Three days from Friday, January 31st to Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
Official website: https://panda-expo.com/
The Chinese New Year (Chinese New Year) is the most important holiday of the year in Asia. It marks the beginning of a mass migration of hundreds of millions of people who take advantage of the long holiday to “return to their hometowns to welcome the New Year.” The Chinese New Year, which is spent together with family, gives people an irreplaceable sense of happiness and warmth.
The Uenode Panda Chinese New Year Festival Executive Committee (Ueno Chuo Dori Shopping District Association/Chugoku Television Co., Ltd.) will hold a grand “Uenode Panda Chinese New Year Festival” at Ueno Park Fountain Square in 2025, with the theme of “Returning Home to a New Year of Pandas, Culture and Exchange.”
*The 2024 Chinese New Year Festival was blessed with good weather, and a truly large number of people attended.
(2024 Chinese New Year Festival Summary Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsH_7FlB8gU
Welcome back Ueno Panda Family ~ Returning Home to Xing Li Xiang! The highly popular “Everyday Panda Special Photo Exhibition” will be held as a special program for the Chinese New Year.
Xiang Xiang, who was born in Ueno, and her parents, Shin Shin and Li Li, are now living happily in Sichuan Province, China. The cute and lively “Ueno Panda Family” will be returning to their hometown of Ueno. No matter how far apart we are, let’s welcome the new year together as a family this Chinese New Year. Please look forward to the photo exhibition of the “Ueno Panda Family” in China, taken by photographer Takashi Takahiro, who runs the blog “Everyday Panda”. Returning Home to the New Year – Welcome back Shin Shin, Li Li and Xiang Xiang! We’re looking forward to it together with Xiao Xiao Leilei!
Seriously authentic “Chinese New Year gourmet food galore”
“Bishoku” means “gourmet” in Chinese. The best part of the Chinese New Year is savoring fine wine and getting drunk on delicious food. Selected shops, familiar famous stores, and the festival stalls unique to Ueno Park are waiting for you with plenty of supreme Chinese New Year dishes.
*Photos are from participating stores from last time
The latest information on participating stores and menus will be updated on the official website.
Official SNS (X): https://x.com/pandaexpo1028
From Ueno to the world. The even more powerful “Uenode Panda Chinese New Year Music Festival”
The hugely popular Ueno’s best and strongest all-round music festival will continue to evolve this time. For people all over the world who pay attention to Ueno, enjoy nonstop, passionate, and fun from “idols,” “anime songs,” “enka,” and “ethnic dance,” all symbols of Japanese culture. Juliana’s Curse, which is scheduled to perform every day, is now an indispensable presence in Ueno’s festivals as the face of the Chinese New Year Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.
The latest information on performing artists and time schedules will be updated on the official website.
[Event Summary]
Name: Uenode. Panda Chinese New Year Festival 2025
Concept: A festival of smiles celebrating the Chinese New Year in Tokyo with pandas in Ueno
[Contents] Food and drink and group booths, stage, “Sichuan Ueno Panda Family Photo Exhibition,” etc.
[Dates] Friday, January 31st to Sunday, February 2nd, 2025 11:00-19:00 *Free admission Rain or shine, but cancel in severe weather
[Organizer] Ueno Panda Mid-Autumn Festival Executive Committee (Ueno Chuo Dori Shopping Association/Chugoku Television Co., Ltd.)
[Venue] Ueno Park Takenodai Square (Fountain Square)
[Address] 5-6 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007
Uenode.Panda Chinese New Year Festival 2025 official website: https://panda-expo.com/
(Currently a preview site. Official opening in mid-January 2025)
Official SNS (X): https://x.com/pandaexpo1028
[Co-organizers] China Tourism Representative Office in Tokyo/matchbox Inc./
[Special cooperation] Mainichi Panda
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[Inquiries] 88 Building 9F, 2-1-3 Ueno, Taito-ku
Contact form: https://www.tokyo-ueno.jp/mailform (Japanese)
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