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Expo & Convention · Chiba · Kanto

Tokyo Game Show 2026

Tokyo Game Show 2026 goes five days for its 30th anniversary. Full guide to dates, ticket prices, confirmed games, cosplay rules and how to survive Makuhari.

Chiba · 19–21 Sep 2026

Festival · Chiba · Kanto

Ohara Hadaka Festival

The 'Naked Festival' features mikoshi carried into the sea, a boisterous parade through town, and shrines tossed high against fireworks and songs of joy.

Isumi · 23–24 Sep 2026

Sightseeing Train · Chiba · Kanto

Choshi Line

A tiny railway at the eastern edge of Chiba, kept running by the rice crackers it sells – twenty minutes from the town to the Pacific, past cabbage fields.

Choshi

Festival · Chiba · Kanto

Sakura Autumn Festival

Each October the old castle town of Sakura fills with towering doll floats, portable shrines and Edo-descended music for three days of procession.

Sakura · 9–11 Oct 2026

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Reference rates · 2026/09/16

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Expo & Convention

Tokyo Game Show 2026

Tokyo Game Show 2026 goes five days for its 30th anniversary. Full guide to dates, ticket prices, confirmed games, cosplay rules and how to survive Makuhari.

19–21 Sep 2026Chiba

Festival

Ohara Hadaka Festival

The 'Naked Festival' features mikoshi carried into the sea, a boisterous parade through town, and shrines tossed high against fireworks and songs of joy.

23–24 Sep 2026Isumi · Chiba

Festival

Sakura Autumn Festival

Each October the old castle town of Sakura fills with towering doll floats, portable shrines and Edo-descended music for three days of procession.

9–11 Oct 2026Sakura · Chiba

Expo & Convention

Japan Mobility Show

A transformative mobility exhibition brings together automotive innovation, motorcycles, motorsports, and future transportation solutions.

13–16 Oct 2026Chiba

Expo & Convention

Game Market 2026 Autumn

Japan's premier analog gaming convention featuring over 1,300 booths of board games, card games, TRPGs, and trading card games with hands-on experiences.

17–18 Oct 2026Chiba

Sport & Competition

Boso-sai

Premium automotive festival showcasing rare classic cars and latest vehicles alongside hypercar demonstrations at an exclusive Mount Fuji venue.

4–6 Dec 2026Minamiboso · Chiba

Expo & Convention

Jump Festa

Japan's largest manga and anime fan convention brings together 100,000 enthusiasts for new series debuts, artist appearances, and exclusive merchandise over two December days.

20–21 Dec 2026Chiba

Expo & Convention

Tokyo Auto Salon

An annual custom car festival features new automotive parts and technologies alongside models unveiled by domestic manufacturers.

9–11 Jan 2027Chiba

Expo & Convention

Wonder Festival [Winter]

With a record 2,264 dealer groups, this world-renowned festival showcases garage kits, dolls, sculptures, and original artworks from professionals and amateurs.

8 Feb 2027Chiba

Expo & Convention

Game Market 2027 Spring

Japan's largest tabletop game event brings together over 1,300 booths showcasing board games, card games, TRPGs, and other analog formats.

23–24 May 2027Chiba

Expo & Convention

Tokyo Outdoor Show 2027

Hundreds of outdoor brands showcase gear, fashion, and vehicles while celebrating environmental consciousness at Japan's premier outdoor exhibition.

26–28 Jun 2027Chiba

Festival

Sawara Grand Festival

Every July in Sawara, ten seven-metre floats crowned with giant dolls are spun through the streets of a preserved Edo-period merchant town, grazing the eaves.

10–12 Jul 2027Katori · Chiba

Area & Points of Interest

Sawara Historic District

A merchant quarter on the Ono River in Chiba that grew rich on river trade, and the first district in the Kanto region put under preservation.

Katori · Chiba

Temple

Iinuma Kannon

A temple at the eastern edge of Kanto, founded around an image of Kannon that fishermen are said to have drawn from the sea one glowing night in 728.

Choshi · Chiba

Interactive Experience

Tokyo German Village

A hillside park in Chiba – despite the name, neither in Tokyo nor especially German – where flower fields, small rides and pick-your-own crops fill the slopes.

Sodegaura · Chiba

Amusement Park

Tokyo Disneyland

Opened in 1983 as the first Disney park built outside the United States, Tokyo Disneyland spreads across seven themed lands on the bay east of Tokyo.

Urayasu · Chiba

Park & Garden

Naritasan Park

Behind Narita's great temple lies a hillside garden with ponds, waterfalls and poem-carved stones, free to walk and far quieter than the temple itself.

Narita · Chiba

Museum

Poppo no Oka

On a quiet hillside in rural Chiba, around thirty retired railway carriages have been preserved, including several that survive nowhere else in Japan.

Isumi · Chiba

Park & Garden

Shimizu Keiryu Hiroba

A wooded park in Kimitsu, where light entering an old river tunnel meets its reflection to form a heart on the water, best seen at dawn near the equinox.

Kimitsu · Chiba

Shrine

Takataki Shrine

A shrine in Ichihara with an unusual tradition: expectant mothers borrow a small purse left unstitched at the base, for an easy birth.

Ichihara · Chiba

Park & Garden

Tenjin no Mori

A dark stand of old evergreens at the top of a steep stone stairway in Sosa, where one great tree spreads roots like boards across the forest floor.

Sosa · Chiba

Temple

Naritasan Shinshoji

Naritasan Shinshoji in Narita, Chiba, is a head temple of Shingon Buddhism, centred on a Fudo Myoo image attributed to Kukai and a goma fire ritual unbroken for 1,080 years.

Narita · Chiba