stn (Hibiya Line) · 7 min from Roppongi-itchome (Nanboku) 🔗Source teamLab official