What's on in Tokyo

Tokyo events in August 2027

332 events in August 2027: 259 festivals, 29 markets, 16 exhibitions, 10 food events, 5 illuminations, 5 anime and games events, 5 performances and 3 gardens, from headline festivals to neighbourhood fairs. 241 of them are annual events whose 2027 dates are still to be confirmed, listed with their usual window.

The hottest, most humid month, and the most festive: Bon Odori dances in parks and temple grounds, fireworks most weekends, and Awa Odori in Koenji at the end of the month. More on the season in Tokyo in summer.

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Tokyo weather in August

Average high: 31°C (88°F)
Average low: 24°C (74°F)
Rain: 155 mm
Rainy days: about 8

Dress for the heat in light clothes, and carry water when you're out walking.

Averages from the Japan Meteorological Agency normals for 1991 to 2020, Tokyo station (rain table). Rainy days have at least 1 mm of rain.

Don't miss in August 2027

Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery building under blue sky at Meiji Jingu Gaien Tokyo

Festival Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival 7 to 14 Aug, dates to be confirmed · Aoyama About 10,000 shells launched over the Jingu Gaien sports grounds with live music, watched only from ticketed seats inside Meiji Jingu Stadium and Chichibunomiya Rugby Ground. Held on one Saturday evening in August (August 8 in 2026); the 2027 date is announced in spring. Photo: Yoshikazu TAKADA, CC BY 2.0

Festival Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri (400th anniversary grand festival) 13 to 16 Aug, dates to be confirmed · Monzen-Nakacho Tomioka Hachimangu's annual festival, one of Edo's three great festivals, is held around August 15, with spectators throwing water over the mikoshi bearers as they pass. The shrine turns 400 in 2027 and plans a commemorative grand festival that August in which its main golden mikoshi is carried out. The full main festival, with more than 50 neighbourhood mikoshi, comes every three years and last ran in 2026. Exact dates are announced by the shrine.

Anime and games Comic Market 110 (summer Comiket) 14 to 15 Aug, dates to be confirmed · Ariake The summer Comiket fills Tokyo Big Sight with circles selling self-published manga, anime and game books, company booths and cosplay areas. The 2027 dates aren't announced yet.

Roppongi Hills Arena steel ring canopy and plaza beside the Mori Tower

Festival Roppongi Hills Bon Odori 20 to 22 Aug, dates to be confirmed · Roppongi Big summer bon odori round a yagura tower at Roppongi Hills Arena, with food and game stalls; Friday is a stalls-only eve. Photo: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0

A samba dancer in an orange feathered costume parading through Asakusa at the carnival

Performance Asakusa Samba Carnival 28 Aug, dates to be confirmed · Asakusa Competitive samba parade contest running since 1981, with thousands of dancers and escola-style floats from teams across Japan moving along Umamichi-dori and Kaminarimon-dori south of Senso-ji. Usually the last Saturday of August, starting around 1pm. Photo: Hetarllen Mumriken, CC BY-SA 2.0

Awa Odori dancers in matching yukata performing in a Koenji street at night

Performance Tokyo Koenji Awa Odori 28 to 29 Aug, dates to be confirmed · Koenji Tokyo's biggest Awa Odori, with roughly 10,000 dancers in about 150 troupes moving through performance zones in the streets south and north of Koenji Station from 5pm to 8pm on the last weekend of August. Running since 1957 and drawing close to a million spectators; arrive well before 5pm for a kerbside spot. Photo: Manatee, Public domain

Calendar

Day by day

Each event on its first day still ahead, regular markets on each of their days. Tap a day in the calendar for everything on that day.

Sun 1 Aug 5 events

Farmers Market at UNUAoyama · United Nations University plaza · also 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22 and more AugFreeRegular market

Hanazono Shrine Antique MarketShinjuku · Hanazono Shrine · also 8, 15, 22, 29 AugFreeRegular market

Tokyo City Flea Market at Oi RacecourseShinagawa · Oi Racecourse · also 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22 and more AugFreeRegular market

Tomioka Hachimangu Antique and Flea MarketsFukagawa · Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine · also 8, 15, 22, 29 AugFreeRegular market

Yasukuni Shrine Antique MarketKudanshita · Yasukuni Shrine outer approach · also 8, 15, 22, 29 AugFreeRegular market

Wed 4 Aug 1 event

Togenuki Jizo Ennichi (Sugamo Temple Fair)Sugamo · Koganji Temple and Jizo-dori Shopping Street · also 14, 24 AugFreeRegular market

Thu 5 Aug 1 event

Pakistan Japan Friendship FestivalUeno · Ueno Park, Takenodai Plaza (fountain plaza) · 5 to 8 AugUsual dates

Fri 6 Aug 4 events

Fussa Tanabata FestivalFussa · Shopping streets round Fussa Station · 6 to 8 AugFreeUsual dates

Hachioji MatsuriHachioji · Koshu Kaido and the streets around Hachioji Station · 6 to 8 AugFreeUsual dates

KENKA (Battle to be solved) by Ikuyo ItoHatsudai · New National Theatre Tokyo, Small Theatre · 6 to 8 Aug

Asagaya Tanabata MatsuriAsagaya · Asagaya Pearl Center shopping arcade and around JR Asagaya Station · 6 to 10 AugFreeUsual dates

Sat 7 Aug 3 events

Edogawa Fireworks FestivalShinozaki · Edogawa riverbank, Shinozaki (Edogawa side) and Ichikawa (Chiba side) · 7 AugFreeUsual dates

Itabashi Fireworks FestivalItabashi · Arakawa riverbed, Itabashi · 7 AugFreeUsual dates

Hills Marche at Ark HillsAkasaka · Ark Hills, Ark Karajan Place · also 14, 21, 28 AugFreeRegular market

Sun 8 Aug 1 event

Tokyo Game Dungeon 17 (indie game exhibition)Hamamatsucho · Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Hamamatsucho, 4F and 5F · 8 Aug

Fri 13 Aug 1 event

Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri (400th anniversary grand festival)Monzen-Nakacho · Tomioka Hachimangu and the streets of Monzen-Nakacho · 13 to 16 AugFreeUsual dates

Sat 14 Aug 1 event

Comic Market 110 (summer Comiket)Ariake · Tokyo Big Sight · 14 to 15 AugUsual dates

Sun 15 Aug 2 events

Takahata Fudo Gozare-ichi Antique MarketHino · Takahata Fudoson Kongoji TempleFreeRegular market

Zoshigaya Kishimojin Handmade Market (Tezukuri-ichi)Zoshigaya · Kishimojin TempleFreeRegular market

Fri 20 Aug 1 event

Roppongi Hills Bon OdoriRoppongi · Roppongi Hills Arena and Keyakizaka-dori · 20 to 22 AugFreeUsual dates

Sun 22 Aug 1 event

Akasaka Antique Market in Ark HillsAkasaka · Ark Hills, Ark Karajan PlaceFreeRegular market

Sat 28 Aug 4 events

Asakusa Samba CarnivalAsakusa · Umamichi-dori and Kaminarimon-dori · 28 AugFreeUsual dates

Azabu-Juban Noryo MatsuriAzabu-Juban · Azabu-Juban shopping streets · 28 to 29 AugFreeUsual dates

Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri Super YosakoiHarajuku · Meiji Jingu, Omotesando, Yoyogi Park and NHK Street · 28 to 29 AugFreeUsual dates

Tokyo Koenji Awa OdoriKoenji · Shopping streets around Koenji Station · 28 to 29 AugFreeUsual dates

Also on dates the organisers post: Heiwajima Antiques Fair (Four times a year (March, May, September and December) on a Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 to 17:00 (16:00 on the second day)).

On for weeks

18 long runs, such as exhibitions and illuminations: on for more than a week, so shown once instead of every day.

Henshin: Transformation (special exhibition)Odaiba · Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) · 23 Apr to 31 Aug

Raoul Dufy Dans Tous Ses ÉtatsUeno · Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum · 24 Apr to 22 Aug

New Rules of Play: Art, Children, and SocietyRoppongi · Mori Art Museum · 29 Apr to 23 Sept

Konoshima Okoku: 150th anniversary of his birthRoppongi · Sen-oku Hakuko Kan Tokyo · 5 Jun to 1 Aug

Tokyo Tower Milky Way IlluminationShibakoen · Tokyo Tower Main Deck (150 m) · 11 Jun to 26 SeptUsual dates

Life in Kyoto: Enjoying the 24 Seasons, from the Collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, KyotoMarunouchi · Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum · 18 Jun to 12 Sept

Yamaguchi Akira: Mi / Yo / MonoTakebashi · The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT) · 18 Jun to 29 Aug

Ei Arakawa-Nash: Venice Biennale Japan Pavilion Homecoming ExhibitionKyobashi · Artizon Museum · 19 Jun to 20 Sept

Fujishima Takeji: The Path of CreationKyobashi · Artizon Museum · 19 Jun to 20 Sept

Chicago: Photography Across Borders (provisional title)Marunouchi · Tokyo Station Gallery · 3 Jul to 29 Aug

Swords of the Capital: Kyoto and Yamato BladesMarunouchi · Seikado Bunko Art Museum (Seikado@Marunouchi) · 10 Jul to 26 Sept

ECO EDO NihonbashiNihonbashi · Nihonbashi, Yaesu and Kyobashi areas · 17 Jul to 31 AugUsual dates

Ultra Heroes EXPO Summer Festival (Ultraman)Ikebukuro · Sunshine City, Ikebukuro (2026: Bunka Kaikan Building exhibition hall) · 17 Jul to 23 AugUsual dates

Nakatani Michiko exhibition (working title)Ueno · Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum · 23 Jul to 9 Oct

Encho Matsuri and ghost paintings at ZenshoanYanaka · Zenshoan · 1 to 31 AugUsual dates

Contemporary Swordsmiths Exhibition (Japanese Sword Museum)Ryogoku · Japanese Sword Museum · 7 to 29 AugUsual dates

Jingu Gaien Fireworks FestivalAoyama · Meiji Jingu Gaien (Meiji Jingu Stadium) · 7 to 14 AugUsual dates

Yaesu Yoichi (Yaesu night market)Yaesu · Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, 1F Galleria and Atrium · 27 Aug to 5 SeptFreeUsual dates

Planning a trip in August

National holidays in August 2027:

Wednesday 11 August Mountain Day (山の日)

Holidays from the Cabinet Office's list of national holidays.

The calendar above lists 332 events in August 2027, and it's updated every week. Where to stay in Tokyo compares the main areas, and the Tokyo hotel price index tracks what a night costs in each.

More things to do in Tokyo in August

Beyond the dated events, here's what the season brings and which guides cover August.

Guides for August

Also worth a look

Free Things to Do in Tokyo

Good to know

What is on in Tokyo in August 2027?

332 events are listed for August 2027: 259 festivals, 29 markets, 16 exhibitions, 10 food events, 5 illuminations, 5 anime and games events, 5 performances and 3 gardens. The big dates are Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival (7 to 14 Aug, dates to be confirmed), Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri (400th anniversary grand festival) (13 to 16 Aug, dates to be confirmed), Comic Market 110 (summer Comiket) (14 to 15 Aug, dates to be confirmed), Roppongi Hills Bon Odori (20 to 22 Aug, dates to be confirmed), Asakusa Samba Carnival (28 Aug, dates to be confirmed) and Tokyo Koenji Awa Odori (28 to 29 Aug, dates to be confirmed). 91 have confirmed dates and 241 are annual events whose exact 2027 dates are still to be announced, shown with their usual window. Every listing links to the interactive map.

When are the fireworks in Tokyo in August 2027?

3 fireworks festivals are listed for August 2027: Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival (7 to 14 Aug, dates to be confirmed), Itabashi Fireworks Festival (7 Aug, dates to be confirmed) and Edogawa Fireworks Festival (7 Aug, dates to be confirmed). Rain can postpone a display, so check the official page that morning.

Where are the Bon Odori dances in Tokyo in August 2027?

This month's Bon Odori listing is Roppongi Hills Bon Odori (20 to 22 Aug, dates to be confirmed).

What's the weather like in Tokyo in August?

In August Tokyo averages a high of 31°C (88°F) and a low of 24°C (74°F), with 155 mm of rain on about 8 days. Those are the Japan Meteorological Agency's averages for 1991 to 2020 at its Tokyo station, counting days with at least 1 mm of rain.

What festivals are on in Tokyo in August 2027?

10 festivals are listed for August 2027, among them Pakistan Japan Friendship Festival (5 to 8 Aug, dates to be confirmed), Hachioji Matsuri (6 to 8 Aug, dates to be confirmed), Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival (7 to 14 Aug, dates to be confirmed), Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri (400th anniversary grand festival) (13 to 16 Aug, dates to be confirmed) and Roppongi Hills Bon Odori (20 to 22 Aug, dates to be confirmed). Smaller shrine and shopping street festivals are under Around the neighbourhoods, further down the page.

Are there free events in Tokyo in August 2027?

Yes. 302 of the 332 events listed for August 2027 are free to attend, including Roppongi Hills Bon Odori (20 to 22 Aug, dates to be confirmed), Asakusa Samba Carnival (28 Aug, dates to be confirmed) and Tokyo Koenji Awa Odori (28 to 29 Aug, dates to be confirmed). Food stalls and games at festivals cost extra.

Is August a good time to visit Tokyo?

The hottest, most humid month, and the most festive: Bon Odori dances in parks and temple grounds, fireworks most weekends, and Awa Odori in Koenji at the end of the month.

How current is this list?

Near-term events are refreshed every week as organisers announce dates, and finished events drop off automatically. Annual events further out carry their typical dates until the official ones are published.

Running an event? Add your event and it's checked for the next weekly update.