Sanja Matsuri 2027
Asakusa's wildest weekend returns in 2027: roughly 100 mikoshi and two million visitors expected to pack the streets around Senso-ji and Asakusa Shrine.
When · Where
- When
- 2027/05/21 02:00 – 2027/05/23
- Where
- Asakusa Shrine & Senso-ji area（2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo）
- City
- Tokyo
- Getting there
- 7-minute walk from Asakusa Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Tobu Skytree Line); 10 minutes from the Tsukuba Express
- Price
- Free
- Organizer
- Asakusa Shrine (浅草神社奉賛会)
Good to know for visitors
- Getting there
- 7-minute walk from Asakusa Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Tobu Skytree Line); 10 minutes from the Tsukuba Express Open directions in Google Maps ↗
- Booking & entry
- Free to attend — details on the official page (button above).
- Language
- Mostly in Japanese — a translation app on your phone helps.
- Good for
- culture seekers, groups of friends
Highlights
- Around 100 neighborhood mikoshi paraded through Asakusa's streets across the three days
- The three sacred mikoshi carried out of Asakusa Shrine at dawn on the final Sunday (miyadashi)
- Edo-era binzasara dance and a costumed grand procession on the opening Friday
Background & story
Held since the Edo period, Sanja Matsuri honors Hinokuma Hamanari, Hinokuma Takenari and Hajino Nakatomo, the three men said to have founded Senso-ji Temple, and remains Asakusa's signature festival.
Good to know
Official 2027 dates weren't announced as of July 2026 -- the festival always runs the third Friday-Sunday of May, so this page uses May 21-23, 2027 as a working estimate; confirm on Asakusa Shrine's site closer to the date. If they hold, arrive by 6am on the Sunday for the dawn mikoshi launch, and expect the area around Kaminarimon and Asakusa Shrine to be packed shoulder-to-shoulder by mid-morning.