Tokyo Halloween 2025: Best Festivals Guide (Avoid Shibuya! Ikebukuro, Disneyland & More)
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🎃 Planning to enjoy Tokyo Halloween 2025?
If you were thinking of Shibuya, DON'T GO!
From Ikebukuro Cosplay Festival to Disneyland,
Discover the REAL Tokyo Halloween experience!
⚠️ 2025 Shibuya Halloween: Don’t Go! (Important)
While Shibuya Scramble Crossing was once the mecca of Halloween celebrations, the Shibuya Ward is now strongly requesting visitors to avoid the area during Halloween due to severe overcrowding and safety concerns.
- Restrictions: Total ban on street drinking, massive police deployment, and an official “Please refrain from visiting for Halloween purposes” campaign.
✅ Conclusion: For safety and order, Shibuya is no longer the place to enjoy Halloween.
🎃 Where Should You Go Instead? (Theme-Based Halloween Spots)
Much safer and more enjoyable official Halloween events are waiting for you instead of Shibuya.
🎃 1. Cosplay Paradise: Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival 📍
Affectionately known as ‘Ikeharo (イケハロ)’, this has become Tokyo’s largest Halloween festival. It’s an event for both cosplayers and spectators, with a bright, wholesome atmosphere enjoyable for all ages. The main event takes place during daytime hours in the Ikebukuro East Exit area on October 25-26 (Sat-Sun).
- Pre-Event (Sunshine City): October 24 (Fri), 4:30 PM ~ 10:30 PM
- Main Event (Ikebukuro East Exit): October 25-26 (Sat-Sun), 10:00 AM ~ 6:00 PM
📌 Pro Tip: Ikebukuro offers more than just the Halloween festival—it’s packed with attractions like Sunshine City, Pokémon Center, and Animate. Check out our complete Ikebukuro guide below to plan the perfect day trip before or after the Halloween festival!
➡️ Tokyo Ikebukuro Complete Guide: East (Food/Otaku) vs West (Art) Recommended Routes
🎃 2. Dreams and Magic: Tokyo Disney Resort Halloween 📍
This year’s Disney Halloween stars the ‘Villains’! Under the ‘The Villains’ Halloween’ theme, you can experience a park that’s eerily captivating and different from the usual Disney magic.
- Period: September 17 ~ October 31
- Special Parade (45 minutes)
- October 13-19 (Mon-Sun): 3:40 PM
- October 20-31 (Mon-Fri): 1:00 PM
- Halloween Fireworks illuminating the night sky - 8:30 PM (5 minutes, once daily)
➡️ Book Tokyo Disneyland Tickets on Klook
🎃 3. Cuteness Overload! Sanrio Puroland Halloween 📍
Perfect for fans of Hello Kitty, Kuromi, My Melody, and other Sanrio characters. As an indoor theme park, you can enjoy comfortably without weather worries, with adorable photo zones everywhere.
- PUROHALLOWEEN: September 5 (Fri) ~ November 4 (Tue)
- Characters greet visitors for 10 minutes in a ‘Welcome Greeting’ right after park opening.
- SPOOKY PUMPKIN 2025: October 25, 9:30 PM ~ Next day 5:00 AM
- Adults-only (20+) all-night music festival. Features DJ Hello Kitty, DJ Kuromi, and live performances by Hirate Yurina (平手友梨奈), Kroi, and other famous artists.
➡️ Book Sanrio Puroland Tickets on Klook
🎃 4. Family-Friendly! Halloween Parades
- Omotesando Halloween Pumpkin Parade 📍: October 26 (Sun), 1:00 PM ~ 2:30 PM
Japan’s first Halloween parade, started in 1982, with tremendous history and popularity. Over 1,000 children in adorable costumes marching along a 1km stretch of Omotesando is a heartwarming spectacle in itself.
➡️ Reserve Omotesando Halloween Parade Participation Tickets
- Roppongi Hills Halloween Stamp Rally 📍: October 26 (Sun), 11:00 AM ~ 4:00 PM
Roppongi Hills Halloween is a ‘stamp rally’ format using the ‘Hills App’. It’s a fun event where children in costumes explore Roppongi Hills collecting stamps. The first 1,200 participants who collect all 3 stamps receive a premium ‘Halloween Pumpkin Cake’ from Grand Hyatt Tokyo. (For ages 12 and under only)
➡️ Download Roppongi Hills App
💡 Tips for 100% Enjoying Tokyo Halloween
- Where to Get Costumes? If you need a costume urgently, ‘Don Quijote’ sells various outfits and props.
➡️ 2025 Japan Don Quijote Shopping List (Halloween Costume Prep!)
Be Courteous When Taking Photos! When you want to photograph awesome cosplayers, it’s basic etiquette to first ask permission: “May I take a photo? (Shashin totte mo ii desu ka? 写真撮ってもいいですか?)”
Charge Your Transit Card in Advance! Subway stations will be very crowded on event days, so recharge your Suica or PASMO beforehand.
No longer dangerous Shibuya, but safe and enjoyable Ikebukuro and theme parks—create special 2025 Tokyo Halloween memories! With this guide, you can enjoy the best Halloween anywhere!
October in Tokyo offers more than just Halloween—it’s packed with festivals like the ‘Tokyo Ramen Festa’. If you’re curious about other October events, weather, or what to wear, check out our complete October guide below!
➡️ 2025 Tokyo October Festivals & Must-Visit Places Complete Guide
🍂 Traveling in Late October or November?
As the hot Halloween festivities wind down at the end of October, Tokyo welcomes the romantic season of autumn foliage and sparkling illuminations. Check out our Tokyo autumn foliage and Christmas information starting in late October and November to plan the perfect trip!
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⭐ Related Tokyo Travel Guides
➡️ Omotesando Complete Guide (Enjoy with Pumpkin Parade)
➡️ Roppongi Complete Guide (Enjoy with Halloween Stamp Rally)