Shimogamo-jinja Shrine Honden (Main Sanctuary) and Oidono (Old Sanctuary Kitchen) – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
2025/07/11 - 2025/09/30
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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.
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Higashi Hongan-ji Temple, Goei-do-mon (Founder’s Hall Gate) – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
2025/07/11 - 2025/09/30
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Evening Banquet at the Five Geisha and Maiko Districts
2025/06/29
Cuisine / Markets / Other 
Old Mitsui Family Shimogamo Villa (Special Opening of the Second Floor of the Main Building) – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
2025/08/29 - 2025/09/07
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Yayoi Kusama Print Works: Repetition & Proliferation (Matsumoto City Museum of Art Collection)
2025/04/25 - 2025/09/07
Art / Music / Theater 
Ninna-ji Temple Kannon-do Hall – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
2025/07/11 - 2025/09/30
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Takekiri-e (Bamboo Cutting Ceremony)
20 Jun 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Kurama-dera Temple
Hakuryu-en Garden Spring Special Opening
20 Mar - 22 Jun 2025
Special Openings Venue: 106 Kurama Ninosecho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City
Takigi Noh Theater Performance (Bonfire Noh)
01 Jul 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Kamigamo-jinja Shrine
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Kifune Water Festival (Tanabata Ceremony) [Kifune Shrine]
07 Jul 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Kifune Shrine
World Heritage Site Kamigamo Shrine Summertime Light Display Visit to the Dragon God and Refreshing Evening Footbath – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
14 Jul - 23 Jul 2025
Special Openings Venue: Kamigamo-jinja Shrine
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Dates: July 14th (Mon) - July 23rd (Wed)
Tanabata Bamboo Decorations Illumination
01 Jul - 15 Aug 2025
Special Openings Venue: Kifune-jinja Shrine
Ruriko-in Temple Summer Special Opening
01 Jul - 17 Aug 2025
Special Openings Venue: Ruriko-in Temple
Kamigamo-jinja Shrine Honden (Main Sanctuary) and Gonden (Temporary Sanctuary) – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
11 Jul - 30 Sep 2025
Special Openings Venue: Kamigamo-jinja Shrine Honden (Main Sanctuary) and Gonden (Temporary Sanctuary)
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Closed on July 16th (Wed), 17th (Thu), and 18th (Fri)
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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