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.
Featured Events
Art / Music / Theater 
Hozugawa River Cruise
2025/01/05 - 2026/03/09
Tours & Experiences 
Gion Matsuri Festival Yamahoko Float Procession (Earlier and Latter Festivals)
2025/07/17 - 2025/07/24
Traditional Events 
Tanabata Wind Chime Festival
2025/06/21 - 2025/08/31
Cuisine / Markets / Other 
Tanabata Festival
2025/07/07
Traditional Events 
Motomiya Festival
2025/07/19 - 2025/07/20
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Moss, Green Maple Leaves, and Morning Zazen Meditation – Special Spring Opening
31 May - 29 Jun 2025
Special Openings Venue: Hogon-in Temple
Spring Special Opening
15 Mar - 30 Jun 2025
Special Openings Venue: Hogon-in Temple
Kurumazaki Shrine “Summer Purification” Special Visit: Pass Through the Grass Ring
01 Jun - 30 Jun 2025
Tours & Experiences Venue: Kurumazaki Shrine
A Life Absorbed in Painting: Kyoto Master Artist Konoshima Ōkoku
26 Apr - 06 Jul 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Fukuda Art Museum
Onda Festival (Rice Planting Festival)
20 Jul 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Matsunoo-taisha Shrine
Cormorant Fishing in Arashiyama – Shared Boat Tour
01 Jul - 23 Sep 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Along the Oi River
Japanese Art at World’s Fairs from the Late Edo Period Onwards Expo: Nihonga in Profusion Hokusai • Taikan • Suiseki
19 Jul - 28 Sep 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Fukuda Art Museum, Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts & Culture
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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