There are thousands of festivals throughout the year in Japan, you can often accidentally stumble on them in the most unlikely of places, for example, I once bumped into a troupe of traditionally dressed dancers parading through a shopping center. The ultimate festival to attend has to be a Bon dance. Held during the summer people gather in the town square for a group dance. At the center are the professionals who have been practicing all year, whilst children, foreigners and the inebriated are welcomed in the peripheries. The atmosphere is fantastic, the costumes exquisite and the food delicious.

My advice is not to leave it to chance but to log onto the Japan Times’ festival guide at:
www.japantimes.co.jp/festivals.htm
It’s the most comprehensive guide I’ve come across.

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The 47 ronin are buried here with their Lord Asano Naganori. Very famous samurai story in Japan. The 47 retainers avenged their lord's seppuku and were required to commit seppuku themselves by the then Shogun. A famous and very popular kabuki play by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shôraku, and Namiki Sôsuke written in 1748. The graves are cared for by the temple priests. December 14th is the anniversary festival of their revenge - great historical atmosphere.

Shinagawa District
A few minutes walk from Sengakuji Station on the Toei Asakusa Subway Line

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