Culture Fire Festival of Kurama Temple 2025 Kenny King Hin Choi The Kurama Five Festival is one of the most spectacular events in Kyoto and takes place every year on the evening of October ...
Activities Cosmos Season at the Yume Cosmos Park 2025 Kim Bergström Every year in autumn, Kyoto's Yume Cosmos Park comes alive with a wide variety of early, mid, and late blooming cosmos types....
Culture Ohitaki Fire Festival Kifune Shrine 2025 Jemma King The annual Ohitaki Fire Festival at Kifune Shrine uses its spiritual powers to banish bad sprits and cleanse impurities of th...
Activities Kiyomizu-dera Autumn Illumination 2025 Jaime Wong Autumn foliage is lit up at night at Kiyomizu-dera
Culture Yamashina Gishi Matsuri at Bishamondo-Monzeki 2025 rachel teo The Bishamondo-Monzeki is a Buddhist Tendai temple located in Yamashina, Kyoto. Every December, the temple commemorates the l...
Culture Kodai-ji Autumn Illumination 2025 Hannah Sy Formally known as Kodaijusho-zenji Temple and located in the Higashiyama Mountains of eastern Kyoto, Kodai-ji Temple was esta...
Culture Karuta Hajime Ceremony 2026 Gloria Ticconi At New Year in Japan's former capital of Kyoto, Karuta Hajime is an annual event where a popular traditional card game is pla...
Culture Kemari Hajime in Kyoto 2026 Gloria Ticconi Kemari Hajime in Kyoto: a traditional New Year event at Shimogamo Shrine, where men in period costume play an ancient traditi...
Culture Ebisu Festival in Kyoto 2026 Gloria Ticconi Held at Yasaka Shrine in Japan's former capital Kyoto, the Ebisu Festival is Kyoto's first festival of the New Year, dedicate...
Culture Toh-Shiya at Sanjusangen-do 2026 Gloria Ticconi Held at Sanjusangen-do temple in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, Toh-Shiya is the first Japanese archery competition of the...
