Yoyogi Park
Harajuku, Tokyo
- Daily
- Open all day
The service centre and park facilities close over the New Year holiday.
Source: tokyo-park.or.jp, checked 5 Oct 2026.
Yoyogi Park is where Tokyo goes to play. At weekends the lawns fill with musicians, unicyclists, dog walkers and picnickers, and the Meiji Shrine forest next door makes it the big green space of the west side.
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Insider tip
Free, and open 24 hours. Big festivals run here all year. On Sundays the rockabilly dancers by the entrance are a Tokyo institution.
What the guides say about Yoyogi Park
For about three weeks in December, some 500,000 blue lights turn the roughly 900 m stretch from Shibuya's Koen-dori to the zelkova avenue by Yoyogi Park into a glowing blue tunnel. Last season it ran 4 to 25 December 2025, 5 PM to 10 PM. Free. It's packed on weekend nights, so go on a weeknight or get there right at 5 PM. The Shibuya neighbourhood guide covers the rest of the district.
Shibuya's Ao no Dokutsu, the "Blue Cave," turns the tree-lined avenue between Shibuya and Yoyogi Park into a tunnel of deep blue light, with a reflective ground surface that doubles the effect. It's the most immersive of the big displays and, on weekend evenings, the most crowded. It only runs in December (4 to 25 December in 2025), so go on a weeknight before Christmas.
Yoyogi Park's wooded interior turns quietly through November, with none of the management or ticketing of the formal gardens. It's the best option if you want autumn colour somewhere you can spread a sheet on the ground, eat something from the nearby conbini and watch the leaves fall without a schedule.
What's on at Yoyogi Park
Upcoming events at Yoyogi Park, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
JAZZ FESTIVAL in Yoyogi Park 2026
JAZZ FESTIVAL in Yoyogi park 2026
Time 11:00 to 15:00 Station Harajuku or Yoyogi-koen, 5 to 10 min walk
Five 30-minute sets by the Eri Yazaki Trio and the Yusuke Shima duo, watched free on the grass.
Roam Tokyo Shibuya Kumin no Hiroba Furusato Shibuya Festival
第49回渋谷区くみんの広場 ふるさと渋谷フェスティバル2026
Station Yoyogi-Koen (Chiyoda Line), 3 min walk
Shibuya's largest ward festival brings around 130 local groups and international community associations together for food stalls, stage performances and a parade through the park. This year's 49th edition runs on a theme of cultural exchange under the name Scramble Marche.
Roam Tokyo Yoyogi Forest of Lights
ACN presents 代々木フォレスト・オブ・ライツ
Time 17:30 to 22:00 (last entry 21:00) Station Harajuku (JR Yamanote Line), 3 min walk
A new ticketed winter illumination in Yoyogi Park on the theme of a European winter forest, along the park's cycling course in the evenings.
Roam Tokyo Fiesta de España 2026
フィエスタ・デ・エスパーニャ2026
Time 10:00 to 20:00 (Nov 15 until 19:00) Station Yoyogi-Koen (Chiyoda Line), 3 min walk
Japan's largest Spanish festival fills Yoyogi Park with paella cooked in giant pans, Spanish wine and craft beer, flamenco shows and a sevillanas dance contest. The event marks its 14th year and drew around 100,000 visitors in 2025.
Roam Tokyo Ao no Dokutsu SHIBUYA (blue grotto illumination)
青の洞窟 SHIBUYA
Time 17:00 to 22:00
Blue LED illumination of the zelkova trees along Yoyogi Park's Keyaki Namiki through December.
Wei-Te Wong from Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China, CC BY-SA 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
earth garden Autumn Festival
24 to 25 Oct · Yoyogi Park, Event Plaza and outdoor stage, Harajuku
The autumn edition of the earth garden festival on the Event Plaza and outdoor stage at Yoyogi Park.
10:00 to 17:00 · Map · Source: Yoyogi Park (Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association) · アースガーデン "秋" 2026
Tokyo Night Market Food
On now, until 25 Oct · Yoyogi Park, Keyaki avenue, Harajuku
A five-day evening market on the Keyaki avenue by Yoyogi Park, run by its committee with earth garden.
16:00 to 22:00 (weekends from 14:00) · Map · Source: Yoyogi Park (Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association) · 東京ナイトマーケット
Nearby
Around Harajuku
Teen fashion theatre next door to Tokyo's grandest shrine
The jump cut is the whole point of Harajuku. Takeshita Street is loud and rammed with teenagers, and one block away Meiji Shrine sits inside a forest so quiet you'll hear the gravel under your feet. Do the shrine early in the morning, then watch the street wake up.
Harajuku has 8 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 2 shops, 2 museums, 1 shrine or temple, 1 park or garden, 1 restaurant and 1 bathhouse. Read the Harajuku guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Yoyogi Park?
- Yoyogi-Kamizonocho and Jinnan 1-chome and 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (in Japanese: 東京都渋谷区代々木神園町、神南一丁目・神南二丁目).
- What are the opening hours of Yoyogi Park?
- Yoyogi Park is open all day. The service centre and park facilities close over the New Year holiday.
- How do I get to Yoyogi Park?
- The nearest station is Harajuku (JR Yamanote). Yoyogi Park is in Harajuku, Tokyo.
- How much does Yoyogi Park cost?
- Nothing. Yoyogi Park is free to visit.
- How long do you need at Yoyogi Park?
- Plan for 1-2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Yoyogi Park?
- Sunday afternoons.
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