Kongo School of Noh Special Theater Performance
2025/10/12
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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.
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Kamishichiken Beer Garden
2025/07/01 - 2025/09/06
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Kobo Market
2024/12/21 - 2025/12/31
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Yayoi Kusama Print Works: Repetition & Proliferation (Matsumoto City Museum of Art Collection)
2025/04/25 - 2025/09/07
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Folding Screens Exhibition during the Gion Matsuri Festival – Sugimono Residence Opening
2025/07/04 - 2025/07/23
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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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Ruriko-in Temple Summer Special Opening
01 Jul - 17 Aug 2025
Special Openings Venue: Ruriko-in 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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