Activities Cosmos Season at the Yume Cosmos Park 2025 Oct 1st - Nov 3rd Every year in autumn, Kyoto's Yume Cosmos Park comes alive with a wide variety of early, mid, and late blooming cosmos types...
Festivals Ohitaki Fire Festival Kifune Shrine 2025 Friday - Nov 7th The annual Ohitaki Fire Festival at Kifune Shrine uses its spiritual powers to banish bad sprits and cleanse impurities of the people..
Culture Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK) 2025 Nov 14th - Nov 16th Kyoto will once again become the center of Japan’s contemporary art scene with the return of Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK), an..
Culture Junkan Festival 2025 Saturday - Nov 22nd Each year, Umekoji Park in Kyoto transforms into the home of the Junkan Festival, a celebration of reuse, recycling, and community..
Recommended Activities Kiyomizu-dera Autumn Illumination 2025 Nov 22nd - Dec 7th Autumn foliage is lit up at night at Kiyomizu-dera
Culture Yamashina Gishi Matsuri at Bishamondo-Monzeki 2025 Mid Dec The Bishamondo-Monzeki is a Buddhist Tendai temple located in Yamashina, Kyoto. Every December, the temple commemorates the le..
Culture Kodai-ji Autumn Illumination 2025 Oct 24th - Dec 14th Formally known as Kodaijusho-zenji Temple and located in the Higashiyama Mountains of eastern Kyoto, Kodai-ji Temple was established..
Culture Karuta Hajime Ceremony 2026 Saturday - Jan 3rd At New Year in Japan's former capital of Kyoto, Karuta Hajime is an annual event where a popular traditional card game is played..