IMAGINE NOH
12 Nov – 04 Dec 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: The Kyoto Kanze Noh Theatre / The Kongo Noh Theatre
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 
The 100th Anniversary of Mingei: Kyoto’s Legacy of Everyday Life
13 Sep – 07 Dec 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Main Building (South Wing), 1st floor
Hozugawa River Cruise
05 Jan 2025 – 09 Mar 2026
Tours & Experiences Venue: Hozugawa River
Special Autumn Opening of Daitoku-ji Oubai-in Temple
03 Oct – 07 Dec 2025
Special Openings Venue: Oubai-in (Daitoku-ji Temple's Subtemple)
Kobo Market
21 Dec 2024 – 31 Dec 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: To-ji Temple
Grand Kabuki Theater Kaomise Performance
01 Dec – 25 Dec 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Minamiza Theatre
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Sake Tasting Night in Fushimi
21 Nov - 29 Nov 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Fushimi Yume Hyakushu
Kawadoko in Takao (Riverside Dining)
01 Apr - 30 Nov 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Along the Kiyotaki River
Maiko Dance and Jazz Night
24 May - 30 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Okazakian
WORLD HERITAGE JOMON Exhibition
04 Oct - 30 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: The Museum of Kyoto, 3rd & 4th floor Exhibition Room
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
“Introduction to Court Culture at the Kyoto Imperial Palace” Special Autumn Opening
26 Nov - 30 Nov 2025
Special Openings Venue: Kyoto Imperial Palace
Special Autumn Opening of Reikan-ji Temple
21 Nov - 30 Nov 2025
Special Openings Venue: Reikan-ji Temple
Special Autumn Illumination and Opening of Unryu-in Temple
15 Nov - 30 Nov 2025
Special Openings Venue: Unryu-in Temple (Branch Temple of Sennyu-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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