🏮 Shitamachi Tanabata Matsuri
下町七夕まつり
Taito, Tokyo (Kappabashi Hondori Street) · Every year for a few days around Tanabata on 7 July
A Tanabata festival held on Kappabashi Hondori in Taito Ward, Tokyo. The venue runs about 1.2 km, from Kokusai-dori west of Asakusa Rokku to Showa-dori north of Ueno Station, and the local shopping street association holds it mainly on the Saturday and Sunday around Tanabata each year.
Getting there
8 minutes on foot from Ueno Station and Uguisudani Station on the JR lines. 5 minutes on foot from Iriya Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line. 5 minutes on foot from Tawaramachi Station and Inaricho Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. 3 minutes on foot from Asakusa Station on the Tsukuba Express.
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