Tenjin Market
25 Nov 2024 – 31 Dec 2025
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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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Tanabata Wind Chime Festival
21 Jun – 31 Aug 2025
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Cooling Kagura Dance Performance
20 Jul 2025
Traditional Events 
Kamogawa’s Noryo Yuka (Riverside Dining)
01 May – 30 Sep 2025
Cuisine / Markets / Other 
Folding Screens Exhibition during the Gion Matsuri Festival – Sugimono Residence Opening
04 Jul – 23 Jul 2025
Special Openings 
Ninna-ji Temple Kannon-do Hall – Kyoto Summer Special Openings
11 Jul – 30 Sep 2025
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Pottery Market
09 Jul - 12 Jul 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Senbon Shaka-do Temple
Special Garden Opening during the Hangesho (Asian Lizard’s Tail) Bloom Period
01 Jun - 13 Jul 2025
Special Openings Venue: Ryosokuin Temple, a sub-temple of Kenninji Temple
The Glass World of Tango Kingdom
17 May - 13 Jul 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: The Museum of Kyoto, 2nd floor general exhibition hall
Special Exhibition of Kodai-ji Temple’s Donated Sliding Doors
05 Mar - 14 Jul 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kodai-ji Temple
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14 Jul 2025
Art / Music / Theater Venue: Kyoto Kanze Kaikan Noh Theater
Byobu Matsuri (Folding Screen Festival) – Nagae Family Residence
13 Jul - 16 Jul 2025
Special Openings Venue: Nagae Family Residence
Special Viewing of Bellflowers
28 Jun - 17 Jul 2025
Special Openings Venue: Tentoku-in Temple, the Sub-temple of Tofuku-ji Temple
Mitarashi Festival
19 Jul 2025
Traditional Events Venue: Kojimaza Amaterasu Mitama Shrine (Silkworm Shrine)
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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