Kobo Market
21 Dec 2024 – 31 Dec 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: To-ji Temple
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
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Special Autumn Opening of Daitoku-ji Oubai-in Temple
03 Oct – 07 Dec 2025
Special Openings Venue: Oubai-in (Daitoku-ji Temple's Subtemple)
An Evening of Noh and Kyogen 2025
21 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kongo Noh Theater
Hozugawa River Cruise
05 Jan 2025 – 09 Mar 2026
Tours & Experiences Venue: Hozugawa River
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
Autumn Foliage Illumination at Shozan Resort Garden
01 Nov – 07 Dec 2025
Special Openings Venue: Shozan Resort Kyoto
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9th Kongo School of Noh Theater Period Performance
09 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kongo Noh Theatre
Otome Bunraku Puppet Theater & Projection Mapping
09 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kyoto Creative Garage
“Kokera Otoshi” – Maiko and Geiko Performance for Miyagawacho’s Theater Opening Ceremony
01 Nov - 09 Nov 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Miyagawacho Kaburenjo Mitsuwaza Theater
Ryoma Yosakoi Dance Festival
08 Nov - 09 Nov 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Ryoma Enbujo (in Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku-jinja Shrine), JR Kyoto Station Muromachi Koji Square, Okazaki Park, Umekoji Park, and Zest Oike Kawaramachi Square
Arashiyama Maple Festival
09 Nov 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other Venue: Arashiyama, upstream of Togetsukyo Bridge
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11 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kyoto Kanze Kaikan Noh Theater
Fushimi Sake Festival in Otesuji Shopping Street
15 Nov 2025
Tours & Experiences Venue: Fushimi Ote-suji Shopping Street *Please note that the reception location is Nanbu Park.
Song and Yuan Buddhist Painting: Early Chinese Masterpieces in Japan
20 Sep - 16 Nov 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kyoto National Museum, Heisei Chishinkan Wing
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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