Kamigamo-jinja Shrine Honden (Main Sanctuary) and Gonden (Temporary Sanctuary) – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
11 Jul – 30 Sep 2025
Special Openings Things to Do
Festivals & Events
Kyoto holds many cultural, artistic, and nature-related events throughout the year.
See which ones you will have a chance to experience during your upcoming trip.
Featured Events
Special Openings 
Motomiya Festival
19 Jul – 20 Jul 2025
Traditional Events 
Pottery Market
09 Jul – 12 Jul 2025
Traditional Events 
Shimogamo-jinja Shrine Honden (Main Sanctuary) and Oidono (Old Sanctuary Kitchen) – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
11 Jul – 30 Sep 2025
Special Openings 
Tanabata Festival
07 Jul 2025
Traditional Events 
Yayoi Kusama Print Works: Repetition & Proliferation (Matsumoto City Museum of Art Collection)
25 Apr – 07 Sep 2025
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Tanabata Festival
07 Jul 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Shiramine Shrine
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Kifune Water Festival (Tanabata Ceremony) [Kifune Shrine]
07 Jul 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Kifune Shrine
Pottery Market
09 Jul - 12 Jul 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Senbon Shaka-do Temple
Special Garden Opening during the Hangesho (Asian Lizard’s Tail) Bloom Period
01 Jun - 13 Jul 2025
Special Openings Venue: Ryosokuin Temple, a sub-temple of Kenninji Temple
The Glass World of Tango Kingdom
17 May - 13 Jul 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: The Museum of Kyoto, 2nd floor general exhibition hall
Special Exhibition of Kodai-ji Temple’s Donated Sliding Doors
05 Mar - 14 Jul 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kodai-ji Temple
ENTER NOH
14 Jul 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kyoto Kanze Kaikan Noh Theater
Byobu Matsuri (Folding Screen Festival) – Nagae Family Residence
13 Jul - 16 Jul 2025
Special Openings Venue: Nagae Family Residence
Main Events
Aoi Matsuri Festival
May 15
A long-held procession from Kyoto Imperial Palace to two historic shrines, with 500 people in courtly Heian attire.
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Gion Matsuri Festival
July 1-31
One of the three greatest festivals of Japan, when downtown Kyoto is lively with lavishly decorated festival floats.
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Kyoto Gozan Okuribi Bonfires
August 16
Five mountains around Kyoto are lit up with bonfires as a send-off for ancestral spirits who visit during Obon.
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Jidai Matsuri Festival
October 22
This parade of roughly 2,000 participants dressed in period garb representing over 1,000 years of Kyoto’s history.
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