ULTRA JAPAN

ULTRA JAPAN is a dance music festival held over two days each September at Odaiba in Tokyo. It is the Japanese edition of the Ultra Music Festival, which began in Miami in 1999 and is now held in 27 countries and regions. The organisers describe ULTRA JAPAN as one of the largest urban dance music festivals in Japan; it was first held in 2014, and the 2026 festival was its eleventh edition.

The ground it uses is built for it and taken away afterwards. Tokyo Odaiba Ultra Park stands on open land at Aomi, on the reclaimed islands in Tokyo Bay, so this is a festival inside the city rather than out in the country, about 15 minutes from Shibuya.

Three stages run through both days, each with its own line-up. The Ultra Main Stage carries the headline acts, leading DJs and producers from around the world.

RESISTANCE is the stage for underground music, mainly techno and tech house.

The Ultra Park Stage brings together rising artists from Japan and abroad who are shaping the Japanese dance music scene. Some of its sets are played face to face, with two DJs in booths turned towards each other, answering one another's records instead of taking the decks in turn.