Shosei-en Garden Enshin-do Hall – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
2025/07/11 - 2025/09/30
Special Openings 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.
Featured Events
Special Openings 
Gion Matsuri Festival Yamahoko Float Procession (Earlier and Latter Festivals)
2025/07/17 - 2025/07/24
Traditional Events 
Japanese Art at World’s Fairs from the Late Edo Period Onwards Expo: Nihonga in Profusion Hokusai • Taikan • Suiseki
2025/07/19 - 2025/09/28
Art / Music / Theater 
Evening Banquet at the Five Geisha and Maiko Districts
2025/06/29
Cuisine / Markets / Other 
Onda Festival (Rice Planting Festival)
2025/07/20
Traditional Events 
Pottery Market
2025/07/09 - 2025/07/12
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Shamisen Dojo 1st Anniversary Party with Live Music
28 Jun 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Sakatani (Event space)
Rey Camoy: Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of His Death
30 May - 06 Jul 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Museum「EKi」KYOTO (Kyoto Station Building 7th Floor)
The 37th Hongan-ji Temple Summer Bon Dance Festival
31 Jul - 01 Aug 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Nishi Honganji Temple North Precincts (Parking Lot)
“Kyoto Satoyama” Area Illumination
03 May - 24 Aug 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Kyoto Aquarium
UTTOCO MARCHE / Uttoko Marche (Handicraft Market)
21 Mar - 16 Sep 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Higashi Hongan-ji Temple, Otogisan Square
Higashi Hongan-ji Temple, Goei-do-mon (Founder’s Hall Gate) – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
11 Jul - 30 Sep 2025
Special Openings Venue: Higashi Hongan-ji Temple, Goei-do-mon (Founder's Hall Gate)
Shosei-en Garden Enshin-do Hall – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
11 Jul - 30 Sep 2025
Special Openings Venue: Shosei-en Garden Enshin-do Hall
Umekoji Park Handicraft Market 2025
01 Feb - 06 Dec 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Umekoji Park (Shichijo Entrance Event Square)
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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