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.
Setsubun at Yoshida-jinja is a food festival in Kyoto.
Kyoto's biggest Setsubun bean-throwing festival, early February each year at Yoshida-jinja. Roasted soybean and amazake stalls line the shrine grounds.
Address: Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8311, Japan
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.
Japan's most famous festival, July in Kyoto since 869. Yamaboko Junko float parades July 17 and 24; yoiyama evenings of yatai food stalls in Nakagyo nights.
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.