Events

January

  • Kyoto Winter Travel – Keihan Bus

    Each year, Keihan Bus provides a special tour service, called Kyoto Winter Travel. Their Kyoto Regular Tour Buses visit famous Kyoto locations not normally accessible. For details, refer to ビンゴ5次回予想 Keihan Bus website.

    Kyoto Winter Travel – Keihan Bus
    Phone:
    Kyoto Regular Tour Bus: +81-(0)75-672-2100
    URL:

    http://willerexpress.com/ビンゴ5次回予想/keihanbus/

    Access:
    Buses leave from ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Regular Tour Bus loading area next to JR Kyoto Station, located outside ビンゴ5次回予想 Karasuma exit.

  • Toka Ebisu

    ビンゴ5次回予想 main day of ビンゴ5次回予想 festivals celebrating Ebisu, god of merchant prosperity, falls on January 10, with festivities on ビンゴ5次回予想 days before and after that as well. Toka Ebisu is a popular festival, with many people buying good luck bamboo branches and praying to Ebisu for prosperity in ビンゴ5次回予想 new year. ビンゴ5次回予想 shrines are open all night long for praying on ビンゴ5次回予想 nights of ビンゴ5次回予想 9 and 10.

    Open hours:
    Kyoto Ebisu: January 8 to 12
    Horikawa Ebisu: January 9 to 11
    Imamiya Ebisu: January 9 to 11
    Admission:
    Kyoto Ebisu Shrine: No fee for admittance to ビンゴ5次回予想 inner grounds
    Horikawa Ebisu Shrine, Osaka: No fee for admittance to ビンゴ5次回予想 inner grounds
    Imamiya Ebisu Shrine: No fee for admittance to ビンゴ5次回予想 inner grounds
    Address:

    Kyoto Ebisu Shrine: 125 Komatsu-cho, Yamato Oji-dori 4-jo Sagaru, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Horikawa Ebisu Shrine, Osaka: Nishi Tenma 5-4-7, Kita-ku, Osaka > Map

    Imamiya Ebisu Shrine: Ebisu Nishi 1-6-10, Naniwa-ku, Osaka > Map

    Phone:

    Kyoto Ebisu Shrine: +81-(0)75-525-0005

    Horikawa Ebisu Shrine, Osaka: +81-(0)6-6311-8626

    Imamiya Ebisu Shrine: +81-(0)6-6643-0150

    Access:
    • Kyoto Ebisu Shrine:
      • It is a six-minute walk from Gion Shijo Station on Keihan Electric Railway.
      • Alternatively, it is an eight-minute walk from Kawaramachi Station on Keihan Electric Railway.
    • Horikawa Ebisu Shrine, Osaka:
      From Tenma or Kitahama Station on Keihan Electric Railway, transfer to ビンゴ5次回予想 subway to Minami-morimachi Station. It is a five-minute walk.
    • Imamiya Ebisu Shrine:
      From Yodayabashi Station on Keihan Electric Railway, transfer to ビンゴ5次回予想 subway to Daikokucho Station. It is a five-minute walk.

  • Fushimi Gofuku Meguri

    Originally ビンゴ5次回予想 town outside Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s castle in ビンゴ5次回予想 sixteenth century, Fushimi is a popular location to visit during ビンゴ5次回予想 new year. Visitors perform hatsumode (new year visit to a shrine or temple) to five well-known “good luck” temples and shrines in Fushimi. Fushimi is also popular for taking strolls and enjoying ビンゴ5次回予想 views of ビンゴ5次回予想 sake breweries, an outing providing a different feeling from Kyoto’s city center.
    Choken-ji Temple – god of improving luck, merchant prosperity, accomplishment and proficiency
    Daikoku-ji Temple – god of success, improving luck, financial prosperity
    Go-Kogu Shrine – god of safe childbirth, improving luck, protection from misfortune
    Nogi Shrine – god of academic performance, winning
    Fujinomori Shrine – god of winning, improving luck

    Fushimi Gofuku Meguri
    Open hours:
    9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day at all five shrines and temples
    Admission:
    1,000 yen for ビンゴ5次回予想 sheet of irogami (colored paper) and ビンゴ5次回予想 first stamp. 300 yen at each of ビンゴ5次回予想 other four temples/shrines for ビンゴ5次回予想 remaining stamps.
    Choken-ji Temple: No fee for admittance to ビンゴ5次回予想 inner grounds
    Daikoku-ji Temple: No fee for admittance to ビンゴ5次回予想 inner grounds
    Go-Kogu Shrine: No fee for admittance to ビンゴ5次回予想 inner grounds
    Nogi Shrine: No fee for admittance to ビンゴ5次回予想 inner grounds
    Fujinomori Shrine: No fee for admittance to ビンゴ5次回予想 inner grounds
    Address:

    Choken-ji Temple: 511 Higashi Yanagi-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Daikoku-ji Temple: Takajo-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Go-Kogu Shrine: 174 Gokogu Monzen-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Nogi Shrine: 32-2 Itakurasuo, Momoyama-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Fujinomori Shrine: 609 Fukakusa Toriizaki-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Phone:

    Fushimi Gofuku Meguri: +81-(0)75-611-0559 (Rakunan Hoshokai)

    Choken-ji Temple: +81-(0)75-611-1039

    Daikoku-ji Temple: +81-(0)75-611-2558

    Go-Kogu Shrine: +81-(0)75-611-0559

    Nogi Shrine: +81-(0)75-601-5472

    Fujinomori Shrine: +81-(0)75-641-1045

    Access:
    • Choken-ji Temple:
      It is a five-minute walk from Chushojima Station on Keihan Electric Railway.
    • Daikoku-ji Temple:
      It is a 10-minute walk from Tambabashi Station on either Keihan Electric Railway or Kintetsu.
    • Go-Kogu Shrine:
      It is a five-minute walk from Fushimi-Momoyama Station on Keihan Electric Railway, from Momoyamagoryo-mae Station on Kintetsu, or Momoyama Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 JR Nara Line.
    • Nogi Shrine:
      It is a 15-minute walk from Fushimi-momoyama Station or Momoyama-Minamiguchi Station on Keihan Electric Railway, or from Momoyamagoryo-mae Station on Kintetsu. Alternatively, it is a 10-minute walk from Momoyama Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 JR Nara Line.
    • Fujinomori Shrine:
      It is a 10-minute walk from Sumizome Station on Keihan Electric Railway, or a five-minute walk from Fujinomori Station on JR.

  • Miyako Shichifukujin Mairi – Visiting Seven Gods and Goddesses

    Belief in ビンゴ5次回予想 Seven Gods of Fortune first began in Japan in Kyoto around six hundred years ago and then spread throughout ビンゴ5次回予想 country. Named Benzaiten, Bishamonten, Daikokuten, Ebisu, Fukurokuju, Hotei and Jurojin, these gods and goddesses of Japan, China and India are said to bring people good fortune. Tradition holds that if a picture of a treasure boat bearing ビンゴ5次回予想 Seven Gods of Fortune is placed under your pillow when you go to bed on January 2, it will bring you good luck. During ビンゴ5次回予想 new year, many people pray at ビンゴ5次回予想 temples and shrines for ビンゴ5次回予想 Seven Gods of Fortune for ビンゴ5次回予想 Seven Fortunes and ward off ビンゴ5次回予想 Seven Misfortunes. Pilgrimage is made at other times of ビンゴ5次回予想 year as well.
    Ebisu Shrines – Ebisu – merchant prosperity
    Myoen-ji Temple (Matsugasaki Daikokuten) – Daikokuten – improved fortune
    To-ji Temple – Bishamonten – ビンゴ5次回予想 Seven Fortunes
    Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple – Benzaiten
    Sekizan Zen-in Temple – Fukurokuju – longevity and happiness
    Kodo (Gyogan-ji Temple) – Jurojin – immortality and longevity
    Manpuku-ji Temple – Hotei – destiny and good omens

    Open hours:
    From 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., although times vary for each temple.
    Admission:
    Kyoto Ebisu Shrine: No fee for admittance to ビンゴ5次回予想 inner grounds
    Myoen-ji Temple (Matsugasaki Daikokuten): No fee for admittance to ビンゴ5次回予想 inner grounds
    To-ji Temple: Admittance fee for some areas
    Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple: Adults: 600 yen, students: 500 yen, children: 400 yen
    Sekizan Zen-in Temple: No fee for admittance to ビンゴ5次回予想 inner grounds
    Kodo (Gyogan-ji Temple): No fee for admittance to ビンゴ5次回予想 inner grounds
    Manpuku-ji Temple: Adults: 500 yen, elementary/junior high students: 300 yen
    Address:

    Kyoto Ebisu Shrine: 125 Komatsu-cho, Yamato Oji-dori 4-jo Sagaru, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Myoen-ji Temple (Matsugasaki Daikokuten): 31 Matsugasaki Higashi-machi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto > Map

    To-ji Temple: 1 Kujo-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple: 81-1 Rokuro-cho, Matsubara-dori Yamato Oji Higashiiru 2-chome, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Sekizan Zen-in Temple: 18 Shugaku Inkai Konbo-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Kodo (Gyogan-ji Temple): 17 Teramachi-dori Takeyamachi Agaru Gyoganji Monzen-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Manpuku-ji Temple: 34 Gokasho Sanban-wari, Uji, Kyoto Prefecture > Map

    Phone:

    Kyoto Ebisu Shrine: +81-(0)75-525-0005

    Myoen-ji Temple (Matsugasaki Daikokuten): +81-(0)75-781-5067

    To-ji Temple: +81-(0)75-691-3325

    Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple: +81-(0)75-561-6980

    Sekizan Zen-in Temple: +81-(0)75-701-5181

    Kodo (Gyogan-ji Temple): +81-(0)75-211-2770

    Manpuku-ji Temple: +81-(0)774-32-3900

    Access:
    • Kyoto Ebisu Shrine:
      It is a six-minute walk from Gionshijo Station on Keihan Electric Railway.
    • Myoen-ji Temple (Matsugasaki Daikokuten):
      It is a seven-minute walk from Shugakuin Station on Eizan Electric Railway or a 15-minute walk from Matsugasaki Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Karasuma subway line.
    • To-ji Temple:
      It is a 15-minute walk from Kyoto Station on JR, or a 10-minute walk from Toji Station on Kintetsu.
    • Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple:
      It is an eight-minute walk from Kiyomizu-Gojo Station on Keihan Electric Railway.
    • Sekizan Zen-in Temple:
      It is a 20-minute walk from Shugakuin Station on Eizan Electric Railway.
    • Kodo (Gyogan-ji Temple): It is a 10-minute walk from Jingu-Marutamachi Station on Keihan Electric Railway.
    • Manpuku-ji Temple: It is a five-minute walk from Obaku Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Uji Line on Keihan Electric Railway or from Obaku Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 JR Nara Line.

  • Yumihikizome, Toshiya – New Year Archery

    From one end to ビンゴ5次回予想 other of Sanjusangen-do Temple, ビンゴ5次回予想 distance is about 60 meters. Competing in archery to shoot arrows along ビンゴ5次回予想 length is said to date back to ビンゴ5次回予想 sixteenth century. Archery aficionados from throughout Japan gather in an impressive display, wearing traditional hakama. Young men having just turned adults at ビンゴ5次回予想 age of 20 are particularly common. ビンゴ5次回予想 invigorating winter air is filled with solemnity as ビンゴ5次回予想 archers focus their attention on their target on this day, ビンゴ5次回予想 first day of ビンゴ5次回予想 lunar new year.

    Open hours:
    ビンゴ5次回予想 Sunday nearest January 15, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
    Admission:
    Adults: 600 yen, junior/senior high school students: 400 yen, children: 300 yen
    Admittance is free on ビンゴ5次回予想 day of ビンゴ5次回予想 event
    Address:
    657 Sanjusangen-do Mawari-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Sanjusangen-do Temple: +81-(0)75-561-0467
    Access:
    It is a seven-minute walk from Shichijo Station on Keihan Electric Railway.

  • Hatsu Kobo at To-ji Temple

    A festival day for Kobo Daishi (Kukai) is held on ビンゴ5次回予想 21 of each month in memory of his passing on ビンゴ5次回予想 21 of March. ビンゴ5次回予想 word "hatsu" refers to ビンゴ5次回予想 first festival of ビンゴ5次回予想 new year. Some 1200 street stalls set up on ビンゴ5次回予想 grounds of To-ji Temple, selling antiques, local specialty products, potted plants, gardening products, ceramics and more.

    Hatsu Kobo at To-ji Temple
    Open hours:
    January 21 from 5:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    Admission:
    There is no charge for admittance to Hatsu Kobo.
    Ground admittance is also free, though there is a charge for admittance to Kondo and Kodo Halls.
    Adults: 800 yen, high school students: 700 yen, elementary/junior high school students: 500 yen.
    Address:
    1 Kujo-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    To-ji Temple: +81-(0)75-691-3325
    Access:
    • • It is a 15-minute walk from Kyoto Station on JR
    • • It is a 10-minute walk from Toji Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Kintetsu Kyoto Line.

  • Hatsu Tenjin at Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine

    ビンゴ5次回予想 25th of ビンゴ5次回予想 month is celebrated in memory of ビンゴ5次回予想 death anniversary of Sugawara no Michizane, a famous scholar of ancient times also known as Tenjin (sky deity). Similar to ビンゴ5次回予想 celebration for Kobo, ビンゴ5次回予想 Hatsu Tenjin on ビンゴ5次回予想 grounds of Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine is a grand day-long celebration. ビンゴ5次回予想 festival days vie with each other, and according to one popular saying, if it rains on Kobo's day, ビンゴ5次回予想 skies will be clear for ビンゴ5次回予想 Tenjin festival. More than 1000 stalls are set up for ビンゴ5次回予想 lively event, and there is an exhibit of new year wishes, showing ビンゴ5次回予想 calligraphy work of visitors. Also, January 25 is ビンゴ5次回予想 only day of ビンゴ5次回予想 year when treasures of ビンゴ5次回予想 shrine's repository are on view to ビンゴ5次回予想 public.

    Open hours:
    Hatsu Tenjin: 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
    Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Admission:
    No fee for admittance to ビンゴ5次回予想 inner grounds
    Address:
    Bakuro-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine: +81-(0)75-461-0005
    Access:
    It is a five-minute walk to Kitano-hakubaicho Station on Keifuku Electric Railroad.

February

  • Setsubun Festival

    Setsubun marks ビンゴ5次回予想 last day of winter according to ビンゴ5次回予想 lunar calendar. It is thought that ビンゴ5次回予想 change of seasons may give rise to evil spirits, and many of ビンゴ5次回予想 temples and shrines in Kyoto perform a variety of events to ward away ビンゴ5次回予想 evil. Most homes also observe ビンゴ5次回予想 Setsubun ritual of tossing soybeans while intoning, "Evil outside, good fortune inside!" Another practice commonly followed is to eat ビンゴ5次回予想 same number of soybeans as your age, believed to bring about a strong constitution and long life. Among ビンゴ5次回予想 many Setsubun festivals, those held at Yoshida Shrine, Rozan-ji Temple, Mibu-dera Temple and Narita-san Osaka Betsuin Myoo-in Temple are particularly popular.

    Setsubun Festival
    Open hours:
    Yoshida Shrine: February 2 to 4. ビンゴ5次回予想 oni (demon) show is at 6:00 p.m. on February 2.
    Rozan-ji Temple: February 3. ビンゴ5次回予想 oni dance is at 3:00 p.m.
    Mibu-dera Temple: ビンゴ5次回予想 Mibu Kyogen pantomime show is put on hourly between 1:00 and 8:00 p.m. on February 2 and 3.
    Narita-san Osaka Betsuin Myoo-in Temple: February 3. Good luck soybeans are given out between 10:30 a.m., 1:00p.m., 3:00 p.m.
    Admission:
    Yoshida Shrine: No admission fee
    Rozan-ji Temple: No admission fee
    Mibu-dera Temple: No admission fee
    Narita-san Osaka Betsuin Myoo-in Temple: No admission fee
    Address:

    Yoshida Shrine: 30 Yoshida Kaguraoka-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Rozan-ji Temple: Teramachi-dori Hirokoji Agaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Mibu-dera Temple: Bojo-dori Bukko-ji Kita Iru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Narita-san Osaka Betsuin Myoo-in Temple: 10-1 Narita Nishi-machi, Neyagawa > Map

    Phone:

    Yoshida Shrine: +81-(0)75-771-3788

    Rozan-ji Temple: +81-(0)75-231-0355

    Mibu-dera Temple: +81-(0)75-841-3381

    Narita-san Osaka Betsuin Myoo-in Temple: +81-(0)72-833-8881

    Access:
    • Yoshida Shrine: It is a 20-minute walk from Demachiyanagi Station on Keihan Electric Railway.
    • Rozan-ji Temple: It is a 20-minute walk from Demachiyanagi Station or Jingu-Marutamachi Station on Keihan Electric Railway.
    • Mibu-dera Temple: From Gion-Shijo Station on Keihan Electric Railway take Kyoto city bus 11/203 to ビンゴ5次回予想 Mibu-dera bus stop. It is a 5-minute walk.
    • Narita-san Osaka Betsuin Myoo-in Temple: From Korien Station on Keihan Electric Railway, take Keihan Bus 22/24B/25/25B to Narita-san Fudo-son-zen.

  • Godai Rikison Ninnoe

    Every year on February 23, Daigo-ji Temple holds its Godai Rikison Ninnoe, commonly called "Godai Riki-san." Godai Rikison Ninnoe is a ritual in which prayers are offered to ビンゴ5次回予想 bodhisattva Godairiki, who embodies ビンゴ5次回予想 power of Fudo Myo-o (Acala) and ビンゴ5次回予想 other Five Wisdom Kings, for national peace and good fortune for ビンゴ5次回予想 people. ビンゴ5次回予想 history of ビンゴ5次回予想 ritual goes back to ビンゴ5次回予想 year 907 during ビンゴ5次回予想 reign of Emperor Daigo. Special Buddhist images are given out only on February 23 for protection from fire and theft. These can be seen placed not only at ビンゴ5次回予想 entrances to stores but homes as well. To receive these talismans, people wait from morning till night, forming an endless line. More than 100,000 people from throughout Japan come to see Godai Rikison Ninnoe, known as ビンゴ5次回予想 largest event held at Daigo-ji Temple.
    In recent years, it has become popular for men and women to vie to see who can lift and hold giant rice cake stacks known as Godairiki mochi ビンゴ5次回予想 longest. ビンゴ5次回予想 men's contest is with 150 kilograms of weight and ビンゴ5次回予想 women's with 90. With their strength as offerings, they pray for good health and physical strength. As a prize, ビンゴ5次回予想 winners receive a portion of ビンゴ5次回予想 giant mochi. If you think you have what it takes, turn out and see how long you can last! There is no charge to enter ビンゴ5次回予想 contest.

    Godai Rikison Ninnoe
    Open hours:
    ビンゴ5次回予想 mochi-lifting contest starts at noon
    Admission:
    ビンゴ5次回予想 temple is free of charge on ビンゴ5次回予想 event day. There is a fee for other areas.
    Address:
    Daigo Higashi Oji-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Daigo-ji Temple: +81-(0)75-571-0002
    Access:
    It is a 15-minute walk from ビンゴ5次回予想 subway Daigo Station.

March

  • Nagashi-bina

    In Japan, March 3 is Hinamatsuri or Doll Festival, a day when traditional dolls are displayed on a special tiered doll stand. This custom comes from a ritual in which ビンゴ5次回予想 dolls are sent down ビンゴ5次回予想 river, carrying bad spirits with them. One of ビンゴ5次回予想 oldest shrines in Japan, Shimogamo Shrine holds a ceremony in which male and female dolls made of washi paper are placed on plaited straw and floated down ビンゴ5次回予想 Mitarashi River, which flows through ビンゴ5次回予想 shrine compound, to pray for ビンゴ5次回予想 good health of children. On ビンゴ5次回予想 day of ビンゴ5次回予想 ceremony, ビンゴ5次回予想 first 250 visitors are given a nagashi-hina or doll for floating.
    Young women dressed in Heian-style 12-layer kimonos send ビンゴ5次回予想 dolls down ビンゴ5次回予想 river with prayer with great grace. It is a sight that should not be missed. It is also ビンゴ5次回予想 time when ビンゴ5次回予想 blossoms on ビンゴ5次回予想 ume trees in ビンゴ5次回予想 compound are in bloom. To be invited to drink some amazake, a sweet low-alcohol drink while enjoying ビンゴ5次回予想 deep pink of ビンゴ5次回予想 blossoms is a particularly wonderful treat.

    Nagashi-bina
    Open hours:
    ビンゴ5次回予想 Shinto ritual starts at 10:30 a.m.
    Admission:
    No fee for admission or participating
    Address:
    59 Shimogamo Izumigawa-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Shimogamo Shrine: +81-(0)75-781-0010
    Access:
    It is a 10-minute walk from Demachiyanagi Station on Keihan Electric Railway.

  • Kyoto Higashiyama Hana Toro – Flowers and Lanterns

    From Shoren-in Temple and Maruyama Park in ビンゴ5次回予想 north, a narrow flagstone roadway winds its way for about five kilometers, passing through Yasaka Shrine before coming to Kiyomizu Temple. Surrounded by whitewashed and earthen walls, ビンゴ5次回予想 path is lined with Japanese lights and flowers. Faintly lighting ビンゴ5次回予想 way forward are some 2500 lanterns, created using such traditional crafts as Kyoyaki and Kiyomizuyaki pottery, Japanese cedar craft, Kyomei bamboo craft and lacquering. Ikebana flower arrangements adorn ビンゴ5次回予想 way in large vases, created by ビンゴ5次回予想 heads of ビンゴ5次回予想 various flower arrangement schools, creating such a dreamlike sensation of ornate beauty that it is called "ビンゴ5次回予想 road you can't stop walking down." Daring works by young flower arrangement artists unfold before your eyes at a venue in Maruyama Park, and Kyoto schoolchildren put on street performances for an enhanced level of entertainment along ビンゴ5次回予想 flowery way of lights.

    Kyoto Higashiyama Hana Toro – Flowers and Lanterns
    Open hours:
    About 10 days from Mid-March: 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (Admission until 9:30 p.m.)
    Admission:
    No fee for ビンゴ5次回予想 walk. Temples and shrines charge an admission fee.
    Address:

    Shoren-in Temple: 69-1 Awadaguchi Sanjobo-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Kiyomizu Temple: 1-294 Kiyomizu, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Phone:
    Kyoto Hanatoro Promotion Council: +81-(0)75-212-8173
    Access:
    • Shoren-in Temple: It is a five-minute walk from ビンゴ5次回予想 Higashiyama subway station.
    • Kiyomizu Temple: It is a 25- minute walk from Kiyomizu-Gojo Station on Keihan Electric Railway.

  • Kitano Odori

    Kitano Odori is a dance performance by geisha and maiko (geisha in training) associated with Kamishichiken. ビンゴ5次回予想 season begins on March 25 each year and is a harbinger of spring in Kyoto, opening before ビンゴ5次回予想 other spring dances in hanamachi such as Miyako Odori, Kyo Odori and Kamogawa Odori. Kamishichiken began as a series of seven tea houses, built near Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine around six hundred years ago. Among ビンゴ5次回予想 five hanamachi or geisha districts of Kyoto, Kamishiken is ビンゴ5次回予想 oldest. Of particular note is ビンゴ5次回予想 refined movements of ビンゴ5次回予想 geisha and maiko, cultivated over Kamishichiken's long history. A characteristic of this show is ビンゴ5次回予想 use of spoken lines. ビンゴ5次回予想 finale is "Kamishichiken Yakyoku" (Evening Song of Kamishichiken), a marvelous spectacle in which all of ビンゴ5次回予想 geisha and maiko come onto stage and dance in gorgeous kimonos tailored in a fashion so as to trail on ビンゴ5次回予想 floor. Somewhat smaller than many other shows, Kitano Odori has a special elegance of its own worth seeing.

    Open hours:
    March 25 to April 7
    Performance start times: 1:30, 4:00 p.m.
    Admission:
    Seat with tea: 4,800 yen, Seat: 4,300 yen, tea ticket: 600 yen
    Address:
    742 Imadegawa-dori Shichihonmatsu Nishiiru Shinsei-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Kamishichiken-Kabukai: +81-(0)75-461-0148
    Access:
    Take Kyoto city bus 10/50/101/102/203 to ビンゴ5次回予想 Kitanotemmangu-mae bus stop.

April

  • Miyako Odori

    Miyako Odori is a dance performance in which about 20 geisha and maiko (geisha in training) appear, making a spectacular show. A special spring attraction in Kyoto, ビンゴ5次回予想 show's performers are from Gion Kobu. In 1872, soon after Japan's capital was moved to Tokyo, Miyako Odori was created as a special exhibit planned to maintain ビンゴ5次回予想 historical pride of Kyoto as ビンゴ5次回予想 traditional home of ビンゴ5次回予想 emperor. Miyako Odori, or "Capital Dance," is characterized by a sliding movement of ビンゴ5次回予想 feet unique to ビンゴ5次回予想 traditional Kyoto Inoueryu style of dancing. Written by Yachiyo Inoue, ビンゴ5次回予想 shows are selected to match ビンゴ5次回予想 Chinese zodiac and ビンゴ5次回予想 season.

    Open hours:
    April 1 to 30, every year
    Performance start times: 12:30, 2:00, 3:30, 4:50 p.m.
    Admission:
    Special seats with tea: 4,800 yen,
    top-grade seats: 4,200 yen (reserved seating),
    second-grade seats: 2,500 yen (open seating)
    Address:
    570-2 Gion-machi Minami-gawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Gion Shinchi Kobu Dance Association Committee: +81-(0)75-541-3391
    Access:
    It is a eight-minute walk from Gion-Shijo Station on Keihan Electric Railway.

  • Kyo Odori

    A special event for spring in Kyoto, Kyo Odori is a dancing performance by geisha and maiko (geisha in training) of ビンゴ5次回予想 Miyagawa-cho Dance Association. ビンゴ5次回予想 first performance was held in 1950. Incorporating popular places and products of Kyoto in dance, ビンゴ5次回予想 performance has been well received. In ビンゴ5次回予想 fifth season, ビンゴ5次回予想 stage was moved to ビンゴ5次回予想 Minami-za kabuki theater until 1969 when it returned to ビンゴ5次回予想 newly completed Miyagawa-cho Dance Hall.
    With a large cast numbering about 80 geisha and maiko, ビンゴ5次回予想 performance's main themes are places and products of Kyoto. ビンゴ5次回予想 refined performers and creative genius of this production make it an event that lives up to its reputation as a tradition.

    Open hours:
    April 2 to 17
    Performance start times: 12:30, 2:30, 4:30 p.m.
    Admission:
    First class ticket with tea voucher: 4,800 yen
    First class ticket: 4,200 yen
    Second class ticket with tea voucher: 2,800 yen
    Second class ticket: 2,200 yen
    Tea voucher: 600 yen
    Program: 600 yen
    Address:
    4-306 Miyakawa-suji, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto > Map
    (Kyoto Gion Shijo Kawahashi Sagaru)
    Phone:
    Miyagawa-cho Dance Association: +81-(0)75-561-1151
    Access:
    It is a six-minute walk from Gion-Shijo Station on Keihan Electric Railway.

May

  • Kamogawa Odori

    Coloring Kyoto with ビンゴ5次回予想 invigorating new green growth of spring, Kamogawa Odori is a dance performance by geisha and maiko (geisha in training) of Ponto-cho. ビンゴ5次回予想 first show was put on in 1872, a tradition carried on for more than a century. An innovative dance drama, Kamogawa Odori is choreographed in ビンゴ5次回予想 Onoe style, and ビンゴ5次回予想 stage provides a magnificent venue with picture scrolls that move as talented geisha dance about.

    Open hours:
    May 1 to 24
    Performance start times: 12:30, 2:20, 4:10 p.m.
    Admission:
    Special seat with tea: 4,800 yen,
    Special seat: 4,200 yen,
    Regular seat: 2,300 yen
    Address:
    Ponto-cho-dori Sanjo Ohashi Nishizume, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Ponto-cho Kabukai: +81-(0)75-221-2025
    Access:
    It is a five-minute walk from Sanjo Station on Keihan Electric Railway.

  • Kibune no Kawadoko – Dining Over ビンゴ5次回予想 Kibune Stream

    A summer retreat from urban Kyoto, Kibune provides about 20 high-end restaurants with seating over ビンゴ5次回予想 Kibune Stream. ビンゴ5次回予想 narrow Kibune Stream runs quickly under restaurant-goers, who sit only a bit more than a foot above ビンゴ5次回予想 water surface as to enjoy ビンゴ5次回予想 refreshing breeze, nature's air conditioning. Meals are eaten surrounded by ビンゴ5次回予想 green beauty of trees near ビンゴ5次回予想 stream, a luxurious way to pass ビンゴ5次回予想 time away during ビンゴ5次回予想 extreme hot weather of Kyoto's summer. In ビンゴ5次回予想 evening, ビンゴ5次回予想 light of lanterns create a wondrous atmosphere, making Kibune a completely different place from ビンゴ5次回予想 daytime.

    Kibune no Kawadoko – Dining Over ビンゴ5次回予想 Kibune Stream
    Open hours:
    May 1 to September 30 (Dates may differ depending on ビンゴ5次回予想 establishment)
    Admission:
    Inquire at ビンゴ5次回予想 individual establishment.
    Address:
    Kurama Kibune-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Kibune Tourism Association: +81-(0)75-741-4444
    Access:
    It is a 30-minute walk from Kibuneguchi Station on Eizan Electric Railway.
    Inquire with individual establishments for pick-up arrangements.

  • Kamogawa no Yuka – River Dining

    Sitting near ビンゴ5次回予想 Kamo River in ビンゴ5次回予想 evening is a popular summer activity in Kyoto, beginning in May when ビンゴ5次回予想 first signs of warmer days appear. From Nijo to Gojo on ビンゴ5次回予想 west bank of ビンゴ5次回予想 Kamo River, there are about 100 restaurants and inns that provide seating along ビンゴ5次回予想 river for enjoying ビンゴ5次回予想 cool of evening while eating. This practice along ビンゴ5次回予想 Kamo River has a long history, said to have begun around ビンゴ5次回予想 end of ビンゴ5次回予想 sixteenth century. In addition to high-class restaurants, cafes and pub-like izakaya have riverside seating, a pleasant way to enjoy ビンゴ5次回予想 townscape of Kyoto. As ビンゴ5次回予想 evening comes on, ビンゴ5次回予想 restaurants gradually turn on their lights, making a pleasant atmosphere.

    Kamogawa no Yuka – River Dining
    Open hours:
    May 1 to September 30
    Admission:
    Inquire at ビンゴ5次回予想 individual establishment.
    Address:
    From Kiya-machi-dori Nijo Sagaru, Nakagyo-ku to Kiya-machi-dori Gojo Agaru, Shimogyo-ku in Kyoto > Map
    Access:
    Although distances differ, all of ビンゴ5次回予想 establishments are within walking distance of Sanjo, Gion-Shijo and Kiyomizu-Gojo Stations on Keihan Electric Railway.

  • Aoi Festival – Hollyhock Festival

    ビンゴ5次回予想 Aoi Festival (also known as ビンゴ5次回予想 Kamo Festival) is one of ビンゴ5次回予想 three great festivals of Kyoto. An annual festival of Shimogamo and Kamigamo Shrines, it was started by Emperor Kinmei in response to a famine that occurred in ビンゴ5次回予想 middle of ビンゴ5次回予想 sixth century. ビンゴ5次回予想 procession of courtly elegance begins with a bamboo screen for ビンゴ5次回予想 shrine of ビンゴ5次回予想 imperial palace, followed by an ox-drawn court carriage, an imperial messenger, traditional formal court attire of attendants, and oxen and horses. With everything decorated with hollyhock leaves, ビンゴ5次回予想 line marches from ビンゴ5次回予想 imperial palace to Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine.
    ビンゴ5次回予想 star of ビンゴ5次回予想 Aoi Festival procession is a woman designated as ビンゴ5次回予想 saio. In former times, an unmarried re lative of ビンゴ5次回予想 emperor was selected for ビンゴ5次回予想 role, but today, an unmarried female residing in Kyoto is chosen. Wearing a twelve-layer kimono, ビンゴ5次回予想 saio sits in a palanquin with ビンゴ5次回予想 bamboo screens open in all directions.
    Visitors are asked to refrain from taking photographs with a flash to avoid frightening ビンゴ5次回予想 horses. Also, those seated are asked to not use parasols as a courtesy to those sitting further back. Make sure to bring your hat and suntan lotion!

    Aoi Festival – Hollyhock Festival
    Open hours:
    10:30 a.m.: Departs from ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Imperial Palace
    11:40 a.m.: Arrives at Shimogamo Shrine
    2:20 p.m.: Departs from Shimogamo Shrine
    3:30 p.m.: Arrives at Kamigamo Shrine
    Admission:
    Reservations for seating opens at ビンゴ5次回予想 beginning of April.
    Kyoto City Tourism Association: (075) 752-7070 (open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
    Kyoto Tourism Information Center: (075) 343-0548 (open from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.)
    Address:

    Kyoto Imperial Palace: 3 Kyoto Gyoen, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Shimogamo Shrine: 59 Shimogamo Izumigawa-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Kamigamo Shrine: 339 Kamigamo Motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Phone:

    Kyoto Gyoen National Garden Office, Ministry of ビンゴ5次回予想 Environment: +81-(0)75-211-6348

    Shimogamo Shrine: +81-(0)75-781-0010

    Kamigamo Shrine: +81-(0)75-781-0011

    Access:
    • Kyoto Imperial Palace:
      It is a 10-minute walk from Jingu-Marutamachi or Demachiyanagi Station on Keihan Electric Railway, or a five-minute walk from Marutamachi Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 subway.
    • Shimogamo Shrine:
      It is a 10-minute walk from Demachiyanagi Station on Keihan Electric Railway.
    • Kamigamo Shrine:
      Take Kyoto city bus 4/46 to Kamigamo Jinja-mae, Kyoto city bus 9 to Kamigamo Misonobashi, or Kyoto bus 30/32/34/35/36 to Kamigamo Jinja-mae.

June

  • Takigi Noh

    Kyoto Takigi Noh was started in 1950 as a cooperative project by ビンゴ5次回予想 City of Kyoto and ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Noh Association. ビンゴ5次回予想 Noh performance is held on a Noh stage set up on ビンゴ5次回予想 grounds of Heian Shrine just for ビンゴ5次回予想 event. Iron baskets with fire light up ビンゴ5次回予想 vermillion lacquered shrine building, creating a magnificent venue for ビンゴ5次回予想 Noh performance. Competition among ビンゴ5次回予想 talented Noh performers from ビンゴ5次回予想 Kanze, Kongo and Okura schools entice ビンゴ5次回予想 audience into ビンゴ5次回予想 quiet, elegant world of Noh. Each day has different works performed. A fee is charged for admission. In ビンゴ5次回予想 case of rain, ビンゴ5次回予想 performances are held in ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Concert Hall.

    Takigi Noh
    Open hours:
    Two days, early June,
    5:30 p.m. (doors open at 4:30 p.m.)
    Admission:
    Tickets bought on-site on performance day: 5000 yen
    Tickets purchased in advance: 4000 yen
    Address:
    97 Okazaki Nishitenno, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Kyoto Noh Association: +81-(0)75-771-6114
    Access:
    • • 15-minute walk from Jingu-Marutamachi Station on Keihan Electric Railway.
    • • 10-minute walk from Higashiyama Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Tozai subway line.

  • Kyoto Five Hanamachi Joint Performance

    ビンゴ5次回予想 geisha and maiko (geisha in training) of Kyoto's five hanamachi (geisha districts) come together in a single venue to demonstrate ビンゴ5次回予想 traditional and historical dance style of each hanamachi. ビンゴ5次回予想 "Maiko no Nigiwai" is a particularly popular performance with 20 maiko performing simultaneously. ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Five Hanamachi Joint Performance was begun in 1994 in commemoration of ビンゴ5次回予想 1200th-year anniversary since Kyoto's founding as ビンゴ5次回予想 capital of Japan. ビンゴ5次回予想 five hanamachi of Kyoto are: Gion Kobu, Ponto-cho, Miyagawa-cho, Gion Higashi and Kamishichiken. Each has maintained and passed down fine styles of Kyoto dancing, which are performed at this unique event.

    Open hours:
    June 25 (Sat) and 26 (Sun)
    Morning performance starts at 11:00 a.m.
    Afternoon performance starts at 2:30 p.m.
    Admission:
    Special seating: 11,000 yen (first and second floors)
    First-class seating: 5000 yen (third floor)
    Address:

    Kyoto Kaikan: 13 Okazaki Saishoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Minami-za: Shijo Ohashi Higashizume, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Phone:
    Ookini Zaidan of ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Traditional Geisha and Maiko Promotion Association: +81-(0)75-561-3901
    Access:
    • Kyoto Kaikan:
      It is a 15-minute walk from Jingu-Marutamachi Station on Keihan Electric Railway or a 10-minute walk from Higashiyama Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 subway.
    • Minami-za: Located next to Gion-Shijo Station on Keihan Electric Railway.

  • Cormorant Fishing on ビンゴ5次回予想 Uji River

    When ビンゴ5次回予想 summer sun sets, cormorant fishing begins on ビンゴ5次回予想 Uji River, one of Kyoto's summer attractions. ビンゴ5次回予想 usho, or cormorant masters, work in ビンゴ5次回予想 river around ビンゴ5次回予想 passenger boat as their cormorants catch ayu or sweetfish. From ビンゴ5次回予想 boat, tourists can watch ビンゴ5次回予想 blue eyes and sharp bills that ビンゴ5次回予想 cormorants use to partially swallow ayu from ビンゴ5次回予想 river. ビンゴ5次回予想 usho quickly picks up ビンゴ5次回予想 cormorant and dislodges ビンゴ5次回予想 fish. It is a very exciting experience. In all of Japan, there are only four female usho, and two of them work on ビンゴ5次回予想 Uji River. Cormorant fishing is not conducted when there is flooding or bad weather.

    Cormorant Fishing on ビンゴ5次回予想 Uji River
    Hours:
    Boat departures:
    July 1 to September 23 (Except August 16)
    Times:
    July 1 to August 31: 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
    September 1 to 23: 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
    Departures will be cancelled in case of heavy rain, strong winds or floods.
    Admission:
    Passenger boats:
    Adults: 2,000 yen, children: 1,000 yen
    Hired boats – reservation required
    10-person: 27,500 yen
    15-person: 41,250 yen
    20-person: 55,000 yen
    Address:
    Uji Togawa, Uji > Map
    Phone:

    Uji City Tourist Association: +81-(0)774-23-3334

    Uji River Tourist Barges: +81-(0)774-21-2328

    Access:
    • • 10-minute walk from Uji Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Uji Line of Keihan Electric Railway.
    • • 15-minute walk from JR Uji Station.

July

  • Cormorant Fishing at Arashiyama

    Cormorant fishing is a traditional method of catching ayu, or sweetfish, and other fish. Fishers wear a traditional kazaore cap and koshimino grass skirt while handling ビンゴ5次回予想 ropes of about 10 cormorants. Cormorant fishing has a tradition of about one thousand years at Arashiyama. Watch ビンゴ5次回予想 fishing action from ビンゴ5次回予想 Togetsu-kyo Bridge, or board a boat and watch ビンゴ5次回予想 cormorants up close, a unique experience that is highly recommended. Arashiyama is known as one of ビンゴ5次回予想 most scenic areas of Kyoto, and ビンゴ5次回予想 torchlight used for cormorant fishing will entice you into a world of swaying currents when times were simpler.

    Open hours:
    Boat departures
    July 1 to August 31: 7:00, 8:00 p.m. Consecutive holidays beginning August 16
    September 1 to 15: 6:30, 7:30 p.m.
    Admission:
    Adults:1,700 yen, children: 850 yen
    Hired boats - reservation required
    10-person: 40,000 yen
    16-person: 52,000 yen
    20-person: 70,000 yen
    Address:
    Saga, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Arashiyama Tusen: +81-(0)75-861-0302
    Access:
    It is an eight-minute walk from Arashiyama Station on Keifuku Electric Railroad, Arashiyama Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Arashiyama Line on Hankyu Railway, or Saga-Arashiyama Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 JR Saga Line.

  • Gion Festival: Yoiyama

    One of ビンゴ5次回予想 three great festivals of Japan, Gion Festival ranks among ビンゴ5次回予想 greatest festivals in ビンゴ5次回予想 world for its grand scale and long history. ビンゴ5次回予想 festival has its beginnings in 869, when an epidemic hit Kyoto. Sixty-six halberds were erected, one for each of ビンゴ5次回予想 provinces, and prayers were offered up in supplication for an end to ビンゴ5次回予想 calamity. For ビンゴ5次回予想 entire month of July each year, central Kyoto and Yasaka Jinja Shrine are busy, engaged in preparations and a variety of festivals and activities. ビンゴ5次回予想 most popular event of Gion Festival is Yoiyama. At night, Kyoto’s commercial center, Shijo Street, is closed to cars so pedestrians can better enjoy ビンゴ5次回予想 festivities. Visitors view ビンゴ5次回予想 festival yama and hoko floats in each district, set up to ward away possession and sickness, and enjoy ビンゴ5次回予想 many night festival stalls. Alternatively, ビンゴ5次回予想 festival is called “Byobu Matsuri,” for ビンゴ5次回予想 byobu (folding screens) and other family heirlooms that are put on display, sometimes with an offering of tea. Some ways to enjoy ビンゴ5次回予想 festival are to look at ビンゴ5次回予想 floats and halberds in each district while listening to ビンゴ5次回予想 Gion bayashi musicians performing nearby, and to buy charms and chimaki rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves (for warding off evil, not for eating). Also considered correct behavior are viewing ビンゴ5次回予想 folding screens and enjoying a pleasant stroll. People of all ages enjoy ビンゴ5次回予想 atmosphere of ビンゴ5次回予想 festivities, many dressed in their cotton yukata robes. It is also a delight to take in all ビンゴ5次回予想 different yukata patterns as well, ranging from classic patterns to smart contemporary designs.

    Open hours:
    July 14 to 16, 6:00 to 11:00 p.m
    Admission:
    Free to watch
    Address:
    Gion Festival floats along Shijo-dori and Karasuma-dori Streets > Map
    Phone:
    Gion Festival Float Association: +81-(0)75-223-6040
    Access:
    • • 15-minute walk from Gion-Shijo Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Keihan Electric Railway
    • • Take ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line to Shijo or Karasuma Oike Station.
    • • Take Hankyu Railway to Karasuma Station.
    Note: Buses may run on revised schedules and routes during Yoiyama. We recommend using trains instead.

  • Gion Festival: Procession of ビンゴ5次回予想 Floats

    When yoiyama is over, then it’s on to ビンゴ5次回予想 procession of ビンゴ5次回予想 yama and hoko floats, ビンゴ5次回予想 climax of Gion Festival. ビンゴ5次回予想 floats assemble at Shijo Karasuma at 9 o’clock in ビンゴ5次回予想 morning. ビンゴ5次回予想 Naginata-boko float leads ビンゴ5次回予想 procession to ビンゴ5次回予想 accompaniment of Gion bayashi musicians. When ビンゴ5次回予想 parade reaches Fuya-cho, there is a shimenawa rope strung on green bamboo (imitake) between ビンゴ5次回予想 north and south corners, symbolizing ビンゴ5次回予想 separation between ビンゴ5次回予想 world of ビンゴ5次回予想 kami (gods) and ビンゴ5次回予想 world of humans. Ahead of 31 other floats, ビンゴ5次回予想 Naginata-boko float passes through ビンゴ5次回予想 barrier and enters into ビンゴ5次回予想 world of ビンゴ5次回予想 kami. Dressed in holy garments, a young boy chosen for ビンゴ5次回予想 festival lowers a sword onto ビンゴ5次回予想 shimenawa so that it falls, cut in two. This event is considered to be one of ビンゴ5次回予想 great highlights of ビンゴ5次回予想 festival. ビンゴ5次回予想 floats start moving again, and then comes ビンゴ5次回予想 next big event: tsuji-mawashi, ビンゴ5次回予想 turning of ビンゴ5次回予想 floats at Shijo Kawaramachi. At 12 tons and 25 meters in length, these floats make turning no easy task. ビンゴ5次回予想 haulers rotate these mammoth structures a full ninety degrees, an incredible feat. Following cues from ビンゴ5次回予想 leader, who uses a fan to set ビンゴ5次回予想 pace, ビンゴ5次回予想 float haulers slide ビンゴ5次回予想 wheels on bamboo to change their direction. Of ビンゴ5次回予想 32 magnificent floats, 29 are important tangible folk cultural properties, and ビンゴ5次回予想 floats, whose decorations include ビンゴ5次回予想 likes of a Gobelins tapestry, are referred to as “an art museum on wheels.” In spite of ビンゴ5次回予想 fact that ビンゴ5次回予想 festival is held in ビンゴ5次回予想 middle of summer when ビンゴ5次回予想 heat is so extreme there are onlookers every year who suffer from heatstroke, ビンゴ5次回予想 earnest prayers of people hoping for peace and tranquility have supported ビンゴ5次回予想 festival for over a thousand years. If you can go to Kyoto only once in ビンゴ5次回予想 year, ビンゴ5次回予想 Gion Festival’s Procession of ビンゴ5次回予想 Floats is ビンゴ5次回予想 event to see.

    Open hours:
    July 17, starting at 9 a.m.
    ビンゴ5次回予想 festival is held regardless of rain, but may be canceled in ビンゴ5次回予想 event of extreme weather.
    Admission:
    Free to watch
    Paid seating: About 3,180 yen per seat.
    All seats are designated. Ticket price includes a program and visor.
    Address:
    Parade route:
    9:00: Intersection of Shijo and Karasuyama
    9:45: Shijo-dori Street – Shijo and Kawaramachi
    10:30: Kawaramachi-dori Street– Kawaramachi and Oike
    11:35: Oike-dori Street – Shinmachi Oike Shinmachi Street.
    Seating along Oike-dori Street is available for a fee.
    Times indicate when ビンゴ5次回予想 first float is scheduled to pass by that point. > Map
    Phone:

    Gion Festival Float Association: +81-(0)75-223-6040

    Paid seating: +81-(0)75-752-7070 – Kyoto City Tourism Association

    Access:
    First, decide where along ビンゴ5次回予想 parade route you plan to watch ビンゴ5次回予想 parade. Because Gion Festival is very crowded, we recommend arriving at least one hour in advance.
    • Intersection of Shijo-dori and Karasuma-dori Streets:
      Take Hankyu Railway to Karasuma Station.
    • Shijo-dori Street in Kawaramachi:
      • Three-minute walk from Gion-Shijo Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Keihan Electric Railway.
      • Take Hankyu Railway to Kawaramachi Station.
    • Kawaramachi Oike:
      • Six-minute walk from Sanjo Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Keihan Electric Railway.
      • Take ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line to Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station.
    • Shinmachi Oike:
      Take ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line to Karasuma Oike Station.

    It is a five-minute walk from ビンゴ5次回予想 last station. During ビンゴ5次回予想 parade, buses may run on revised schedules and routes. We recommend using trains instead.

August

  • Gojo-zaka Pottery Festival

    Along ビンゴ5次回予想 slope of Gojo Street leading up to Kiyomizu-dera Temple is ビンゴ5次回予想 birthplace of Kiyomizu-yaki pottery. With its rows of ビンゴ5次回予想 stalls and shops of pottery artists, pottery producers, and pottery wholesalers and retailers, Gojo Street is well-known around ビンゴ5次回予想 country for its production of Kyo-yaki and Kiyomizu-yaki pottery. ビンゴ5次回予想 Gojo-zaka Pottery Festival began in 1920 when ビンゴ5次回予想 potters set up shops along Gojo Street during Obon to sell pieces that can’t be billed as their finest work. Obon is when people pay a visit to their family graves, and Gojo Street is especially filled with people walking to ビンゴ5次回予想 cemeteries at Rokudo Chinno-ji Temple and Otani Hombyo (Nishi Otani). More recently, this custom has developed into ビンゴ5次回予想 largest pottery festival in Japan with some 400 shops opening their doors to ビンゴ5次回予想 crowds who gather from all over ビンゴ5次回予想 country in search of lucky finds and great bargains. In recent years, ambitious young ceramic artists have opened shops on ビンゴ5次回予想 southern side of Gojo Street, creating a new attraction. They stay open till about 11 o’clock at night. Come and join in ビンゴ5次回予想 pottery festival! You never know what you might find.

    Gojo-zaka Pottery Festival
    Open hours:
    August 7 to 10, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. (rain or shine)
    Admission:
    Free to watch
    Address:
    Between ビンゴ5次回予想 Kawabata Gojo area and Higashi Oji Gojo in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Gojo-zaka Pottery Festival Administration: +81-(0)75-541-1192 (recording)
    Access:
    Take Keihan Electric Railway to Kiyomizu-Gojo Station.

  • Gozan no Okuribi: ビンゴ5次回予想 Five Bonfires of Kyoto

    On ビンゴ5次回予想 16th of August each year, a traditional festival known as Gozan no Okuribi, or Guiding Fires of Five Mountains, is held, signaling ビンゴ5次回予想 end of summer. An essential summer Kyoto event, these fires help guide ビンゴ5次回予想 spirits of dead ancestors back to ビンゴ5次回予想 spirit world after their Obon visit. There are many different explanations for how this custom began, but in any case, ビンゴ5次回予想 people of Kyoto have been fond of ビンゴ5次回予想 annual bonfires for a long, long time. At 8 o’clock in ビンゴ5次回予想 evening, ビンゴ5次回予想 fire beds prepared on ビンゴ5次回予想 slopes of five different mountains facing Kyoto from three different directions are lit, setting aflame ビンゴ5次回予想 character for dai, or “great.” This is then followed by ビンゴ5次回予想 characters for myo and ho (meaning “wondrous” and “dharma,” respectively). Next, ビンゴ5次回予想 shape of a boat, another dai (called ビンゴ5次回予想 dai on ビンゴ5次回予想 left to distinguish it from ビンゴ5次回予想 first) and then ビンゴ5次回予想 shape of a torii shrine gate. For about 30 minutes, ビンゴ5次回予想 night sky is filled with ビンゴ5次回予想 flicker of ビンゴ5次回予想 red bonfire flames. Standing out in sharp contrast against ビンゴ5次回予想 pitch-black night sky, ビンゴ5次回予想 guiding fires entice onlookers to ビンゴ5次回予想 mystical fiery world they create. It is believed that when a person’s name and ailment are written on ビンゴ5次回予想 wood to be used in ビンゴ5次回予想 sacred fire, ビンゴ5次回予想 disease will be healed. It is also said that if ビンゴ5次回予想 ashes of ビンゴ5次回予想 burned word are crushed into powder, they can be used as a medicine for curing chronic illnesses. Gozan no Okuribi is considered one of ビンゴ5次回予想 four great Kyoto events, along with ビンゴ5次回予想 three great festivals of Kyoto.

    Gozan no Okuribi: ビンゴ5次回予想 Five Bonfires of Kyoto
    Open hours:
    August 16
    Guiding Fire Dai (great): 8-8:30 p.m.
    Guiding Fire Myoho (wondrous dharma) at Matsugasaki: 8:05-8:40 p.m.
    Guiding Fire Funagata, ビンゴ5次回予想 shape of a boat: 8:10-8:45 p.m.
    Guiding Fire Dai (on ビンゴ5次回予想 left): 8:15-8:45 p.m.
    Guiding Fire Toriigata, ビンゴ5次回予想 shape of a torii gate: 8:20-8:50 p.m.
    *Times may vary in case of rain or strong winds.
    Admission:
    Free to watch
    Address:

    Guiding Fire Dai (great): Jodoji Nanamawari-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Guiding Fire Myoho (wondrous dharma) at Matsugasaki: Nishi-Yama (myo) and Higashi-yama (ho) in Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Guiding Fire Funagata, ビンゴ5次回予想 shape of a boat: Nishigamo, Funa-Yama in Kita-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Guiding Fire Dai (on ビンゴ5次回予想 left): Okita-yama Kagamiishi-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Guiding Fire Toriigata, ビンゴ5次回予想 shape of a torii gate: Saga Torii-moto Ikkahyo-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto > Map

    Phone:
    Kyoto Tourist Information Center: +81-(0)75-343-0548
    Access:

    ビンゴ5次回予想 Guiding Fires are an event to guide ビンゴ5次回予想 spirits of ancestors and more recently deceased, and those not officially involved with ビンゴ5次回予想 fires are not allowed in any of ビンゴ5次回予想 fire areas on ビンゴ5次回予想 day of ビンゴ5次回予想 event. Here are some recommended locations for viewing ビンゴ5次回予想 great fires and directions on how to get there.

    • Guiding Fire Dai (great):
      [West bank of ビンゴ5次回予想 Kamo-gawa River – Marutamachi-bashi Bridge to Misono-bashi Bridge]
      Take Keihan Electric Railway to Demachiyanagi Station or Jingu-Marutamachi Station.
    • Guiding Fire Myoho (wondrous dharma) at Matsugasaki:
      • Myo [Kitayama-dori Street near Kyoto Notre Dame University]
      20-minute walk from Shugakuin Station on Eizan Electric Railway.
      • Ho [ビンゴ5次回予想 banks of Takano-gawa River near ビンゴ5次回予想 north side of Takano-bashi Bridge]
      15-minute walk from Demachiyanagi Station on Keihan Electric Railway.
    • Guiding Fire Funagata, ビンゴ5次回予想 shape of a boat:
      [From Kitayama Ohashi Bridge on ビンゴ5次回予想 Kamo-gawa River to ビンゴ5次回予想 northwest]
      Take Kyoto city bus Kita 3 to ビンゴ5次回予想 Kamigamo Misonobashi bus stop.
    • Guiding Fire Dai (on ビンゴ5次回予想 left):
      [Nishioji-dori Street from ビンゴ5次回予想 north side of Shijo-dori Street to Kinkaku-ji (Temple of ビンゴ5次回予想 Golden Pavilion)]
      Take Kyoto city bus 205 to ビンゴ5次回予想 Senbon Kitaoji bus stop.
    • Guiding Fire Toriigata, ビンゴ5次回予想 shape of a torii gate:
      [Hirosawa no Ike Pond]
      Take Kyoto city bus 10/26/59 to ビンゴ5次回予想 Yamagoe bus stop or ビンゴ5次回予想 11/91/93/Toku 93 to ビンゴ5次回予想 Hirosawa Gosho no Uchi-cho bus stop.

  • Floating of ビンゴ5次回予想 Lanterns at Arashiyama

    Originally started in 1949 to soothe ビンゴ5次回予想 spirits of those lost in ビンゴ5次回予想 war, Arashiyama’s Toro Nagashi, or Floating of Lanterns, has become established as an annual event to guide ビンゴ5次回予想 spirits of ビンゴ5次回予想 dead back to ビンゴ5次回予想 Pure Land after their visit to ビンゴ5次回予想 world of ビンゴ5次回予想 living during Obon. Buddhist priests and monks from nearby temples gather to perform a Buddhist service in which some 7,000 lanterns are floated down ビンゴ5次回予想 river from ビンゴ5次回予想 east end of Togetsu-kyo Bridge. ビンゴ5次回予想 spectacle of ビンゴ5次回予想 lanterns slowly, quietly floating along ビンゴ5次回予想 night river to carry people’s wishes and feelings is magical and beautiful, evoking just a tinge of sadness. Performed on ビンゴ5次回予想 same day as Gozan no Okuribi, ビンゴ5次回予想 Togetsu-kyo Bridge area is a popular destination from which visitors can see both ビンゴ5次回予想 lanterns and ビンゴ5次回予想 torii-shaped mountain bonfire as they say farewell to summer in Kyoto.

    Open hours:
    August 16,
    7:00 to 9:00 p.m. ビンゴ5次回予想 event may be canceled in ビンゴ5次回予想 event of heavy rain.
    Admission:
    Free to watch 1,000 yen per lantern
    Address:
    Saga-naka no Shima-machi, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto – ビンゴ5次回予想 Arashiyama Park Nakanoshima area > Map
    Phone:
    Saga Busso Association: +81-(0)80-5307-1060
    Access:
    • • Five-minute walk from Arashiyama Station on Keifuku Electric Railroad (Arashiyama Electric Tram Railway)
    • • Six-minute walk from Arashiyama Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Hankyu Railway Arashiyama Line
    • • 15-minute walk from Saga-Arashiyama Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 JR San’in Main Line (Sagano Line)

September

  • Kangetsu no Yube (Moon Viewing)

    Since days of yore, ビンゴ5次回予想 timing of ビンゴ5次回予想 eighth moon (Aug. 15) according to ビンゴ5次回予想 lunar calendar has been held as ビンゴ5次回予想 finest time of year for moon-viewing because of ビンゴ5次回予想 bright harvest moon. It is also known in some regions as ビンゴ5次回予想 famous potato moon because of ビンゴ5次回予想 custom of offering freshly harvested satoimo potatoes to ビンゴ5次回予想 moon. Daikaku-ji Temple is one of ビンゴ5次回予想 three great moon-viewing locations in Japan for its Kangetsu no Yube, and Osawa Ike Pond is a particularly important part of ビンゴ5次回予想 occasion. ビンゴ5次回予想 moon reflects on ビンゴ5次回予想 pond beautifully, which may even be enjoyed from a passenger boat such as Dragon Head Boat or Geki Neck Boat. Events such as moon appreciation concerts and koto performances are held on ビンゴ5次回予想 temple grounds, where well-known Kyoto establishments set up nighttime booths to offer a variety of entertainment and fun. Besides Daikaku-ji Temple, great moon-viewing events are held for ビンゴ5次回予想 harvest moon at such locations as Ishiyama-dera Temple, Matsuo Grand Shrine, Shimogamo Jinja Shrine and Yasaka Shrine.

    Open hours:
    Daikaku-ji Temple: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Kangetsu no Yube (Moon Viewing): Mid-September, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. (rain or shine).
    Admission:
    Adults: 500 yen
    Elementary, junior high and high school students: 300 yen
    Boat tickets: 1,000 yen
    Address:
    4 Sagaosawa-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Daikaku-ji Temple: +81-(0)75-871-0071
    Access:
    • • 20-minute walk from Randen Saga Station on Keifuku Electric Railroad (Arashiyama Electric Tram Railway)
    • • 15-minute walk from Saga-Arashiyama Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 JR San’in Main Line (Sagano Line)

October

  • Jidai Matsuri – Festival of ビンゴ5次回予想 Ages

    An event to celebrate ビンゴ5次回予想 1100th anniversary of ビンゴ5次回予想 move of Japan’s capital to Kyoto, Jidai Matsuri was begun in 1895 in conjunction with ビンゴ5次回予想 establishment of Heian Jingu Shrine. Representing ビンゴ5次回予想 times and customs of ビンゴ5次回予想 past until ビンゴ5次回予想 capital was moved to Tokyo in 1868, ビンゴ5次回予想 festival is filled with 2,000 people dressed in costumes from each era who parade from ビンゴ5次回予想 old Kyoto imperial palace to Heian Jingu Shrine in 20 different groups. Although merely admiring ビンゴ5次回予想 procession is fun, if you can identify ビンゴ5次回予想 farmer who rose to become Hideyoshi Toyotomi, a ruler of feudal Japan, or Murasaki Shikibu, ビンゴ5次回予想 famous author from a thousand years ago, this event offers a special level of depth and interest. ビンゴ5次回予想 thing most worthy of attention at ビンゴ5次回予想 festival is ビンゴ5次回予想 clothing. People take great care in making sure ビンゴ5次回予想 tiniest details are accurate for ビンゴ5次回予想 time represented, even replicating ビンゴ5次回予想 material and dye colors where possible. ビンゴ5次回予想 clothing of ビンゴ5次回予想 higher classes in each period of time in particular is noteworthy as it encapsulates not only ビンゴ5次回予想 technologies available at ビンゴ5次回予想 time, but also ビンゴ5次回予想 aesthetic sensibilities of these groups. ビンゴ5次回予想 people participating in ビンゴ5次回予想 procession are all Kyoto citizens, and even geisha and maiko (geisha in training) from Kyoto’s five hanamachi, or geisha districts, take part, taking turns in dressing up as famous women throughout ビンゴ5次回予想 ages. Anyone who wishes to take pictures should refrain from using a flash because of ビンゴ5次回予想 danger of scaring ビンゴ5次回予想 horses and cows in ビンゴ5次回予想 parade. Make sure you are facing in a direction that will keep light from interfering when taking a photo.

    Jidai Matsuri – Festival of ビンゴ5次回予想 Ages
    Open hours:
    October 22, 12:00 to 2:30 p.m. ビンゴ5次回予想 event may be postponed in ビンゴ5次回予想 event of rain.
    Admission:
    Free to watch Paid seating: About 2,050 yen per seat.
    All seating is designated. Tickets include a program.
    Address:
    Parade route:
    12:00: Kenrei-mon Gate at ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Imperial Palace
    12:15: Sakaimachi Gomon
    12:30: Marutamachi-dori Street to Karasuma Maruta
    12:50: Karasuma-dori Street to Karasuma Oike
    1:20: Oike-dori Street to Kawaramachi Oike
    1:25: Kawaramachi-dori Street to Kawaramachi Sanjo
    2:10: Sanjo-dori Street to Sanjo Jingu-michi Street
    2:30: Heian Jingu Shrine
    Paid seating is available at Kyoto Gyoen National Garden, on Oike-dori Street and on Jingu-michi Street.
    Times indicate when ビンゴ5次回予想 first group is scheduled to pass by that point.
    > Map
    Phone:

    Heian Jingu Shrine: +81-(0)75-761-0221

    Paid seating: +81-(0)75-752-7070 (Kyoto City Tourism Association)

    Access:
    • Kyoto Imperial Palace:
      • 10-minute walk from either Jingu-Marutamachi or Demachiyanagi Station on Keihan Electric Railway.
      • Five-minute walk from Marutamachi Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line.
    • Heian Jingu Shrine:
      • 15-minute walk from Jingu-Marutamachi Station on Keihan Electric Railway.
      • 10-minute walk from Higashiyama Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line.

  • Kurama Fire Festival

    Held on October 22, ビンゴ5次回予想 same day as ビンゴ5次回予想 Festival of ビンゴ5次回予想 Ages, ビンゴ5次回予想 Kurama Fire Festival is counted as one of ビンゴ5次回予想 three great unusual festivals of Kyoto. Held in Kurama, a small town in northern Kyoto, ビンゴ5次回予想 Kurama Fire Festival is filled with lit torches and iron baskets holding fire. ビンゴ5次回予想 danger of so much fire so close at hand and ビンゴ5次回予想 incredible spectacle of it all may just make you a permanent enthusiast once you experience it. ビンゴ5次回予想 youths bearing these torches are clothed only in loincloths as they parade about ビンゴ5次回予想 town shouting spirited chants. ビンゴ5次回予想 festival reaches its climax when one or two hundred of ビンゴ5次回予想 torches are gathered on ビンゴ5次回予想 stone steps in front of ビンゴ5次回予想 main gate of ビンゴ5次回予想 temple and everyone begins chanting "saireyaa, sairyo" in unison. ビンゴ5次回予想 great number of people who gather for ビンゴ5次回予想 Kurama Fire Festival overwhelms Eizan Electric Railway, ビンゴ5次回予想 sole means of transportation, resulting in a long wait for ビンゴ5次回予想 train. Departing in ビンゴ5次回予想 early afternoon to visit Kurama-dera Temple beforehand to take in ビンゴ5次回予想 tranquil rural scenery is highly recommended. Also, be sure to bring warm clothing, as Kurama becomes somewhat chilly at night.

    Kurama Fire Festival
    Open hours:
    October 22, 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. (rain or shine).
    Admission:
    Free to watch
    Address:
    1073 Kurama Hon-machi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Yuki Jinja Shrine: +81-(0)75-741-1670
    Access:
    Three-minute walk from Kurama Station on Eizan Electric Railway.
    Note: On ビンゴ5次回予想 afternoon of ビンゴ5次回予想 event, transportation restrictions go into effect throughout ビンゴ5次回予想 Kurama area. ビンゴ5次回予想 only means of transportation is Eizan Electric Railway, but because it has only two cars, its capacity is limited. Also, be aware that if you stay until ビンゴ5次回予想 end of ビンゴ5次回予想 festival, you will miss ビンゴ5次回予想 last departing train.

  • Kiyomizu-yaki no Sato Matsuri

    In ビンゴ5次回予想 industrial Kiyomizu-yaki pottery district and Kiyomizu-yaki danchi, located in Yamashina-ku of Kyoto, there are about 70 establishments involved in pottery, including pottery artists, pottery producers, wholesalers and clay suppliers. ビンゴ5次回予想 great pottery festival known as Kiyomizu-yaki no Sato Matsuri has been held annually since 1975. ビンゴ5次回予想 goods for sale include dishes, teaware, vases and other items for ビンゴ5次回予想 home, primarily in Kyoto’s traditional Kyo-yaki and Kiyomizu-yaki pottery styles. With special areas set up for great bargains and great finds, attendees will find half a million rare, exclusive, hand-made and other pieces of pottery at 30 to 50 percent off. Another great feature of ビンゴ5次回予想 festival is ビンゴ5次回予想 opportunity to talk to ビンゴ5次回予想 producers, who are not normally available. With ビンゴ5次回予想 chance to try unique things like making ビンゴ5次回予想 one-and-only raku-yaki, sitting at a potter’s wheel and joining a tea ceremony, this is an event ビンゴ5次回予想 whole family will enjoy.

    Kiyomizu-yaki no Sato Matsuri
    Open hours:
    Three days beginning on ビンゴ5次回予想 third Friday in October,
    9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. (until 6 p.m. on ビンゴ5次回予想 final day). Rain or shine.
    Admission:
    Free to watch
    Address:
    Kawata Kiyomizu Yakidanchi-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Kiyomizu-yaki Pottery Association: +81-(0)75-581-6188
    Access:
    Take Keihan Bus 29/29A/88/88C to ビンゴ5次回予想 Kiyomizu-yaki Danchi bus stop or ビンゴ5次回予想 17/29/29A/83A/84B/85/85A/87/87A/93/95 to ビンゴ5次回予想 Kawata bus stop. It is a three-minute walk from either.
    Note: On ビンゴ5次回予想 day of ビンゴ5次回予想 event, buses run directly from Kyoto Station to ビンゴ5次回予想 event.

November

  • Gion Odori

    Gion Odori is said to decorate autumn in Kyoto like a silk brocade. Put on by ビンゴ5次回予想 Gion Higashi Song and Dance Association, it is ビンゴ5次回予想 only performance of ビンゴ5次回予想 hanamachi (geisha districts) in autumn. ビンゴ5次回予想 event is held in great style at ビンゴ5次回予想 Gion Kaikan from November 1 to 10 each year. Formerly ビンゴ5次回予想 dance recital hall for Gion East, ビンゴ5次回予想 Gion Kaikan (Hall) is normally used as a movie theater. Including choreography and direction by dance artist Monjuro Fujima, acts are splendid performances that celebrate famous locations of Kyoto, and ビンゴ5次回予想 final act is a Gion Higashi kouta song that brings ビンゴ5次回予想 house down. Even after half a century of performing, Gion Odori continues to attract visitors from across Japan and around ビンゴ5次回予想 world to see ビンゴ5次回予想 unique program and organization.

    Open hours:
    November 1 to 10
    Performance start times: 1:30, 4:00 p.m.
    Admission:
    Seat with tea voucher: 4,500 yen
    Seat: 4,000 yen
    Tea voucher: 500 yen
    Program: 500 yen
    Address:
    323 Gion-machi Kitagawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Gion Higashi Song and Dance Association: +81-(0)75-561-0224
    Access:
    8-minute walk from Gion-Shijo Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Keihan Electric Railway.

  • Kyokusui no Utage – Meandering Stream Banquet

    ビンゴ5次回予想 ancient banquet game of composing a poem as alcohol is floated down a stream originally came to Japan from China, and such banquets were held throughout ビンゴ5次回予想 year in ビンゴ5次回予想 Nara and Heian periods inside ビンゴ5次回予想 imperial palace. Called Kyokusui no Utage, or ビンゴ5次回予想 Meandering Stream Banquet, this tradition has been re-created at Jonan-gu Shrine. ビンゴ5次回予想 Heian-style garden is bathed in soft sunlight filtered through ビンゴ5次回予想 trees while ビンゴ5次回予想 nearby brook gently flows along. When seven poets—clothed in ビンゴ5次回予想 colorful courtly garments of Heian period nobles—take their seats alongside ビンゴ5次回予想 brook, a child dressed in a suikan garment pours sacred sake into a cup made of cinnabar lacquer and floats it down ビンゴ5次回予想 stream on ビンゴ5次回予想 back of a small sparrow-shaped vessel known as an usho. Amid ビンゴ5次回予想 sounds of ビンゴ5次回予想 koto, ビンゴ5次回予想 poets compose poems in ビンゴ5次回予想 classical waka style on a theme selected for ビンゴ5次回予想 day and write them down on a tanzaku poetry card. When ビンゴ5次回予想 usho comes by, each poet takes up ビンゴ5次回予想 cup and partakes in ビンゴ5次回予想 sake. Shirabyoshi dancers perform during ビンゴ5次回予想 banquet for a graceful time that recreates ビンゴ5次回予想 refined air of ビンゴ5次回予想 ancient court. Kyokusui no Utage is held once in spring and once in fall.

    Open hours:
    Jonan-gu Shinen Garden: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    Kyokusui no Utage – Meandering Stream Banquet April 29, November 3: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
    ビンゴ5次回予想 event is canceled in ビンゴ5次回予想 case of rain.
    Admission:
    There is no admission charge to ビンゴ5次回予想 grounds.
    Free viewing only on ビンゴ5次回予想 day of ビンゴ5次回予想 event.
    Normal admission: Adults: 600 yen, Elementary and junior high school students: 400 yen
    Address:
    7 Nakajima Toba Rikyu-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Jonan-gu:+81-(0)75-623-0846
    Access:
    15-minute walk from Takeda Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line to Takeda Station.

  • Kichirei Kaomise Kogyo – Kabuki Actor Debut

    During ビンゴ5次回予想 Edo period (1603 to 1868), contracts for kabuki actors lasted for one year. A performance would be held each year to show off ビンゴ5次回予想 actors newly signed in November. Known as ビンゴ5次回予想 Kaomise (Face Showing), ビンゴ5次回予想 vestiges of that practice continue to this day. ビンゴ5次回予想 December Kaomise show at Kyoto’s Minami-za—ビンゴ5次回予想 birthplace of kabuki—is ビンゴ5次回予想 oldest such event, and popular kabuki actors from all around come together for an annual show of magnificence that becomes ビンゴ5次回予想 talk of ビンゴ5次回予想 town and draws great interest for days. Outside ビンゴ5次回予想 front of ビンゴ5次回予想 theater, wooden boards are displayed. Called maneki, they list ビンゴ5次回予想 names of ビンゴ5次回予想 actors in bold brushstrokes, and also signal that ビンゴ5次回予想 end of ビンゴ5次回予想 year is coming to Kyoto.

    Open hours:
    End of November to end of December
    Daytime show start: 10:30 a.m. Evening show start: 4:15 p.m.
    Admission:
    Special seats: 27,000 yen
    First class seats: 25,000 yen
    Second class A seats: 12,000 yen
    Second class B seats: 9,500 yen
    Third class seats: 7,500 yen
    Fourth class seats: 5,500 yen Prices are subject to change.
    Address:
    East end of ビンゴ5次回予想 Shijo Ohashi Bridge, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Minami-za+81-(0)75-561-1155
    Access:
    Take Keihan Electric Railway to Gion-Shijo Station.

December

  • Kyoto Arashiyama Hana Toro – Flowers and Lanterns

    Kyoto Arashiyama Hana Toro is a five-kilometer walk that features a natural setting, waterside spaces, bamboo groves, historical and cultural treasures and views of ビンゴ5次回予想 Saga and Arashiyama areas. Filled with ビンゴ5次回予想 illumination from some 2,500 lanterns and lavish ikebana pieces along ビンゴ5次回予想 way, ビンゴ5次回予想 path is so inviting, people find themselves taking ビンゴ5次回予想 entire route. ビンゴ5次回予想 illumination near Togetsu-kyo Bridge lights up ビンゴ5次回予想 bridge, ビンゴ5次回予想 base of ビンゴ5次回予想 mountain and ビンゴ5次回予想 riverside, creating a sublime night view of nature. Another one of ビンゴ5次回予想 endless attractions is ビンゴ5次回予想 path through a bamboo groove from Nonomiya Shrine to Okochi Sanso, a mystical nighttime wonderland. Along ビンゴ5次回予想 route, temples, shrines and cultural facilities have special exhibits, hours and lighting. For a truly romantic evening to feel ビンゴ5次回予想 abundance and depth of Kyoto’s nature and history, this is an event to experience.

    Kyoto Arashiyama Hanatouro
    Open hours:
    About 10 days in ビンゴ5次回予想 middle of December, 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.
    Admission:
    Free to watch
    Address:
    Throughout Arashiyama, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Kyoto Hana Toro Promotion Association: +81-(0)75-212-8173
    Access:
    • • Take Keifuku Electric Railroad to Arashiyama Station.
    • • Take ビンゴ5次回予想 Hankyu Railway Arashiyama Line to Arashiyama Station.
    • • Take ビンゴ5次回予想 JR San’in Main line (Sagano Line) to Saga-Arashiyama Station.

  • Final Kobo

    It was on ビンゴ5次回予想 21st day of ビンゴ5次回予想 month that ビンゴ5次回予想 founder of ビンゴ5次回予想 Buddhist Shingon sect, Kobo Daishi (774-835), died. On that day each month, street stalls are set up, a custom said to have started in ビンゴ5次回予想 middle of ビンゴ5次回予想 Edo period (1200s) . ビンゴ5次回予想 last of those festivals of ビンゴ5次回予想 year is called “Shimai Kobo,” or Final Kobo, and is ビンゴ5次回予想 most lively of ビンゴ5次回予想 Kobo markets, when people express their gratitude for their good health over ビンゴ5次回予想 past year. Carrying everything from good luck charms and daily necessities to plants and antiques, ビンゴ5次回予想 street stalls pack ビンゴ5次回予想 large temple grounds. Crowds of tourists come, making for great fun at this flea market. ビンゴ5次回予想 great southern gate opens at 5 o'clock in ビンゴ5次回予想 morning for those hunting for that great find among ビンゴ5次回予想 antiques and lucky talismans.

    Open hours:
    Toji Temple: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (winter hours)
    Final Kobo 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    Admission:
    There is no admission charge to ビンゴ5次回予想 grounds.
    Kondo and Kodo Halls:
    Adults: 800 yen
    High school students: 700 yen
    Elementary and junior high school students: 500 yen
    Address:
    1 Kujo-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Toji Temple: +81-(0)75-691-3325
    Access:
    • • 15-minute walk from JR Kyoto Station.
    • • 10-minute walk from Toji Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Kintetsu Kyoto Line.

  • Final Tenjin

    It is said that Sugawara no Michizane (845-903) was born, received his dishonorable transfer to Dazaifu in Kyushu and died all on ビンゴ5次回予想 same day of ビンゴ5次回予想 month, and a festival is held in his honor on that day (ビンゴ5次回予想 25th) of each month. December 25, in particular, ビンゴ5次回予想 last of these festival days of ビンゴ5次回予想 year, is filled with a great number of street stalls from early in ビンゴ5次回予想 morning. Considered to be ビンゴ5次回予想 last Shinto ritual of ビンゴ5次回予想 year, wrapping up events in Kyoto, this celebration to ビンゴ5次回予想 enshrined Sugawara no Michizane draws a great number of visitors from ビンゴ5次回予想 greater Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe area, as well as people from around ビンゴ5次回予想 country. Stalls selling goods such as herring roe, round chopsticks (used for festive occasions), bonsai with ビンゴ5次回予想 auspicious triad of pine, bamboo and ume plum and other New Year’s goods are particularly noticeable, and ビンゴ5次回予想 turnout is typically twice ビンゴ5次回予想 normal crowd. A great number of food carts—known as yatai in Japan—are also lined up, providing visitors with Japan’s traditional version of fast food to eat as they admire ビンゴ5次回予想 night view.

    Final Tビンゴ5次回予想jin
    Open hours:
    Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Final Tenjin: 6:00 a.m. to 9 p.m.
    Admission:
    There is no admission charge to ビンゴ5次回予想 grounds.
    Address:
    Bakuro-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto > Map
    Phone:
    Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine: +81-(0)75-461-0005
    Access:
    Five-minute walk from Kitano Hakubai-cho Station on ビンゴ5次回予想 Keifuku Electric Railroad (Arashiyama Electric Tram Railway) Kitano Line.