Ueno Touganeya Hotel

Dondoyaki at Torigoe Shrine
8th January (Friday )13：00～14：00
http://www.timeout.com/tokyo/museums/torigoe-shrine
Pleace: Torigoe shrine :8 min on foot from Asakusabashi station(Soubu line)
※Dondoyaki is a traditional fire festival to worship and celebrate the god (year god) on the New Year celebration week started from Hei-an period.
People bring all the stuff they used to decorate their house for the New Year and burn them. Then you grill rice-cake ball using that fire. By eating the rice-cake ball, they say you can stay and be healthy for a year.

Furusato (Home-town)Festival at Tokyo Dome.
9th 10th 11th 16th January :10:00-20:00.
12th January :10:00-19:00
13th 14th 15th :10:00-21:00
17th :10:00-18:00
http://live3.info/events/15275?locale=en
http://www.tokyo-dome.co.jp/e/
Place: Tokyo Dome: 6 min on foot from Suidobashi station (Soub line )
※You can experience the festivals and food of various places of Japan. You can experience the Nebuta of Aomori prefecture, Kantou of Akita prefecture, Yosakoi of Kouchi prefecture. You can also eat and see special food that you can only eat by going to certain prefecture all at the Dome festival. There will be Ramen and other traditional Japanese food and also Japanese junk food too.

Daikoku Festival at Kandamyoujin (shrine)
9th January (Saturday )10:00 a.m.:the purification ice bath ceremony
10th January(Sunday )12:00p.m.:the ceremony of kitchen knife.
During event 9 10 11 : Masakado drum and Kanda musical accompaniment.
http://www.gotokyo.org/en/kanko/chiyoda/event/daikoku.html
Place:Kanda Myoujin : 5 min on foot from Ochanomizu station (Soubu line and Marunouchi line )
※Daikoku is one of the seven lucky gods in Japan. This festival at Kandamyoujin which has 1300years of history is to worship and celebrate Daikoku-sama, god of wealth, commerce, and trade. You will be able to see the purification ice bath ceremony which people pour ice water over themselves. You can see both the Kandahayashi and Masakadotaiko (Masakado drum) concert too.