Kanto Cultural Festival Calendar: University and Junior College Campus Festival Schedule Summary [2026]
Here’s an introduction to the cultural festivals and school festivals held by universities and junior colleges in the Kanto region (Tokyo, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa).
Let’s make the most of this once-a-year celebration with flea markets, food stalls, creative and entertaining events, live performances, and more!
- Tokyo Cultural Festival Calendar: University and Junior College Festival Schedule [2026]
- Kanagawa Cultural Festival Calendar: University and Junior College Festival Schedule Summary [2026]
- Saitama Cultural Festival Calendar: University and Junior College Festival Schedule Summary [2026]
- Chiba Cultural Festival Calendar: University and Junior College Festival Schedule Summary [2026]
- November cultural festival calendar. University and junior college festival schedule summary [2026]
- Gunma Cultural Festival Calendar: University and Junior College Festival Schedule Summary [2026]
- Tochigi Cultural Festival Calendar: University and Junior College Festival Schedule [2026]
- December Cultural Festival Calendar: University and Junior College Festival Schedule Summary [2026]
- Ibaraki Cultural Festival Calendar: University and Junior College Festival Schedule Summary [2026]
- October Cultural Festival Calendar: University and Junior College Festival Schedule Summary [2026]
- May cultural festival calendar. University and junior college campus festival schedule summary [2026]
- April Culture Festival Calendar: University and Junior College Festival Schedule Summary [2026]
- September culture festival calendar. University and junior college festival schedule summary [2026]
Past events
Seijo Festival | Seijo UniversityNov 2 (Sun) – 3 (Mon), Tokyo Metropolis
In addition to a wide variety of attractions such as talk shows featuring celebrities, food stalls, and stage events, we are also focusing on eco-friendly activities like eco projects. By implementing measures such as carbon offsetting, this event is designed with significant consideration for the environment.
| Schedule | Nov 2 (Sun)–3 (Mon), 2025 |
| place | 6-1-20 Seijo, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo |
| Website | https://www.seijofestival.com/ |
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School Festival | Bunka Fashion Graduate UniversityNov 2 (Sun) – 4 (Tue), Tokyo Metropolis
Bunka Fashion Graduate University is an independent graduate school specializing in fashion. Because of this, its school festival mainly features fashion-focused exhibitions, notably showcasing award-winning works from the Soen Award, an open-call fashion contest for emerging designers. If you go, you might get to see creations by future famous designers.
| Schedule | Sun, Nov 2–Tue, Nov 4, 2025 |
| place | 3-22 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo |
| Website | http://bfgu-bunka.ac.jp/ |
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Cultural Festival | Bunka Gakuen UniversityNov 2 (Sun) – 4 (Tue), Tokyo Metropolis
The school festival is an event held by four institutions—Bunka Gakuen University and Junior College, Bunka Fashion Graduate University, Bunka Fashion College, and Bunka Institute of Language—featuring fashion shows and exhibitions of coursework and learning outcomes, serving as a venue to present the current state of education to the general public.
| Schedule | Sun, Nov 2–Tue, Nov 4, 2025 |
| place | 3-22-1 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo |
| Website | http://bwu.bunka.ac.jp/ |
Suisai Festival | Nihon University (School of Medicine)Nov 2 (Sun) – 3 (Mon), Tokyo Metropolis
Suishinsai is the school festival of the Nihon University School of Medicine, part of Nihon University, Japan’s largest comprehensive university. In addition to the typical university festival features—stage performances and food stalls run by student clubs and circles—the festival also offers medical-themed events unique to a medical school. It promises to be an event where visitors can not only have fun but also learn.
| Schedule | Nov 2 (Sun)–3 (Mon), 2025 |
| place | 30-1, Ooyaguchi Kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo |
| Website | http://www.nihon-u.ac.jp/ |
Kinuta Festival | Nihon University (College of Commerce)Nov 2 (Sun) – 3 (Mon), Tokyo Metropolis
In addition to a vendor-recruiting flea market, dance shows, live concerts, and food stalls, there will be plenty of events to enjoy, including Miss and Mister contests! It’s a large-scale school festival that attracts many visitors, so be sure to stop by!
| Schedule | Nov 2 (Sun)–3 (Mon), 2025 |
| place | 5-2-1 Kinuta, Setagaya City, Tokyo |
| Website | http://www.nihon-u.ac.jp/ |
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Showa College Festival | Junior College Division of Showa University of MusicNov 2 (Sun) – 3 (Mon), Kanagawa Prefecture
| Schedule | Nov 2 (Sun)–3 (Mon), 2025 |
| place | 1-11-1 Kamiasao, Asao Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture |
| Website | http://www.tosei-showa-music.ac.jp/course/ |
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Kōdaisai | Tokyo Institute of Technology (Ookayama Campus)Nov 2 (Sun) – 3 (Mon), Tokyo Metropolis
At the autumn campus festival at Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Ookayama Campus, in addition to food stalls and live performances, there are also uniquely themed contest events. There is also a program where current Tokyo Tech students guide high school participants through on-campus laboratories, making it a recommended festival for high school students who are considering their future academic paths.
| Schedule | Nov 2 (Sun)–3 (Mon), 2025 |
| place | 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo |
| Website | https://koudaisai.jp/ |
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