“NAKED meets Nijo-jo Castle 2025: A Summer Flow of Light” Illumination
25 Jul – 24 Aug 2025
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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.
Featured Events
Special Openings 
Kyoto City Zoo Autumn Nighttime Opening
13 Sep – 15 Sep 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other 
Shosei-en Garden Enshin-do Hall – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
11 Jul – 30 Sep 2025
Special Openings 
Hozugawa River Cruise
05 Jan 2025 – 09 Mar 2026
Tours & Experiences 
Secrets of the Kimono: The Advent of Yuzen Dyeing (Exhibition)
19 Jul – 15 Sep 2025
Art / Music / Theater 
Kongo School of Noh Regular Theater Performance
14 Sep 2025
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Gojo Wakamiya Pottery Festival
07 Aug - 10 Aug 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Gojo-dori (between Yamato-oji and Higashi-oji) North sidewalk / Wakamiya Hachimangu Shrine / Nearby pottery shops and restaurants
Welcoming the spirits of the dead with a Rokudo Mairi ceremony
07 Aug - 10 Aug 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Rokudo Chinno-ji Temple
Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer) Exhibition – Swordsmith Village Arc / Hashira Training Arc
18 Jul - 17 Aug 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: The Museum of Kyoto, 3rd Floor Exhibition Room
“NAKED meets Nijo-jo Castle 2025: A Summer Flow of Light” Illumination
25 Jul - 24 Aug 2025
Special Openings Venue: Nijo-jo Castle
Kato Izumi x Chiso: Paintings in Kimono Exhibition
27 Feb - 02 Sep 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Chiso Gallery
“Wearable Kanji” Special Exhibition
20 May - 28 Sep 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Japan Kanji Museum & Library, 2nd Floor Special Exhibition Space
65th Kushi Matsuri (Comb Festival)
29 Sep 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Yasui Konpira Shrine (Shinto ritual)
Kamogawa Riverside Dining
01 May - 30 Sep 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: West bank of Kamo River, Nijo to Gojo
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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