Held in its most spectacular form only once every three years, the Tsukiji Shishi Matsuri, or Lion Dance Festival, takes place over three days at Namiyoke Inari Shrine.
On Friday June 9 at 11am, you can join in a ritual to ward off bad luck and infectious diseases, while on Saturday June 10 at 3.20pm, children can join in mikoshi (portable shrine) festivities.
The festival’s main event is when a series of mikoshi parade through the streets with the eponymous lion dance on Sunday June 11. The procession starts at 9am at Namiyoke Inari Shrine and ends when the mikoshi make their return to the shrine at 3.30pm. In case you can’t make it to the shrine in the morning, download this map (in Japanese only) that shows the route and the arrival time at each checkpoint.
Make sure to fuel up on some tasty festival grub at the food stalls that will be there between Friday and Sunday.