Yamashina Gishi Samurai Festival
14 Dec 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Bishamon-do Temple, Iwaya-ji Temple, Oishi Shrine
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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.
*Please note that the displayed dates indicate only the start and the end date of an event. There may be days within that period when the event is not held. Please visit the official website linked below each entry for further details and latest information.
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Traditional Events 
Tenjin Market
25 Nov 2024 – 31 Dec 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
IMAGINE NOH
12 Nov – 04 Dec 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: The Kyoto Kanze Noh Theatre / The Kongo Noh Theatre
Shimai Kobo – Last Kobo-ichi Flea Market of the Year
21 Dec 2025
Traditional Events Venue: To-ji Temple
New Year’s Feature Exhibition – Pony Tales: Celebrating the Year of the Horse
16 Dec 2025 – 25 Jan 2026
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kyoto National Museum, Heisei Chishinkan Wing, Galleries 2F-1, 2, 3
Shimai Tenjin – Last Tenjin-san Flea Market of the Year
25 Dec 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
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Geiko & Maiko Autumn Dance Performances in 2025
01 Oct - 18 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Various locations
An Evening of Noh and Kyogen 2025
21 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kongo Noh Theater
JS Bach: Complete Solo Violin Sonatas & Partitas Concert (Kyoto Autumn Music Festival)
22 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kyoto Concert Hall Ensemble Hall Murata (small hall)
A Graceful Moment with a Maiko on the Noh stage (lunch plan)
27 Apr - 24 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Okazakian
Special Autumn Opening of the Honen-in Temple Complex
18 Nov - 24 Nov 2025
Special Openings Venue: Honen-in Temple
Sake Tasting Night in Fushimi
21 Nov - 29 Nov 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Fushimi Yume Hyakushu
Kawadoko in Takao (Riverside Dining)
01 Apr - 30 Nov 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Along the Kiyotaki River
Maiko Dance and Jazz Night
24 May - 30 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Okazakian
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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