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Kyoto Events November 2025

The Gion Higashi geisha district puts on their annual geisha dance in the Gion Kaikan hall on Higashioji-dori in early November. This is the smallest of the ...

Festivals & Events | Kyoto Travel

Aoi Matsuri Festival. May 15. A long-held procession from Kyoto Imperial Palace to two historic shrines, with 500 people in courtly Heian attire ...

Kyoto Festivals and Events

More commonly known as the “Daimonji Fire Festival,” this is when they set those massive Chinese characters on the hills around town ablaze. The main mountain ...