Why You Should Visit
The 11th edition of a market built around "shopping as an escape from the everyday". Okazaki Park, ringed by Heian Jingu, ROHM Theatre and the Kyocera Museum, fills with select shops, brands and restaurants from Kyoto and Kansai, from Shizuoka where the market began, and from Tokyo. Three areas: apparel & goods, food & drink, and a flea market where shops and personalities sell their own wardrobes. Venue-only collab items and official goods are on sale. Friday evening on 2 Oct is a food-only preview night. Free to enter; a good fit if you want shopping and grazing in one afternoon.
Essentials
- location
- Okazaki Park (in front of Heian Jingu)
- period
- October 2, 2026 (Fri) - October 4, 2026 (Sun)
- Time
- Fri 2 Oct 17:00–21:00 (eve, food area only), Sat 3 Oct 11:00–20:00, Sun 4 Oct 11:00–17:00
- cost
- Free admission (pay at each stall for food and goods)
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- About a 10-minute walk from Exit 1 of Higashiyama Station on the Tozai subway line, or right by the Okazaki-koen ROHM Theatre Kyoto / Miyakomesse-mae city bus stop. Nearby paid car parks fill up, so the organiser asks visitors to come by public transport.
- TICKETS / REGISTRATION
- No booking needed; come and go freely. When crowded, numbered tickets may be handed out for the official booth and market area.
- NOTE
Areas:
- Apparel & goods: SEE SEE / S.F.C, URBS, ARCTOM, GRIP SWANY 1848, IMA:ZINE, CLESSTE, BOKU HA TANOSII, LOFTMAN, graf, SHUKYU, a. TOY, BYTEN, IZUMIYA, GROUND FLOOR MACAU, TOKINOHA (Kiyomizu ware), NANGA, SEVEN BY SEVEN, BUMPY, URBAN RESEARCH and more
- Food & drink: Sakai Shokai (Shibuya), UKIYO (BBQ with craft beer and wine), Coffee Supreme, Chillmatic (burgers), New Machi-Chuka Hanare (Osaka), RUTUBO (Kyoto smoked foods), micotoya (pad thai), HUG COFFEE (Shizuoka), South Indian food by DAN x toi, Shizuoka craft gin, LUN LUN shaved ice and more
- Flea market: shops, brands and influencers selling their own wardrobes and archives. LOWERCASE runs a flea market on Sat 3 Oct and a pop-up cafe by Kobe's DORSIA on Sun 4 Oct
- Official booth: YGM-only collab items and official goods
Eve, Fri 2 Oct 17:00–21:00:
- Food area only; apparel & goods area is closed
On the day:
- Goes ahead in rain, cancelled in severe weather
- Some shops may close early
- The official shop and some brands take cashless payment only
- Free bicycle parking between the Kyoto City Museum annex and Okazaki Park (no locks)
*Exhibitors and content may change without notice; check the official site and Instagram.
Basque cheesecakeBaked with rice flour, no wheat. Whole 12cm, serves 2-3¥4,700 incl. shipping (Japan only)There are 12 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Okazaki Park (in front of Heian Jingu), and 6 public restrooms within 8 minutes. The map shows each with its walking time.
Facility data comes from OpenStreetMap. It does not include opening hours, fees or availability.
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