Kyotamba Christmas Market 2026

Dates & time: December 5, 2026 (Sat) 11:00–20:00
Price & booking: Free entry (food and goods sold at each stall) No booking is needed to enter. Spots to release a sky lantern are offered as a crowdfunding reward on CAMPFIRE (until November 10) for ¥6,000, or ¥5,000 for the first 30 backers.
Venue & access: Children's Field, Kyoto Prefectural Tamba Nature Park (Kyotamba) From JR Sonobe Station, take the Chukyo Kotsu bus (Sonofuku Line towards Hiyama) to Tamba Shizen Undo Koen or Tamba Shizen Undo Koen-mae Kyotamba Choyakuba-mae. By car, about 5 min from Tamba IC on the Kyoto Jukan Expressway (the park has free parking)

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Why You Should Visit

A one-day Christmas market in Kyotamba, now in its fourth year since starting in 2023. It fills the Children's Field at Kyoto Prefectural Tamba Nature Park with around 20 food and craft stalls built around local Kyotamba produce, a Christmas tree stacked from wooden crates, bonfires and live music from artists with ties to the town. After dark, some 2,000 hand-painted lanterns light up the field, and this year about 100 tethered LED sky lanterns are planned to rise over the park. A good pick for families who want to stay from lunchtime into the evening.

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Highlights

A Christmas tree and campfire dome built from around 500 wooden crates
About 20 food and craft stalls, mostly using Kyotamba ingredients
A live stage with artists connected to Kyotamba, plus the local radio show GREEN GREEN RADIO
Bonfires and branded log stools to sit on
Around 2,000 lanterns hand-painted by local children and university students, lit up after dark

Sky lanterns

About 100 LED sky lanterns are planned to be released together after sunset. They are lifted with helium and tethered with a few metres of string, so you reel them back in and take them home
You can decorate your lantern with markers; decoration is handled at the HQ tent until 13:00 on the day
The cost (about ¥540,000) is being raised by crowdfunding. The campaign is All-in (goal ¥500,000), so it goes ahead and rewards are delivered even if the goal is not reached. No condition has been stated that the sky lanterns will be dropped if the goal is missed

Lantern path

About 250 lanterns are planned along the dark road from National Route 9 to the venue

※Organised by the Kyotamba Christmas Market Executive Committee (Kyotamba Town, NPO Kyotamba Innovation Lab and the Kyoto Prefectural Tamba Nature Park Support Association). Updates are posted on Kyotamba Innovation Lab's official Instagram

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FAQ

Is there an admission fee?

Entry is free. Food and goods are paid for at each stall.

Can anyone release a sky lantern?

So far, spots are offered as CAMPFIRE crowdfunding rewards (¥6,000, or ¥5,000 for the first 30 backers). There is also a ¥12,000 reward where staff release a lantern on your behalf if you cannot come. No other on-the-day spots have been announced yet.

Can I drive there?

Yes. The park is about 5 minutes from Tamba IC on the Kyoto Jukan Expressway and has free parking. Event-day parking arrangements have not been announced yet.

What happens if it rains?

The rain policy has not been published yet. Updates are posted on Kyotamba Innovation Lab's official Instagram.