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.
Aoi Matsuri is a food festival in Kyoto.
The Hollyhock Festival in Kyoto, dating to the 6th century and held annually May 15. A Heian-court procession from the Imperial Palace to Shimogamo and Kamigamo Shrines.
Address: Kyoto Imperial Palace to Shimogamo Shrine to Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto
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.
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 weekend food village at Heian Shrine in mid-February. Kyoto street food and matcha stalls open for race spectators alongside the finish line.
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.
Riverside kawayuka deck season on the Kamogawa in Kyoto, May to September. 90 restaurants from Pontocho to Kiyamachi open outdoor terraces over the river.
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.