Kobo Market
2024/12/21 - 2025/12/31
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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
Cuisine / Markets / Other 
Pottery Market
2025/07/09 - 2025/07/12
Traditional Events 
Shozan Hogyokutei – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
2025/07/11 - 2025/09/30
Special Openings 
Gion Matsuri Festival Yamahoko Float Procession (Earlier and Latter Festivals)
2025/07/17 - 2025/07/24
Traditional Events 
Onda Festival (Rice Planting Festival)
2025/07/20
Traditional Events 
The 92nd Kyoto Antique Fair
2025/06/27 - 2025/06/29
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Anselm Kiefer: Solaris Exhibition
31 Mar - 22 Jun 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Nijo Castle, Ninomaru Palace Kitchen & Okiyodokoro
The 32nd Kyoto Five Geisha and Maiko Districts Joint Performance – “The Lively City”
28 Jun - 29 Jun 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Minamiza Theatre
Kyoto Higashiyama Night Walk (June 2025)
02 Jun - 30 Jun 2025
Tours & Experiences Venue: Meeting and Disbanding LocationMatsubarabashi Park (605-0801 344 Miyagawasuji, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto) *East end of MatsubarabashiRegistration opens 20 minutes before the start of each day
WASHOKU Nature and Culture in Japanese Cuisine
26 Apr - 06 Jul 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: The Museum of Kyoto, 4th and 3rd floor exhibition rooms
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
Byobu Matsuri (Folding Screen Festival) – Nagae Family Residence
13 Jul - 16 Jul 2025
Special Openings Venue: Nagae Family Residence
Folding Screens Exhibition during the Gion Matsuri Festival – Sugimono Residence Opening
04 Jul - 23 Jul 2025
Special Openings Venue: Sugimoto Family Residence (Important Cultural Property)
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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