- Dates & time
- November 15, 2026 (Sun) 9:00–16:00
- Price & booking
- Free entry (the Kitayama Gate Plaza inside the garden requires garden admission: adults ¥500, high-school students and 65+ ¥250, junior-high students and younger free) No reservation needed; come and go freely.
- Venue & access
- Kyoto Botanical Garden: Kitayama Gate Plaza (inside) and Eco-Roji (outside) Right by Kitayama Station (Karasuma Subway Line), or the Shokubutsuen-Kitayamamon-mae city bus stop.
There are 4 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Kyoto Botanical Garden: Kitayama Gate Plaza (inside) and Eco-Roji (outside), and 5 public restrooms within 8 minutes. The map shows each with its walking time.
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Why You Should Visit
A handmade market held twice a year, in spring and autumn, around the Kitayama Gate of Kyoto Botanical Garden; this is the 24th edition. Around 130 booths sell accessories, fabric goods, woodwork, leather, floral crafts, ceramics and paper crafts, alongside baked sweets and bread, and the Kyoto Pan Garden Marche corner gathers bakeries with shops in Kyoto. An acoustic live programme, music Garden, runs in the Kitayama Gate Plaza on the same day. The Eco-Roji lane outside the garden is free to enter; only the plaza inside the gate needs the garden admission ticket, so it pairs well with a walk through the botanical garden.
NOTE
Stalls:
- Handmade accessories, fabric goods, woodwork, leather, floral crafts, ceramics and paper crafts
- Baked sweets, bread and other food
- Around 130 booths
- Kyoto Pan Garden Marche: a corner of bakeries with shops in Kyoto
music Garden:
- 12:00–15:40 in the Kitayama Gate Plaza (Eco-Roji if it rains)
- Free to watch (the plaza requires garden admission)
Weather:
- Held in the rain
- Cancelled if a storm warning is issued for Kyoto City on the day
Enquiries:
- kyoto@monocro.info (Organiser: Monozukuri Crossroad / Co-host: Kyoto Botanical Garden)
*Booth numbers and contents may change without notice
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