"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.
You can enjoy the various tastes of artistic Kyoto cuisine. Events such as a demonstration of Japanese knives […]
Nenbutsu, thinking of the Buddha, is a kind of chant incantation. It is performed everyday during the term. Fu […]
About 5km of the road between Togetsu Bridge and Nison-in Temple in Arashiyama will be illuminated with 2500 l […]
This is the most famous event on New Year’s eve. You can buy a rope, and light it on fire. People bring […]
You may hear the sound of bells ringing for about 15 minutes before midnight at new year. This is called ̶ […]
Go-jinja Shrine, located to the west of the Imperial Palace grounds, was built in the Heian era (8th century). […]
You can see the reenactment of an elegant poetry game in the Heian period by people in imperial costumes. We r […]
Some events such as a flea market, movie showing, international food party and more are held. You can also enj […]
This is a thanksgiving event for the rice harvest at this head shrine of Inari shrines throughout Japan. Three […]
Arashiyama is a nice area to see beautiful scenery of colored maple leaves. Around the Togetsu-kyo bridge, you […]