Culture Miyama Rice Planting Festival 2026 Tom Roseveare A Shinto ritual to pray for a rich harvest and a rice planting performance by rice-planting maidens is held every year on the...
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Culture Ninja Extreme Party 2025 Kim Bergström Toei Kyoto Studio Park is set to host Ninja Extreme Party this spring, blending traditional ninja culture with extreme sports...
Culture Kyoto Oimo Daisakusen 2026 Kim Bergström The Kyoto Oimo Daisakusen event at Umekoji Park is a celebration of the versatile sweet potato, and last year's event drew in...
Culture Nintendo Museum Opening October 2024 Tom Roseveare In Nintendo's recent financial earnings report released in May 2024, the company confirmed the Nintendo Museum will finally b...
Culture Monet: The Water Lilies 2025 Kim Bergström The highly anticipated exhibition “Monet: The Water Lilies” will be held at the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art from March 7...
Culture Reikanji Temple Camellia Event 2026 Kim Bergström Kyoto's Reikan-ji Temple is often known as the camellia temple thanks to the large number of flowers that bloom on the ground...
Culture Kahoen Hydrangea Festival 2025 Kim Bergström During peak hydrangea season, Kyoto's Kahoen garden is set to be filled with around 10,000 hydrangea bushes in bloom.
Culture Yamashina Gishi Matsuri at Bishamondo-Monzeki 2025 rachel teo The Bishamondo-Monzeki is a Buddhist Tendai temple located in Yamashina, Kyoto. Every December, the temple commemorates the l...
8 Culture Maple Garden and Autumn Leaves Masayoshi Hirose Kōtō-in, a sub-temple of Daihonzan Daitoku-ji, one of the largest Zen temples in Kyoto. Here lies the grave of Hosokawa Sansa...
