Sake Tasting Night in Fushimi
21 Nov – 29 Nov 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Fushimi Yume Hyakushu
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.
*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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Cuisine / Markets / Other 
Kobo Market
21 Dec 2024 – 31 Dec 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: To-ji Temple
IMAGINE NOH
12 Nov – 04 Dec 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: The Kyoto Kanze Noh Theatre / The Kongo Noh Theatre
Byodo-in Temple’s Special Night Opening “Radiant Light and Autumn Brilliance”
22 Nov – 07 Dec 2025
Special Openings Venue: Byodo-in Temple
Tenjin Market
25 Nov 2024 – 31 Dec 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
Shimai Tenjin – Last Tenjin-san Flea Market of the Year
25 Dec 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
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WORLD HERITAGE JOMON Exhibition
04 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: The Museum of Kyoto, 3rd & 4th floor Exhibition Room
IMAGINE NOH
12 Nov - 04 Dec 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: The Kyoto Kanze Noh Theatre / The Kongo Noh Theatre
NAKED meets Nijo Castle 2025 Moon Viewing
31 Oct - 07 Dec 2025
Special Openings Venue: Former Imperial Villa Nijo-jo Castle
Nijo-jo Castle Festival
31 Oct - 07 Dec 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Former Imperial Villa Nijo-jo Castle
Autumn in Kuroshoin: The Fourth Room of the Kuroshoin Exhibition
09 Oct - 07 Dec 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Nijo-jo Castle, Painting Gallery
FOuR DANCERS vol.333: Dance Performance Night
10 Dec 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: UrBANGUILD
Final Konpira Festival
10 Dec 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Yasui Konpira Shrine
Butoh Night vol.36
14 Dec 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: UrBANGUILD
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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