Festivals in Kyoto & Osaka (Kansai)
Dates are computed from each festival’s rule, so future years work too
6 · Kyoto, Osaka
- 15 May 2027Kyoto
Aoi Matsuri
葵祭
The rite of the Kamo shrines, with a court-costumed procession walking from the old palace to the shrines.
- 1–31 July 2027Kyoto
Gion Matsuri
祇園祭
A month-long rite of Yasaka Shrine, begun to quell an epidemic.
- 24–25 July 2027Osaka
Tenjin Matsuri
天神祭
Osaka Tenmangū's rite, with a river procession of boats and fireworks over the water.
- 18–19 September 2027Osaka
Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
岸和田だんじり祭
Heavy wooden floats run at full speed and turned on a right angle — the yarimawashi.
- 22 October 2027Kyoto
Jidai Matsuri
時代祭
Heian Shrine's rite: a thousand years of costume, walked past in chronological order.
- 22 October 2027Kyoto
Kurama Fire Festival
鞍馬の火祭
A mountain village filled with burning pine torches — held on the same night as Jidai Matsuri.