Culture Kyoto Kameoka Balloon Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Kyoto Kameoka Balloon Festival is taking place for three days in early April, in celebration of the 70th anniversary of t...
Culture Hirano Shrine Okasai 2025 Alena Eckelmann Hirano Shrine in the north of Kyoto hosts a hanami festival each year. The hanami scenery is fantastic and the party atmosphe...
Culture NAKED Sakura Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Japan's sakura season is one of the most anticipated times of year, with the delicate blossoms drawing crowds of locals and i...
Culture Reikanji Temple Camellia Event 2025 Kim Bergström Kyoto's Reikan-ji Temple is often known as the camellia temple thanks to the large number of flowers that bloom on the ground...
Kahoen Sakura Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Kahoen is a mountainside garden in Kyoto known for its seasonal beauty, particularly the numerous sakura trees that bloom dur...
Culture Miyako Odori 2025 Elena Lisina The Miyako Odori performance in Minamiza theatre in Kyoto hass a long history and involves the best geiko and maiko of Kyoto....
Culture Yabusame Shinji 2025 Tatiana Garcia Every year in early May. witness the Yabusame Shinji at Shimogamo shrine, where Japanese mounted archers fire arrows at enemy...
Culture Thomas the Tank Engine Exhibition 2025 Kim Bergström This year marks the 80th anniversary of the original publication of The Railway Series, the stories that introduced Thomas th...
Culture KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival 2025 Ignatius Koh The KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival is an annual event held in Kyoto over four weeks. The theme for 2018 is "...
Culture Aoi Matsuri Festival 2025 Bonson Lam The Aoi Matsuri is one of the oldest and most celebrated festivals in Japan. So much so, the word “Matsuri” originally referr...
