Marine Day is a national holiday in Japan held on the third Monday of July. On Marine day and the Sunday before it, Odaiba holds a Lantern Festival, officially called the Umi no Akari Matsuri
The event's highlight is the evening light up of the white paper lamps on Odaiba's beachfront park. They are placed on the beach into giant geoglyphs patterns. The lanterns are lit from 18:30 to 22:00 approximately. It's held at the Odaiba Beach Front Park. From the shore, you can see the famous Rainbow Bridge, and yakatabune traditional long boats on which people have banquet-style dinners.The nearest stations are:Yurikamome's Odaiba Beach Park ("Kaihin Koen") Station (3-minute walk).Rinkai Line's Tokyo Teleport Station (7-minute walk)
To commemorate the public holiday Marine Day (Umi no Hi) over 50,000 paper lanterns are lit with candles and artistically placed along the beach of Odaiba Seaside Park. Visitors can walk among the lanterns and admire the view of Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo. The festival runs from 6:30pm to 10pm each day.
There are some food and drink stalls near the site. For lunch or dinner, if you want to have a bite at a restaurant in the Odaiba area, check out the guides below.
Date: Jul 14, 2019 — Jul 15, 2019
Location: Odaiba Beach Front Park,Odaiba, Tokyo