Africa Heritage Festival in Yoyogi Park 2024
"Enjoy African culture with all five senses! In 2024, the African Festival will overcome the coronavirus and return to Tokyo for the first time in several years!" - Feel like you've been to the real Africa without a passport!
The African Festival, which had been postponed for a while due to the influence of the COVID-19, will finally be held in 2024! To all the fans who have been looking forward to the event for a long time, thank you for your support and encouragement for the event!
The African Heritage Festival, where you can experience African culture, will be held at Yoyogi Park (event plaza/outdoor stage)! At the venue, you can experience "living Africa" including African culture, food, lifestyle, music, dance, art, and fashion.
"Let's eat all the authentic cuisine from Africa and around the world!"
- World cuisine
- Food court
- Meat dish
- Kebab
- World general store
- Craft bazaar
- Workshops
- African Parade
There will be a food court full of authentic cuisine from Africa and other countries around the world, a bazaar full of rare and cute various goods and folk crafts from around the world, and a chance to experience African traditional Djembe drums!!!
A huge object with the motif of the African continent also appears! ! You can also take a commemorative photo in front of this impressive object! Please come and enjoy the feeling of being in Africa!
“Japan-Asia Friendship Commemoration African Parade” will also be held! We are currently recruiting general participants! ! Let's sing and dance to African rhythms and have fun together!
If you would like to participate, please call the number directly.
In charge of African Heritage Festival
080-5435-4163
Festival information
| Event title | Africa Heritage Festival in Yoyogi Park 2024 |
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| Event details | Live stage, food court, bazaar, workshop, African parade, etc. |
| Event dates | Friday, June 21, 2024 12:00-19:00 (L.O.18:30) June 22nd (Sat) 11:00-19:00 (L.O. 18:30) June 23rd (Sun) 11:00-19:00 (L.O. 18:30) African parade date and time
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| Venue | Yoyogi Park (event plaza/outdoor stage) 2-3 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo |
| Access | ■ 9 minutes from Harajuku Station on the JR Yamanote Line (Tokyo Metro Meiji Jingumae Station) ■ 13 minutes from Shibuya Station on the JR Yamanote Line ■ 11 minutes from Yoyogi Koen Station on the Chiyoda Line ■ 13 minutes from Yoyogi-Hachiman Station on the Odakyu Line |
| Implementation conditions | Rain or shine |
| Entrance fee | Free |
| The host organization | “African Heritage Festival in Yoyogi Park” Executive Committee |
| Sponsors | undecided |
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Japan-Africa Friendship Memorial African Parade
For promoting international cultural exchange between Japan and Africa, the African Parade will be held as the festival's main event! ♪
| Event dates | Saturday, June 22, 2024 14:00-15:00 *In case of rain, the event will be held as scheduled if it is light rain, but if it is heavy rain or stormy weather, it will be postponed to the next day, the 23rd. |
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| Meeting time | Saturday, June 22, 2024 13:30 * Meeting time for participants |
| Meeting place | Yoyogi Park/In front of the outdoor stage (event plaza) * This is the meeting place for participants. |
| Parade location | Inside Yoyogi Park/Event Plaza |
Let's all participate and have fun☆彡
People who are interested in Africa and cultures with African roots, people who are involved in Africa through work or volunteering, people who are from Africa, people with roots in Africa, people who love singing and dancing, all can participate in the parade. Let's make "Africa" more popular in Japan!!
The parade will also feature omikoshi with African motifs! !Let's sing, dance, and unite our hearts to the rhythm of African drums performed by local artists to spread African culture!!
We look forward to your participation!!
