Gessoji Monzen-Ichi & Bon Odori

The Gessoji summer festival is a small Kichijoji classic, taking place on the temple grounds and along the Sun Road shopping arcade on the north side of the station, and featuring everything from bon odori performances to a watermelon-cutting competition, as well as the obligatory stalls hawking matsuri food and drink. The dancing festivities start at 6pm, but consider heading over earlier to take in the atmosphere and warm up properly.