Jidai Matsuri ★ 4.4
Kyoto's Festival of Ages, October 22 each year since 1895. 2,000-strong period-costumed procession from the Imperial Palace to Heian Shrine with food stalls.
Location
Address: Kyoto Imperial Palace to Shimogamo Shrine to Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto
More food festivals in Kyoto
Setsubun at Yoshida-jinja ★ 4.2
Kyoto's biggest Setsubun bean-throwing festival, early February each year at Yoshida-jinja. Roasted soybean and amazake stalls line the shrine grounds.
Kyoto Marathon Food Villages ★ 4.0
Kyoto Marathon weekend food village at Heian Shrine in mid-February. Kyoto street food and matcha stalls open for race spectators alongside the finish line.
Fushimi Sake Festival ★ 4.3
Fushimi's annual sake festival in Kyoto, mid-October weekend. Tasting tickets cover 25+ local breweries plus food stalls; the city's biggest sake gathering.
Kamogawa Kawayuka Season ★ 4.5
Riverside kawayuka deck season on the Kamogawa in Kyoto, May to September. 90 restaurants from Pontocho to Kiyamachi open outdoor terraces over the river.
Toji Kobo Monthly Market ★ 4.5
Monthly market on the 21st at Toji Temple in Kyoto, the city's most-loved food market. 1,200 stalls; pickles, sake, wagashi and street snacks fill the temple.