Explore Africa's vibrant cuisines, music, dance, art, fashion and more at this year’s Africa Heritage Festival at Yoyogi Park. Held for the first time since the pandemic, the event runs from June 21 to 23, featuring food trucks dishing out delectable food from all over the African continent. There’s also a bazaar selling folk crafts and goods from across the world.
The highlight of the event however, is the Japan-Africa Friendship Memorial African Parade that’s scheduled for 2pm on June 22. This joyous celebration will feature musicians on djembe drums accompanying a mikoshi (Japanese portable shrine) with African motifs, a symbolic testament to the long friendship between Japan and African nations.