Food Festivals in Kyoto

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Kobo-ichi is the monthly market at Toji Temple in Kyoto, held on the 21st of every month, with stalls of food, crafts and antiques in the temple grounds.

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Yoshida-jinja's Setsubun festival in Kyoto runs 2 to 4 February with the oni-yarai ritual and a bonfire, drawing about 500,000 visitors and roughly 800 stalls on the first two days.

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Okoshi-yasu Hiroba is the Kyoto Marathon's two-day expo at Miyako Messe, with stalls from well-known Kyoto restaurants, sponsor booths and a tea ceremony, held the days before race day.

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Riverside kawayuka deck season on the Kamogawa in Kyoto, May to September.

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The Hollyhock Festival in Kyoto, dating to the 6th century and held annually May 15, runs a Heian-court procession from the Imperial Palace to Kamo Shrines.

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Japan's most famous festival, July in Kyoto since 869.

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Fushimi's annual sake festival in Kyoto, mid-October weekend.

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Kyoto's Festival of Ages, October 22 each year since 1895.