Azabu-Juban holds its annual summer Noryo Matsuri towards the end of August.
Held since the mid-1960s, the two-day festival is the biggest event of the local calendar. Over 300,000 visitors are expected to filter through the shopping streets creating an incredible evening buzz. While all of these people enjoy the summer evening dancers, performances, and live music, it is the food that the festival has become famous for.
An internationally flavoured local affair, the food on offer reflects the area's cosmopolitan tastes. Along with the world, though, you'll find hundreds of yatai street stalls offering fare not only from the local community but from all over Japan.
The festival is family-friendly with plenty of craft and game stalls available for children. And with the atmosphere being decidedly today, the Azabu-Juban Noryo Matsuri may be just the place to experience the local flavour of an internationally modern Japan.
