Kamigamo-jinja Shrine Honden (Main Sanctuary) and Gonden (Temporary Sanctuary) – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
11 Jul – 30 Sep 2025
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 
Kyoto, dyed by Japan’s oldest cotton merchant – Japanese towels (tenugui) exhibition
12 Apr – 23 Oct 2025
Art / Music / Theater 
Shosei-en Garden Enshin-do Hall – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
11 Jul – 30 Sep 2025
Special Openings 
Tenjin Market
25 Nov 2024 – 31 Dec 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other 
Higashi Hongan-ji Temple, Goei-do-mon (Founder’s Hall Gate) – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
11 Jul – 30 Sep 2025
Special Openings 
Kongo School of Noh Special Theater Performance
12 Oct 2025
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Hensho-ji Temple’s Lantern Floating
16 Aug 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Hirosawa Pond
Arashiyama Lantern Floating Festival
16 Aug 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Arashiyama Nakanoshima Park
Sento Kuyo (Sento Memorial Service)
30 Aug - 31 Aug 2025
Special Openings Venue: Adashino Nenbutsu Temple
Cormorant fishing in Arashiyama
01 Jul - 23 Sep 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Along the Oi River
Japanese Art at World’s Fairs from the Late Edo Period Onwards, Nihonga in Profusion: Hokusai, Taikan, Suiseki (Exhibition)
19 Jul - 28 Sep 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Fukuda Art Museum
Sagano Romantic Train
01 Mar - 29 Dec 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Torokko Saga Station
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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