The Tokaido Kawasaki Shukuba Matsuri Festival will be held in Kawasaki, reviving the bustle of the Edo period when samurai warriors lived.
The Tokaido Kawasaki Shukuba Matsuri Festival will be held on Sunday, October 5, 2025! This festival brings to life the bustle of the Kawasaki Shukuba (post town) from the Edo period (1603-1868 in Japan) in modern times. Experience the charm of the Tokaido road traveled by travelers of the past through costume parades, traditional performing arts, and interactive events!
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Table of Contents
- Tokaido Kawasaki Shukuba (Post Town) Matsuri Festival
- What is Tokaido Kawasaki-Shuku?
- Costume Parade (11:00-12:30)
- Traditional Culture Experience Event (10:00-16:00)
- Rokugo Ferry Event (11:00-16:00)
Tokaido Kawasaki Shukuba (Post Town) Matsuri Festival
Date: Sunday, October 5, 2025
What is Tokaido Kawasaki-Shuku?
The Tokaido was a highway built during the Edo period connecting Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto, and had 53 post towns known as the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido. Kawasaki-Shuku was the second post town established in 1623.
Costume Parade (11:00-12:30)

People dressed up in various costumes, including lords, princesses, samurai, travelers and monsters, parade down the old Tokaido road in a colorful Japanese Halloween parade.
Course
JR Kawasaki Station Ginza-gai - Ginryugai - Tokaido (Isago - Honmachi) - Former site of Rokugo Ferry (riverbed downstream of Rokugo Bridge)

Traditional Culture Experience Event (10:00-16:00)
Venue: Tokaido Kawasakishuku Koryukan
Address: 1-8-4 Honmachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City
Tea Experience
Enjoy delicious tea while experiencing the Japanese atmosphere.
Dressing up experience and taking photos
Commemorative photos in a yukata (a casual kimono worn mainly in summer)
Old-fashioned and Edo-style games
Experience a pastime that was popular 300 years ago
Experience Ukiyo-e printing using a mock print. Experience the techniques of Edo period Ukiyo-e!
Collect stamps as you go around the museum and complete your ukiyo-e print!

Rokugo Ferry Event (11:00-16:00)
Venue: Tama River riverbed, Rokugo Bridge downstream plaza

Food and Drink Corner
Numerous food trucks and popular restaurants line the streets. Enjoy a wide variety of specialty flavors, including popular craft beers, Okinawa's Orion beer, jar-baked pizza, homemade sausages, juicy steaks, and seasonal sweets! Over 20 unique stores will gather on the waterfront, adding color to the Tama River in autumn!
Sports Experience Corner
A sports experience event with the professional basketball team Kawasaki Brave Thunders and the professional soccer team Kawasaki Frontale! It's an exciting event where you can casually enjoy basketball and soccer!
Stage Event
There will be traditional performing arts and live performances on the music stage! There will be a wide variety of events to enjoy all day long!
Access - Riverbed downstream of Rokugo Bridge (near Asahi-cho 1-chome, Kawasaki Ward)

Organized by: Tokaido Kawasaki Post Town Festival Executive Committee Supported by: Kawasaki City
Hello! This is the Kawasaki City Tourism Association. We will introduce the charms of Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, that will make you want to visit the city. ◆About Kawasaki City◆ Kawasaki City is a popular commuter town with 1.54 million people, located in Kanagawa Prefecture next to Tokyo, 15 minutes from Haneda Airport, a few minutes from Tokyo's major stations, and close to Yokohama, Kamakura, and Hakone. It is a big city close to Tokyo and Yokohama, but only known to those in the know, with shopping centers where Japan's main shops are gathered together and downtown areas where locals gather, allowing you to experience the real urban life of Japan. It is famous for its factory night view born from the industrial area that supported Japan's high economic growth, but it also flourished as one of the "Tokaido Fifty-three Stations", a post town on the "Tokaido", the main artery from Tokyo to Kyoto that was developed by the shogun who founded the Edo Shogunate, and is home to Kawasaki Daishi, which is visited by one of the largest worshippers in Japan on New Year's visits, and the Japanese Folk House Museum, which has 25 old houses designated as cultural properties. The museum of the popular anime "Doraemon" is also popular. Here are some popular tourist spots and events. ◇Kawasaki City Factory Night View This industrial area supported Japan's high economic growth period. At night, the factories that operate 24 hours a day turn on their work lights in the plants and transform into a fantastical world studded with jewels. You can experience this "factory night view" on a bus tour or a houseboat cruise tour. ◇Ikuta Green Space Although it is located in a city just a few minutes from Tokyo, it has a spectacular natural environment including rows of metasequoia trees. At the Japanese Folk House Garden, you can experience 25 old houses designated as cultural properties, and you can experience indigo dyeing, which has been traditionally practiced in this area, and there is also an art museum of Taro Okamoto, a popular avant-garde artist. You can also enjoy cherry blossoms in the spring. ◇Fujiko F. Fujio Museum, Kawasaki The museum displays original drawings by Fujiko F. Fujio, the manga artist who created Doraemon, a manga beloved around the world, especially in Asia, as well as the desk that Fujiko F. Fujio actually used. In addition, life-size items are installed, and you can actually eat the food that appears in the work, so you can enter the world of the work. ◇Kawasaki Sanno Festival The largest festival in the Kawasaki area, held every August at Inage Shrine, is a highlight of the festival, with a large portable shrine procession. ◇Kanamara Festival A festival at Kanayama Shrine held on the first Sunday of April. A portable shrine shaped like a penis is carried out, and it is famous for granting fertility and finding love, and many foreign tourists visit.
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