The 50th Sumida Festival and The 55th Children’s Festival
“The Sumida Festival and The Children's Festival” is the Sumida’s biggest two days autumn event held on Saturday and Sunday of early October every year at Kinshi Park and Sumida City Gymnasium area. On both days, we have many enjoyable programs, as shown below, for both children and adults.
We welcome not only local residents but also foreign tourists visiting this district. Please come and enjoy!!
2025 October 4 (Sat) and October 5 (Sun),
10：00～17：00
Food Stalls and Bussan-ten: Products Exhibition(Foods and drinks are charged)
Fureai-Hiroba (Fureai Square) in Kinshi Park are crowded with stalls and product exhibitions. You can try a variety of Japanese foods such as Yaki-soba, Oshiruko and Japanese Soba.
*Oshiruko : Sweet red bean soup made by simmering azuki beans with sugar and adding grilled or boiled mochi. Japanese traditional dish.
At Bussan-ten (Products Exhibition), many cities associated with Sumida City, gather from all over Japan and sell local specialties.
Stage Performance (free of charge to attend)
"The Sumida Festival and The Children's Festival" have Gymnasium Stage (Main Arena, the 3rd floor of Sumida City Gymnasium).
At the stage, the various show like Rakugo (comical story entertainment), Japanese traditional dance, Wa-daiko (Japanese drum performance), and characters show is performed. In particular, Japanese dance performance wearing a kimono and powerful drum performance are very popular with foreign tourists.
Children’s Playroom (free of charge to participate)
At the 3rd floor of Sumida Gymnasium you can experience old japanese games.
Even small Children can play.
Children’s Playroom at the Wanpaku-Hiroba (free of charge to participate)
Wanpaku-Hiroba(Wanpaku Square) in the playground equipment for children to play around Using their bodies.
Children’s Festival Parade (free of charge to attend)
Children's Festival parade takes place in the morning on the second day (Sunday). A total of about 400 children playing a musical instrument, march in the Kinshi Park.The goal of the parade is Kinshi Park Tennis court. If you come across the children of the parade, please wave your hands.
Directions
Public Transportation
- Toei-bus: Get off at Kinshi-Koen-mae.
- JR : 3 minutes on foot from North Exit of JR Kinshicho station.
- Subway: Exit 4 of Kinshicho station on Hanzomon Line (Tokyo-Metro).
This is a great opportunity to experience Japanese culture. We are looking forward to your visit to our festival.