murmurSetagaya Boro-Ichi Market
Setagaya City · Boro-Ichi Street, around the Daikan Yashiki (Magistrate's Residence)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Setagaya City · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- 2027
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- Usual timing
- Usually mid December
- How the date is set
- Every year, December 15 – December 16 Also held on January 15 and 16
- Venue
- Boro-Ichi Street, around the Daikan Yashiki (Magistrate's Residence)
- City
- Setagaya City, Tokyo
About
Twice a year, on December 15 and 16 and again on January 15 and 16, a market takes over Boro-Ichi Street around the old Daikan Yashiki magistrate's residence in Setagaya, with countless stalls and roughly 200,000 visitors a day. It began in 1578 as a free market set up in Setagaya-shinjuku by Hojo Ujimasa, lord of Odawara Castle. Later it carried on as a year-end market, and when used clothing and rags (boro) became its main wares in the late nineteenth century, it took the name Boro-Ichi. Once every five years, locals dressed in period costume stage a magistrate's procession. Roads nearby are closed and there is no parking, so come via Setagaya or Kamimachi Station on the Tokyu Setagaya Line.
Sources
- OfficialSetagaya City www.city.setagaya.lg.jp
- OfficialTokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Setagaya Branch www.tokyo-cci.or.jp
Last checked: Oct 10, 2026. Event information is based on official announcements, but changes may not always be reflected here. Please check each official website for accurate details.
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