A charity event to support children fighting diseases in Japan & children in poverty overseas by dressing up as Santa Claus and having fun running!
The “Santa Parade” is a charity event that is a winter tradition in the UK and other countries around the world.
In Japan, it started at Osaka since 2009, and in December 2018, it landed at Meiji Jingu Gaien in Tokyo for the first time.

Let’s enjoy a run and walk in your unique Santa Claus costume and expand your circle of support!
The 7th annual “Santa Parade Tokyo” will take the form of a parade along a 2.5-kilometer stretch of public road from Harajuku Station to Shibuya Station, where participants will walk slowly dressed as Santa Claus while thinking of children battling illnesses and enjoying the Christmas-colored scenery of the city.
Participation tickets include a costume, but each year some participants prepare their own unique Santa Claus or Christmas costumes.
Celebrities such as Maki Ohguro, Mark Panther, and cheer leader Kiyoshi Nakahata will appear at the venue as special ambassadors. Having fun naturally leads to supporting children. That is the characteristic of the “Santa Parade.

We want to deliver Christmas gifts to children fighting diseases in Japan!
We want to support Children overseas who cannot receive satisfactory medical care due to poverty!
The “Santa Parade Tokyo” was started with these children’s wishes in mind. In the first year of the event, we delivered gifts to approximately 1,000 children hospitalized at five hospitals in Japan, including Keio University Hospital and the Department of Pediatrics, and overseas, we delivered plasters with messages to children in Kenya and prepared medical aid for the Maasai tribe. In the future, we intend to expand the scale of the project and further expand the circle of support by recruiting 5,000 Santa Clauses.