Name: Omotesando Super Yosakoi Festival
Start: 2026-08-29T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-08-30T17:30:00+00:00
Location: Omotesando, Harajuku & Yoyogi Park (multiple stages)

Omotesando Super Yosakoi Festival

Aug 29, 2026 at 10:00am ~ Aug 30, 2026 at 5:30pm

Tokyo’s biggest yosakoi festival takes over Omotesando, Harajuku and Yoyogi Park on August 29-30. Teams from across Japan, including many from Kochi Prefecture where the dance began, fill the avenue for two days of performances. Yosakoi [a naruko-clacking dance style born in Kochi] pairs the call-and-response energy of traditional matsuri dancing with modern choreography, music and costume design.

Performances run across multiple stages, from the main stretch of Omotesando to NHK’s Keyaki Namiki-dori and Yoyogi Park’s BE Stage. Teams compete and collaborate throughout both days, with synchronized routines, flag work and the wooden naruko clappers that give the dance its rhythm.

Entry is free throughout. Harajuku Station’s Omotesando Exit and Meiji-jingumae Station both put you a minute from the crowds; Omotesando Station serves the August 30 performances directly.

Omotesando Super Yosakoi Festival Details

August 29 10 am – 7:30pm
August 30 10 am – 5:30 pm

Information

Start: Aug 29th 2026 at 10:00am

End: Aug 30th 2026 at 5:30pm

Omotesando, Harajuku & Yoyogi Park (multiple stages)
Omotesando, Shibuya-ku 150-0001 Tokyo

Free

https://www.super-yosakoi.tokyo/outline/

Arden Kreuzer

San Diego-born, Tokyo-based Arden is a writer and editor with a master’s in International Relations from Waseda University. With a background in sociology, East Asian history and journalism, she brings a thoughtful, cross-cultural lens to her work. As a senior editor at Metropolis Magazine, Arden works across print, digital and social media platforms, covering everything from cultural deep-dives to international affairs. Rain or shine, she can often be found on a terrace in one of Tokyo’s shitamachi neighborhoods, observing the everyday details that make the city so compelling.