"This month's plans" offers you some ideas to visit and feel at peace during your stay as well as enjoy seasonal events in Kyoto. They are mostly in outdoor, including some mountains, so that visitors can enjoy a green and healthy stay and save money as well!
Gion-Matsuri Festival is a festival of Yasaka Shrine located in eastern Gion, which started in the 9th century. It was originally held to drive away the evil spirits.
Hirano-jinjya Shrine is famous for having about 400 beautiful cherry trees. You can see a gorgeous procession […]
Fushimi-Inari Taisha Shrine is famous for a thousand of red Shinto gates to the top of mountain. This shrine i […]
You can see an elegant poetry game by people dressed in traditional Heian period kimono at a beautiful garden […]
Hokyo-ji Temple is famous for its amazing doll collection. A special dance performance by tayu (special ranked […]
To pray for the safety of children, straw hina dolls are set afloat on the river by women dressed in Heian per […]
You can see a unique Hina display with people dressing up in court costumes, not dolls! Another event, the mik […]
About 2500 Japanese lanterns between Higashiyama-sanjo and the Kiyomizu Temple area will lead you to a visiona […]
This is the commemoration of the Buddha’s death on February 14th. (the lunar calendar) Some Buddhism tem […]
Seiryu, the blue dragon, is said to be alive in Kiyomizu Temple. People in traditional costume carry and parad […]
This dance celebrates the famous 8th century poetess, Ono-no-komachi. The dance features young girls in colorf […]