Yoyogi Park Events Square

Attracting around 600,000 visitors, the annual Hokkaido Fair is returning to Yoyogi Park with a plethora of booths offering fresh seafood and crowd-pleasing dishes from the northern prefecture. Treat yourself to a bowl of flavourful scallops and kelp miso ramen, delicious kaisendon (sashimi rice bowl), creamy crab croquette and ikura (salmon roe) over rice, and Hokkaido-style ‘zangi’ karaage fried chicken, just to name a few. Make sure to get Hokkaido’s famed Furano milk soft serve parfaits to complete your meal. Check the event website for more details.

The Kyushu Fair is returning to Yoyogi Park during the three-day weekend of October 9 to 12, featuring over 60 stalls with delicacies from Kyushu prefecture. Try Miyazaki-style Chicken Nanban karaage fried chicken, pork rib skewers from Kagoshima, tuna bowls topped with freshly cut tuna from Nagasaki's Goto Islands, mentaiko (pollock roe) grilled scallops from Fukuoka or a classic American burger from the legendary Sasebo Burger joint. While craft beer pairs beautifully with the menu, sake and shochu lovers should explore the drinks available from the on-site distilleries. Kyushu is a renowned hub for sake and shochu brewing, and these local specialities are well worth trying. The stage will feature musical and dance performances throughout the day, including various idols, boy bands and singers. The food stall area is free to enter, but you must purchase a ticket (from ¥3,300) to watch the performances.

Enjoy the cooler autumn evenings at the Tokyo Night Market near Shibuya Crossing. Here you can expect a variety of street food alongside live performances and art exhibitions, with DJs on deck to set the mood all day till 10pm. Held at Yoyogi Park’s main events square and the adjacent Keyaki Namiki Avenue for five consecutive nights from October 21 to October 25, the triannual event is expected to be livelier than ever with over 50 food stalls. As for music, you can look forward to an impressive lineup of mainstream and indie acts. While details regarding October's stage performance are still under wraps, previous iterations have featured pop band Friends, piano and cajón duo Pia-no-jac, chorus idol group Machida Girls' Choir and improvisational percussion group La Señas, among many others. Keep tabs on the event's Instagram for the latest updates. Tokyo Night Market runs from 4pm to 10pm Wednesday through Friday, and from 2pm to 10pm on weekends.