Things to Do in Yokohama in October

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October is Yokohama's reset month. The sticky summer finally breaks, average highs settling at 21.9°C (71°F) and lows at 15.1°C (59°F), and the harbor breeze off Tokyo Bay starts carrying salt rather than steam. The catch is that early October still sits inside typhoon season, so the first ten days can bring a storm that shuts the Minato Mirai waterfront for a day or two, with the odds improving week by week after that.

The second weekend usually belongs to the Yokohama Jazz Promenade, saxophones echoing off the brick of Kannai and the plazas around Sakuragicho Station. Around the same time, the Oktoberfest tents at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse are pouring German lager to office crowds in the evenings.

Foliage season this is not. The maples at Sankei-en won't turn until late November, and October in Yokohama belongs to the harbor, the music, and the food. Sanma grills smoke in Noge, and chestnut sellers in Chukagai roast in iron drums you'll smell a block before you reach them.

Why visit in October

Once the September humidity lifts, the 4 km (2.5-mile) waterfront walk from Yamashita Park to Minato Mirai becomes comfortable at midday for the first time since June.
The Yokohama Jazz Promenade fills Kannai and Sakuragicho with free street sets alongside ticketed hall concerts.
Autumn roses bloom a second time at Minato-no-Mieru-Oka Koen in Yamate from mid-October, and the crowds are far smaller than at the May bloom.
Hotel demand in Minato Mirai stays well below the cherry-blossom and Golden Week peaks, except on the festival weekend and the Sports Day long weekend.

Worth knowing

A typhoon can still reach the Kanto coast in the first half of October and stop the Sea Bass water taxi, closing Yamashita Park's pier area for 24 to 48 hours.
About 11 days of the month bring some rain, which is enough to wash out a planned rooftop evening in Minato Mirai.
Autumn leaves haven't turned yet, so photographers who come for Sankei-en's koyo will find green maples until late November.
The Sports Day long weekend draws Tokyo day-trippers into Chukagai, where lines at the steamed-bun counters can stretch past 30 minutes.

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Think twice if

Weather measured 22° / 15°C 147mm rain · 11 rainy days · 76% humidity rains perceptibly ~2.1h/day · 81% of mornings dry

Crowds medium

Pack Short sleeves and a light long-sleeve layer for the day, plus a thin jacket or cardigan for evenings on the waterfront at Osanbashi Pier. Bring a compact umbrella for early-October showers, and shoes that can handle wet brick paving in Kannai.

October brings 147mm (5.8 inches) of rain spread over about 11 days, with humidity around 76%, a clear drop from September's 196mm (7.7 inches). Rain in early October tends to arrive in heavy bands tied to typhoons or autumn fronts. By the last week of the month you'll usually get crisp, clear mornings, and on a good day Mount Fuji is visible from the Yokohama Landmark Tower's Sky Garden. Evenings on the harbor feel cooler than the thermometer suggests once the wind picks up off the bay.

Seasonal caution

Typhoon risk in early October. The Japan Meteorological Agency issues tracks 3 to 5 days out, and JR East and the Minatomirai Line may suspend service while a storm passes. Keep the first half of the month flexible and check the JMA site daily.

Year-round climate

Averages from the last 5 years.

Monthly climate averages for Yokohama
Month	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)
Jan	10	1	38
Feb	11	2	63
Mar	15	6	155
Apr	19	11	172
May	22	15	205
Jun	26	19	185
Jul	31	24	159
Aug	32	25	143
Sep	28	22	196
Oct	22	15	147
Nov	17	10	81
Dec	12	4	54

Holidays and festivals in October

Public holidays

Sports Day(スポーツの日)12 October 2026

Headline events

Citywide

Yokohama Jazz Promenade

Second weekend of October (Saturday and Sunday)

The Promenade has run since 1993 and is one of Japan's largest jazz festivals, with big bands, trios and student ensembles playing ticketed shows in venues like the Kanagawa Prefectural Hall, while free 'machikado' street sets fill the plazas of Kannai, Bashamichi and Sakuragicho. For Kanto jazz fans, it is the weekend of the year.

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Best things to do in October

Street sets at the Yokohama Jazz Promenade

music

Walk between free outdoor stages in Kannai and around Sakuragicho, then buy a day pass for the hall concerts if a lineup catches your ear.

The Promenade falls on one weekend of the year, and October's 20°C evenings are what make hours of outdoor listening pleasant.

Booking tipDay passes usually go on sale in August, so buy them ahead if you want the headline hall shows.

Autumn roses at Minato-no-Mieru-Oka Koen

nature

Harbor View Park in Yamate has an English-style rose garden that blooms a second time in autumn, with the Bay Bridge framed behind the beds.

The autumn bloom usually starts in mid-October and runs into early November. The flowers are smaller but more deeply colored than in May, and far fewer people come to see them.

Evening steins at Oktoberfest, Red Brick Warehouse

food and drink

Sit at the long outdoor benches between the two 1911-era warehouses, harbor lights behind you and a brass band on stage.

The festival wraps up in mid-October, and the cooler nights make outdoor drinking comfortable in a way August never is.

Booking tipThere is a small entry charge on top of drinks, and weekday evenings before 18:00 have the shortest queues.

Walk the Yamate Bluff Western houses

sightseeing

Loop through the restored foreign residences on the Yamate Bluff, such as the Berrick Hall and Ehrismann Residence, then drop down the stairs into Motomachi.

The climb up from Motomachi is steep, and October is the first month since spring when you can do it without arriving drenched in sweat. Several of the houses also put up Halloween decorations late in the month.

Day trip to Kamakura

day trip

Take the JR Yokosuka Line to Kamakura to see the Great Buddha at Kotoku-in and walk the Daibutsu hiking trail through the hills.

Trail mud dries out after the September rains and the woods are cool enough for the 3 km (1.9-mile) ridge walk, with none of the Kamakura crowds that fill the paths on November foliage weekends.

Booking tipGo on a weekday, because Sports Day Monday packs the Enoden line.

Izakaya crawl in Noge

food and drink

Work through the standing bars and tiny counters under the tracks west of Sakuragicho Station, ordering sanma, oden and seasonal sake.

Autumn fish and hiyaoroshi sake appear on handwritten menus in October, and many Noge bars open their sliding fronts to the street once the evenings drop below 20°C.

Kanazawa Bunko and Shomyo-ji

culture

Visit the Kanagawa Prefectural Kanazawa Bunko museum, whose library dates to 1275, and the adjoining Shomyo-ji temple garden with its arched bridge over a pond.

The museum often schedules its major special exhibition in autumn, and the temple pond garden in southern Yokohama is quiet and cool before the late-November maple crowds.

Catch a BayStars game at Yokohama Stadium

sports

Watch the Yokohama DeNA BayStars at their 1977 stadium in Yokohama Park, where the outfield stands sing through all nine innings.

The regular season ends in early October, and if the BayStars qualify, the Central League Climax Series playoffs follow in mid-October, the loudest baseball Yokohama gets all year.

Booking tipPlayoff tickets sell out within hours of release, so follow the team's official site in late September.

What to eat in October

In season: fruit

Kaki (Japanese persimmon)
Fuyu and Jiro persimmons come into supermarkets and depachika food halls in Yokohama Station's department stores from mid-October, crisp, honey-sweet, and cheap at their peak.

On menus now

Sanma shioyaki (salt-grilled Pacific saury)
Saury reaches its fattest in autumn, and izakaya in Noge grill it whole over charcoal and serve it with grated daikon. The bitter liver is part of the point.

Street food peaks

Tenshin amaguri (roasted sweet chestnuts)
Vendors along Chukagai's main street roast chestnuts in hot stones inside iron drums, and the new-crop nuts arrive in October, when they're at their sweetest.

What to drink

Hiyaoroshi sake
Aged through summer and released in September and October, this spring-brewed sake is rounder and mellower than fresh-pressed nama, and Kanagawa breweries ship it to Yokohama bars for the autumn.

In markets

Shinmai (new-harvest rice)
The first rice of the year lands in October, and onigiri shops and set-meal restaurants advertise 'shinmai' on their signs because the grain is noticeably more fragrant and glossy.

Festival food

Oktoberfest bratwurst and lager
The tents at the Red Brick Warehouse pour German drafts in steins with sausages and pretzels, and the long benches fill up after 18:00 on weekdays.

Regular events in October

Yokohama Oktoberfest

A German beer festival in the open plaza between the Red Brick Warehouse buildings, with imported drafts, sausages and live Bavarian bands.

Late September to mid-October

Sports Day (Supotsu no Hi)Free

This national holiday creates a three-day weekend: schools hold sports meets, and the extra day off sends Tokyo day-trippers into Yokohama's waterfront and Chukagai.

Second Monday of October (October 12 in 2026)

Chukagai National Day and Double Tenth celebrationsFree

Yokohama Chinatown marks both October 1 and October 10 with lion dances and parades, and firecrackers go off outside the Kanteibyo and Masobyo temples.

Around October 1 and October 10

Sankei-en Chrysanthemum Exhibition

Sankei-en shows trained chrysanthemums in the garden, a traditional autumn display in Japan, with cascading and single-bloom styles set against the historic buildings.

Late October into early November

Best places this October

Sankei-en
garden
Silk merchant Hara Sankei opened this garden to the public in 1906. Its moved-in historic buildings, including a three-story pagoda from Kyoto, sit around ponds that are quiet in October before the foliage crowds of late autumn.
Honmoku
Minato-no-Mieru-Oka Koen
park and viewpoint
The Yamate rose garden is covered in the activities section, and the park's lookout over the Yokohama Bay Bridge is at its clearest on dry late-October evenings.
Yamate
Yamashita Park
park
The seafront promenade was built on rubble from the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, and it looks out over the moored liner Hikawa Maru. By October afternoons, the sea breeze has turned cool rather than muggy.
Yamashita-cho
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
landmark
The two restored customs warehouses host the Oktoberfest tents, and when the weather turns, the craft shops and cafes inside make a reasonable rainy-afternoon destination.
Minato Mirai
Yokohama Chinatown (Chukagai)
neighborhood and market
Japan's largest Chinatown holds more than 500 shops inside ten gates, and October brings chestnut roasters and lion dances.
Chukagai
Nogeyama Zoo
zoo
The zoo has been free to enter since it opened in 1951, and it sits on a hill above Noge where the red pandas and giraffes move around far more in October than in the summer heat.
Noge
Yokohama Marine Tower
viewpoint
The 1961 tower's observation deck faces Mount Fuji to the west, and on a clear October evening the sun can drop behind the mountain around 17:15.
Yamashita-cho
Yokohama Archives of History
museum
The museum stands on the site where the 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa was signed and tells the port-opening story, making it a good dry refuge when a typhoon band passes through Kannai.
Kannai
Mikasa Memorial Ship
museum ship
Admiral Togo's 1900 pre-dreadnought flagship sits preserved in concrete at Mikasa Park in Yokosuka, 25 minutes south by Keikyu train. The open deck is pleasant in October and punishing in August.
Yokosuka

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Compact folding umbrellaEarly-October fronts bring sudden downpours to Kannai, and convenience-store umbrellas at Sakuragicho Station sell out fast on a wet Friday. Shop
Light windbreakerOsanbashi Pier and the Bay Bridge Sky Walk sit exposed to the bay, and after sunset the wind there makes 16°C feel closer to 12°C (54°F). Shop
Long-sleeve layer or cardiganTrains on the Minatomirai Line and department stores keep the air conditioning on through mid-October, so the gap between the street and the carriage is noticeable. Shop
Quick-dry trousersThe Daibutsu trail to Kamakura can still be muddy after rain, and quick-dry fabric keeps a wet cuff from following you through the rest of the day. Shop
Coin purseChestnut stands in Chukagai and the small standing bars in Noge often take cash only, and Japanese coins accumulate fast. Shop
Portable power bankOn typhoon days you may wait hours on JR platforms for service to resume, and your phone is how you track JR East operation updates. Shop
Slip-on shoesMany Western houses on the Yamate Bluff and most traditional izakaya in Noge ask you to remove your shoes at the entrance. Shop

Insider tips

On a clear late-October evening, we'd skip the ticket line at the Landmark Tower Sky Garden. The free observation lobby on the 11th floor of the Yokohama City Hall building also looks over the harbor and costs nothing.
Locals take their Chukagai steamed buns to the benches of Yamashita Park, a 5-minute walk away, rather than eating them in the crowded alleys around Kanteibyo.
The free machikado stages at the Jazz Promenade near Bashamichi program the best amateur big bands, and we'd get there 20 minutes early because standing room fills fast.
Noge's standing bars start filling at 17:00 on Fridays, and a table for four comes far more easily on a Sunday afternoon.

Avoid these mistakes

Booking a non-refundable Tokyo Bay cruise for the first week of October is a real risk in typhoon season. Choose a flexible fare so a cancellation doesn't cost you the booking.
Planning the trip around autumn color in Kamakura or at Sankei-en, when the leaves won't be red for another five or six weeks.
Packing for summer after reading the daytime high, then shivering on the Kisha-michi promenade at 20:00 once the sea wind picks up.
Visiting Chukagai on Sports Day Monday afternoon, when day-tripper traffic from Tokyo peaks. A weekday morning before 11:00 is half as crowded.

Practical tips for October

Book Minato Mirai and Kannai hotels 4 to 6 weeks ahead if your dates cover the Jazz Promenade weekend or Sports Day. October midweek rooms are otherwise easy to find. Keep the JMA typhoon page and the JR East service-status page bookmarked, because when a storm is forecast, trains may run on a reduced schedule and outdoor venues like the Red Brick Warehouse plaza close early. Sankei-en and most Yamate houses close on specific weekdays (Yamate houses often on the second Wednesday), so check before crossing town. Tipping is not practiced in Yokohama, and leaving coins on the table in Noge will get you chased down the street by staff returning them. A Suica or PASMO card covers the Minatomirai Line, JR, Keikyu to Yokosuka and most buses, and it tops up at any station machine. For wider transit and neighborhood details, see https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Yokohama#Get_around.

FAQ

Is October a good time to visit Yokohama?

Yes, it ranks third in the year for us, behind November and April. Temperatures are comfortable for walking and the jazz festival fills the streets. The main risk is a typhoon in the first half of the month, so keep those days flexible.

What is the weather like in Yokohama in October?

Days are mild and mostly short-sleeve weather, and evenings by the harbor call for a light jacket. Rain falls on roughly a third of the days, and the wettest spells tend to come early in the month, leaving late October noticeably drier and clearer.

Is Yokohama crowded in October?

Moderately. Weekdays are calm in Minato Mirai and Yamate, but crowds build on the Jazz Promenade weekend and the Sports Day holiday, especially in Chukagai and around the Red Brick Warehouse.

Will I see autumn leaves in Yokohama in October?

Not really. The ginkgo trees along Nihon-odori and the maples at Sankei-en don't turn until late November and early December, so in October what you'll find instead are autumn roses in Yamate and chrysanthemums at Sankei-en late in the month.

Do typhoons hit Yokohama in October?

They can, most often in the first two weeks. A direct hit is uncommon, but a passing storm can suspend trains and boat services for a day, so buy refundable bookings and follow the Japan Meteorological Agency forecasts from 5 days out.