An Evening of Noh and Kyogen 2025
21 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kongo Noh Theater
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.
Featured Events
Art / Music / Theater 
Autumn Foliage Illumination at Shozan Resort Garden
01 Nov – 07 Dec 2025
Special Openings Venue: Shozan Resort Kyoto
IMAGINE NOH
12 Nov – 04 Dec 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: The Kyoto Kanze Noh Theatre / The Kongo Noh Theatre
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
Kiyomizu-dera Temple Illumination and Special Night Opening
22 Nov – 07 Dec 2025
Special Openings Venue: Kiyomizu-dera Temple
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Matcha experience at Towa Ryokan: Try making your own cup of matcha
20 Sep - 30 Nov 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Towa Ryokan, TEISHIN Hall
Umekoji Park Handicraft Market 2025
01 Feb - 06 Dec 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Umekoji Park (Shichijo Entrance Event Square)
Umekoji Park Autumn Leaves Festival & Illumination
21 Nov - 07 Dec 2025
Special Openings Venue: Suzaku Garden in Umekoji Park
Illumination and Special Nighttime Opening of To-ji Temple
01 Nov - 14 Dec 2025
Special Openings Venue: To-ji Temple
Year-End Cleaning Ceremony of the Founders’ and Amida Halls
20 Dec 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Higashi Hongan-ji Temple
Year-End Cleaning Ceremony
20 Dec 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Nishi Hongwan-ji Temple
Shimai Kobo – Last Kobo-ichi Flea Market of the Year
21 Dec 2025
Traditional Events Venue: To-ji Temple
Kobo Market
21 Dec 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: To-ji Temple
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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