City calendar

Plan around Kyoto's cultural dates

3 current dates worth locking hotels and tables around in Kyoto. When an edition ends, it leaves the calendar; the next season returns when dates are confirmed.

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October 22, 2026

Upcoming

Kyoto’s Festival of the Ages walks the city’s ceremonial wardrobe from the Imperial Palace to Heian Jingu, moving backward from the Meiji Restoration toward the founding of Heian-kyo.

Kyoto Imperial Palace to Heian Jingu Shrine, via Karasuma, Oike, Kawaramachi and Sanjo · Kyoto Gyoen, Oike-dori and Okazaki / Heian Jingu

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November 7–9, 2026

Upcoming

Kyoto's collaboration-first contemporary art fair pairs Japanese host galleries with international peers at ICC Kyoto while programmes and temple shows extend across the city.

Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto) · Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, with satellite exhibitions across Kyoto

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July 1–31, 2027

Upcoming

Kyoto’s month-long festival centres shrine ritual, neighborhood stewardship and two processions of monumental, textile-draped floats.

Yasaka Shrine and central Kyoto · Gion, Shijo, Karasuma, Kawaramachi and the historic float neighborhoods

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