Festivals
Step into Legend: The New Year’s Eve Fox Procession
31 December only
Selling out fast! Experience New Year’s Eve like nowhere else on Earth. Tailor your night with four distinct plans—ranging from a 1.5-hour special seating view with a drink, to an ultimate 3.5-hour journey featuring shrine worship, fox makeup, and a curated sake-pairing dinner. Top it all off with a magical countdown at the shrine. Watch ancient folklore come alive and immerse yourself in a living fairytale.
Two hundred people in kimono and fox masks carry lanterns from Shozoku Inari to Oji Shrine as the year turns. It comes from a Hiroshige print and almost no foreign visitor knows it happens. We have a government-permitted viewing area right by the shrine.
What you get
- Exclusive Viewing Location
Avoid the crowds and enjoy the procession comfortably from a designated, government-permitted viewing area located right beside Oji Inari Shrine. - The Magical “Fox Procession”
Watch a mesmerizing procession of over 200 participants dressed in traditional kimono and fox masks, carrying glowing lanterns that represent mystical foxfires. - History & Roots Through Ukiyo-e
Discover the origins of this tradition through Hiroshige’s famous woodblock print, which served as the inspiration for this unique event. - New Year’s Countdown & Celebratory Toast
Ring in the New Year at Oji Inari Shrine and celebrate the midnight moment with a festive toast drink. - Expert Storytelling by a Local Guide
Gain a deeper understanding of the event as your guide brings the local history, sacred rituals, and folklore of the Fox Procession to life.
Four ways to do the night
All four options include the countdown and a celebratory toast at the shrine, entry to our reserved, government-permitted viewing area beside Oji Inari Shrine, and a commemorative gift made for the procession.
A. Fox Make-Up & Dinner — 3.5 hours, ¥20,000
A sit-down local dinner with free-flow drinks, and traditional fox face-painting before the procession. For a full evening of it.
Starts: 21:00
B. Fox Make-Up — 3.5 hours, ¥15,000
Traditional fox face-painting and a guided visit to the shrines, with the history and the rituals explained as you go. Dinner is not included.
Starts: 21:00
C. Izakaya Dinner — 3.5 hours, ¥18,000
A sit-down local dinner with free-flow drinks. Fox face-painting is not included.
Starts: 21:00
D. Viewing Only — 1.5 hours, ¥10,000
The procession and the countdown, and nothing else. Face-painting, dinner and the guided shrine visit are not included.
Starts: 23:00
All four run on 31 December only.
Not included
- Transportation
- Gratuities
Where we meet
A: Myogadani Station, Exit 2 (Ground level)
Train Line: Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
B, C, and D: JR Oji Station, North Exit
Train Lines: JR Keihin-Tohoku Line / Tokyo Metro Namboku Line
Cancellation policy
Full refunds are available for cancellations made prior to 12:00 PM (noon) the day before the tour. Cancellations made after this deadline, as well as no-shows, are non-refundable. Please note that for direct bookings, card processing fees will be deducted from the refunded amount.
If you book through GetYourGuide, GetYourGuide’s cancellation policy applies instead.
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