Tokyo hosts a year-round run of free, embassy-backed cultural festivals — Brazil, India, Nepal, Vietnam, the Caribbean and more — where you can eat authentic street food, watch live music and dance, and travel the world in an afternoon. Most are free to enter, cash-friendly and centred on Yoyogi Park. Below: what they are, when they happen, how to do them right, and the festivals to bookmark.
The Ueno Park edition of the free Caribbean-Latin street fair — Latin food, mojitos, salsa and reggae beside the fountain plaza in one of Tokyo's most famous parks.
Tacos, jerk chicken and mojitos meet salsa and reggae rhythms — a free, sun-soaked open-air fair celebrating Caribbean and Latin American culture along Yoyogi Park's avenue.
