Culture Art 262 events
Kansai events tagged Culture Art, listed by date.
October 39 events
Yoridokoro En Autumn en Geisai
Kyu-Matsunakatei (en.undertemple)
Furimaku Festival
Sannomiya Platz (Sannomiyacho, Chuo-ku, Kobe)
Kobe Renga Art Marche in Nada 2026
South side of the JR Nada Station plaza (Museum Road area)
11th Mongolian Autumn Festival Osaka
Utsubo Park (East Garden)
Motomachi Halloween 2026
Kobe Motomachi Shopping Street (1-bangai to 6-chome)
49th Yao Kawachi Ondo Festival
Yao Elementary School, LINOAS & Kintetsu-Yao Station Plaza, Yao, Osaka
Art & Craft Festival in Tamba
Hyogo Prefectural Tamba Nenrin-no-Sato Park
átoa Creators Festa 2026 AUTUMN
MARINE NOTE, 2F of AQUARIUM×ART átoa
Dai-Uryuyama Festival 2026 (Kyoto University of the Arts)
Kyoto University of the Arts, Uryuyama Campus
Odorunya – 22nd Kishu Yosakoi Festival
Around Wakayama Castle (Sunanomaru, Nishinomaru, Keyaki-odori Avenue)
Kobe Calling 2026
KIITO (Design and Creative Center Kobe)
Kyoto Antique Fair
Kyoto Pulse Plaza (Kyoto Prefectural International Exhibition Hall), Main Exhibition Hall
Kyoto Isu: 6th Kyoto Chair Exhibition
Museum of Kyoto — Annex Hall
Neyagawa Culture & Arts Festival 2026
Around Neyagawashi Station (under the east-side deck, Alkas Hall, Chuo Elementary, Sawayaka Road, Hatsuhonmachi Park, Civic Hall, Higashi Elementary)
SUPER BARTHE MARKET
Creative Center Osaka (former Namura Shipyard)
Tsukuru Hitotachi Haku Kyoto 2026
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Main Building "Hikari no Hiroma" (Hall of Light)
Different Kyomachibori Art Fair 2026
14 venues across the Kyomachibori area, Nishi-ku, Osaka (voco Osaka Central and others)
17th Himeji Confectionery Festival
Otemae Park & Egret Himeji (Himeji, Hyogo)
Himeji Castle Leather Festival 2026
Otemae Park (Himeji, Hyogo)
39th Himeji National Pottery Fair
Otemae Park (Himeji, Hyogo)
Katappashi Retro Kissa Exhibition
Namba Parks Museum, 7F Namba Parks (Naniwa-ku, Osaka)
Rojiniwa Market at Kita no Kita Nagaya (Autumn 2026)
Kita no Kita Nagaya
Kogen no Sekai: Bamboo Lanterns & Projection Mapping at Tokoin
Tokoin Temple (Ayabe)
Kangeisai at the Former Kyoto Prefectural Office
Former Main Building of the Kyoto Prefectural Office
Nara Women's University Memorial Hall Autumn Opening
Memorial Hall, Nara Women's University
Awaji Art Circus 2026: Journey to the West
Asonbure Hall (Iwaya, Awaji City)
Joruri-ji Three-Story Pagoda Autumn Opening
Joruri-ji Temple
Kyoto Modern Architecture Festival
13 areas across Kyoto City (61 passport-access buildings)
Myorenji Temple "Marugoto Museum" (Autumn)
Myorenji Temple, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
Nagaokakyo Garasha Festival
Shoryuji Castle Park and other venues in Nagaokakyo
Towa Takaya: Descending to the Heights
Ninna-ji Temple, Shiro-shoin and Kuro-shoin
Torin-in Candlelight Evening at Myoshinji (Bonto no Akari)
Torin-in Temple (a sub-temple of Myoshin-ji)
KAWAII LAB. Costume Exhibition: KAWAII CLOSET
Daimaru Museum Kobe, Daimaru Kobe 9F
Autumn Night Nara: Five World Heritage Sites After Dark
Kasuga Taisha, Kofukuji, Gangoji, Toshodaiji and Yakushiji
ENLIGHTENMENT JAPAN
Central Hall, 1F, Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts (in Tennoji Park)
Hikari no Mori: Night Art Walk 2026
ROKKO Museum of Forest Sounds / Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden
Shogoin Temple Autumn Special Opening
Shogoin Monzeki Temple, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Night Time Museum (Kobe City Museum)
Kobe City Museum & Sannomiya Platz (Chuo-ku, Kobe)
Manpuku-ji Night Illumination & Light Art
Manpuku-ji Temple, Gokasho, Uji
November 131 events
Asuka Star Festival 2026
Kitora Tumulus Area, Asuka Historical National Government Park (Shijin no Yakata and surroundings)
Amagasaki Danjiri & Taiko Festa × Otae Festa
North side of JR Amagasaki Station (east of Amagasaki Q's Mall)
BB Museum Marché #3 2026
Atrium, 2F, BB Plaza Museum of Art
Habasta Festival 2026
Kobe Harbor Studio
Himeji Castle Plaster Wall Experience
North side of Sannomaru Square, Himeji Castle
Hyogo-no-Tsu Jazz Live
Shinkawa Canal Promenade & Hyogo-no-Tsu Museum, Hyogo-ku, Kobe
Konohana Art Picnic 2026 Autumn
Shorenjigawa Park (Chidoribashi–Morisubashi) & Konohana Ward Ikkyu Hall
Oyamazaki Yama Fes
Art & Technology Village Kyoto (ATVK)
Saidaiji Autumn Ochamori Giant Tea Ceremony
Komyoden Hall, Saidaiji Temple
Shitennoji Wasso: Naniwa Palace Stage 2026
Naniwa Palace Site (Naniwanomiya Ato Park)
Taijiura Kujira Matsuri (Taiji Whale Festival)
Taiji Fishing Port Fureai Hiroba, Taiji Town
Takaishi Civic Art Festival
Takaishi Station Plaza and under the tracks, Kamo Chuo Park, Senshoji Temple & Ayai Park, Ashidagawa Furusato Hiroba and more
Horyuji Kaminomido Hall Special Opening
Kaminomido Hall, Horyuji Temple
KOBE ART SALONE 2026
Rose Garden / KITANO Alley / Rin's gallery (three Tadao Ando buildings in Kitano)
Jingoji Temple Daishido Special Opening
Daishido Hall, Jingoji Temple (Takao)
Gion Odori
Gion Kaikan
URUSAI Urushi Lacquer Festival
Tsutsumi Asakichi Urushi Und. and other venues around Kyoto
Saga Chrysanthemum Exhibition at Daikakuji
Daikakuji Temple grounds
Ginkakuji Temple Autumn Special Viewing
Ginkakuji (Jisho-ji) Temple, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Christmas Around the World Winter Exhibition
Japan Toy Museum, Building 6
Sumisaka Shrine Autumn Grand Festival Procession
Sumisaka Shrine & Nishitoge Otabisho (Haibara, Uda, Nara)
46th Totsukawa Village Cultural Festival
Totsukawa Village Sports and Culture Center
Naramachi Mishiru 2026
Across Naramachi (Kitamachi, Naramachi, Takabatake, Kyobate and Kidera), Nara City
The 15th Daianji International Festival
Daianji Temple
Heijokyo Tenpyo Procession to Todai-ji 2026
JR Nara Station – Sanjo-dori – Todai-ji – Kasugano Enchi (Nara Park)
Izushi Castle Festival
Around the Izushi Castle ruins
Kasuga Taisha Gagaku Performance on Culture Day
Floating Stage, Manyo Botanical Garden, Kasuga Taisha, Nara
Koyasan Autumn Oneri Procession (Kinshu Daigaran Oneri Hoe)
Kongobuji Temple to Danjo Garan via Janomichi path, Koya Town
Nishinomiya Battery Interior Open Day
Nishinomiya Battery Historic Site (in Omaehama Park, Nishinomiya, Hyogo)
Ozo Festa
AEON Mall Kobe-kita, Specialty Store Area 1F, Sazanka Court
Shigisan Saito Goma Fire-Walking Ceremony
Chogosonshi-ji Temple, Mt. Shigi (Heguri, Nara)
Autumn Tea Gathering at the First Prefectural Office (5th Anniversary)
Hyogo-no-tsu Museum, First Prefectural Office Building
Tanzan Shrine Autumn Kemari Festival
Tanzan Shrine, Main Hall (Sakurai, Nara)
Tayama Hana Odori (Rain-Prayer Flower Dance)
Suwa Shrine and former Tayama Elementary School, Minamiyamashiro
Yuskal! Youth Culture Fair 2026
ROHM Square and Promenade, ROHM Theatre Kyoto
Japan Coffee Festival × Osamu Tezuka
Takarazuka Arts Center, Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum, and Hananomichi / Sakurabashi Park
Kyoto New Generation Ikebana Exhibition 2026
Annex Hall, The Museum of Kyoto
Mirokuji Temple Hotei Festival & Autumn Special Viewing
Tsuhozan Mirokuji Temple, Yumesaki-cho, Himeji
Kaj Franck Retrospective – Timeless Finland Design
Museum "EKi" KYOTO, 7F, JR Kyoto Isetan (Kyoto Station Building)
Mt. Rokko Architecture Tour 2026
Around the Mt. Rokko summit (meet and finish at the concourse of Rokko Cable's Rokko Sanjo Station)
Shinnyodo O-Juya Ten-Night Nembutsu
Shinnyodo (Shinsho Gokurakuji Temple)
CURATION⇄FAIR Kyoto
Myokenji, Honpoji and Myokakuji temples (Nishijin, Kyoto)
Moss Exhibition at Kyoto Botanical Garden
Kyoto Botanical Garden, Garden Hall 1F exhibition room and forecourt
Matsuri Crossing KYOTO × BRASIL
Ohigashisan Hiroba (Higashi Honganji Civic Green), Higashi Honganji grounds and the Kyoto Station gate area
Oto no Miidera
Kangakuin Guest Hall and Kondo Hall (National Treasures), Miidera Temple, Otsu
Tenri Kura no Koryusai Open Door Festival
About 45 sites across Tenri City (information desk: Tenri University i CONNECT Shop)
Sennyuji Fusuma Paintings Special Viewing
Kohojo (Small Abbot's Hall), Sennyuji Temple
Hanakuma Modern Town Festival
Honganji Kobe Betsuin (Modern Temple), 1F Hall
Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Experience Fest
Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store (2F Welcome Galleria / Tower Bldg. 6F Wall Gallery / Tower Bldg. 7F Mori no Hiroba)
Kobe Sangokushi (Three Kingdoms) Festival
Around KOBE Tetsujin Sangokushi Gallery
Arashiyama Momiji Festival 2026
Oi River, upstream of Togetsukyo Bridge (Saga, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto)
Kishu Lacquerware Festival
Kainan Hareame (Kainan Civic Disaster Prevention Park), Uruwashi-kan and Kainan City General Gymnasium
Koyasan University Mandala Festival "Inori"
Koyasan University, Koyasan Campus (Koya Town)
KYOTO OKAZAKI TUMUGU FES 2026
ROHM Theatre Kyoto, open space on the Nijo-dori side
Miki Kanamono (Hardware) Festival
Mikiyama Sogo Park, Miki City Cultural Hall and nearby venues
Nara Deer Antler Cutting Ceremony (Shika no Tsunokiri)
Rokuen deer enclosure antler-cutting arena, Kasuga Taisha grounds (Nara Park)
Ryoma Yosakoi 2026
Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine (Ryoma Stage) and other venues around Kyoto
QUINTESSENCE by Deep-Sea Dance Encyclopedia vol.2
Rose Garden (KITANO THE MAGNET)
Tsukuru Mori: Art, Craft & World Music in the Forest
Owl no Harappa field (next to Kyoto Prefectural Seminar House, Keihoku)
Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK)
Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto)
Yokai Yomatsuri: Tsukihime Village (Immersive Yokai Show)
Special venue, 2F Osker Dream
Gakuenmae Art Festa 2026
Around the north and south sides of Gakuenmae Station (Yamato Bunkakan Culture Hall, Nakano Museum of Art, Asanuma Memorial Hall, Tezukayama Gakuen and others)
HANARART 2026: Nara Machiya Art Festival
Machiya townhouses and historic buildings in five areas of Nara Prefecture: Kashihara Imai, Yoshino Sanchaya, Katsuragi Shinzaike, Kashihara Yagi and Sango Shigisanshita
Kotohogu Nara: A Journey Through Time and Space
Todaiji Kannon-in, Tsubai Market, Kitayama Juhachikendo, Gyoki Plaza in front of Kintetsu Nara Station, Naramachi Center and other sites in Nara City
Saikyo-ji Kyakuden Interior Opening (Autumn)
Saikyo-ji Temple, Sakamoto, Otsu (Shiga)
Fushimi Inari Taisha Hitaki-sai Fire Festival
Fushimi Inari Taisha
Kayusai Chinese Festival (21st)
Minatomachi River Place Plaza 3, Naniwa-ku, Osaka
Osaka Manhole EXPO 2026 at AEON Mall Ibaraki
Joy Plaza, AEON Mall Ibaraki
Suminoe Art Beat 2026
Creative Center Osaka (former Namura Shipyard) and Kitakagaya Park
Umeda Nominoichi Flea Market
Hankyu Umeda Main Store 9F: Event Hall & Festival Square
Lito Leaf Cutting Art Exhibition
Hankyu Umeda Main Store 9F, Hankyu Umeda Gallery and adjoining event space
Kamishichiken Kotobuki-kai
Kamishichiken Kaburenjo Theatre
Minna no AWA-YA meets Kobe (Cow Brand Soap Pop-up)
KIITO (Design and Creative Center Kobe)
Kaiko Kobe – KOBE OPEN FACTORY
Participating factories and workshops around Nagata and Hyogo wards / Information centre: Pifre Shin-Nagata 2F
20th Tanabe Benkei Film Festival
Big-U Wakayama Prefectural Information Exchange Center, Multipurpose Hall (Tanabe)
Fukakita Ryokuchi Autumn Festival: Bon Dance
Ball Games Field, Fukakita Ryokuchi Park (Daito)
Inano Shrine Market: Used Books, Crafts & Art
Inano Shrine (approach and grounds)
"Moonlight" Pipe Organ 20th Anniversary Concert
Kobe International University Chapel
Omiwa Shrine Sake Brewing Prayer Festival (Sake Matsuri)
Omiwa Shrine, Haiden worship hall (Sakurai, Nara)
Sakai Grand Tea Gathering: Expo Legacy Tea
Daisen Park (Great Lawn, Sakai City Tea House Shin'an, Japanese Garden)
ART FES in KITO
KITO FOREST MARKET SHIMOICHI
Azuchi Nobunaga Festival 2026
Bungei-no-Sato Ground (special stage) and the old castle town of Azuchi, Omihachiman (Shiga)
CALMA Festival at ON THE HILL
ON THE HILL (inside Hiokayama Park)
Kyo-Washinan Public Opening (Former Tomioka Tessai Residence)
Kyo-Washinan (Culture and Industry Exchange Hub)
Kyoto Night Market Vol.19
Ohigashisan Hiroba, in front of Higashi Hongwanji Temple
Nishijin Textile Expo 2026
Nishijin Textile Center
Tent Museum Exhibition
Special tent, Shukugawa Riverside Park
Thikity friends: NICE TO MEET YOU OSAKA
JITSUZAISEI (gallery & bar)
Anime WORLD TRIGGER Exhibition "REBOOT" (Osaka)
ATC ITM Building 4F Special Venue
Higashiosaka Taikan Machihaku 2026 (Hands-on Craft & Food Fair in Fuse)
Machi no Eki Clair Hall Fuse (Higashiosaka)
Izumiotsu ART & LIVE at Seapath Park
Seapath Park (Suribachi Theater and Oharappa lawn)
Mikaeru Colorful Marché
BB Plaza 2F
Open Customs: Kobe Customs House Special Opening
Kobe Customs House
Sakai Wabunka Festa (Japanese Culture Festival)
Houunji Temple
Zashiki-warashi's Doll Inn: Remember Me
Special venue, 2F Osker Dream
Honen-in Temple Autumn Special Opening
Honen-in Temple, Shishigatani, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Nihon Bonsai Taikanten (Japan Bonsai Exhibition)
Miyako Messe (Kyoto City Industrial Hall)
Eikando Autumn Light-up 2026
Eikando (Zenrinji Temple)
Art Night in the Sky at Expo '70 Park 2026 (5th Edition)
Expo '70 Commemorative Park — East Plaza (Suita, Osaka)
Kyoto Fushimi Mimi Matsuri (Ear Festival)
Daikoji Temple
Lalala Open Bison 2026
Bison, Umemoto-cho, Hyogo Ward, Kobe
Kishu Negoroji Kakuban Festival
Former Wakayama Prefectural Assembly Hall, Michi-no-Eki Negoro Rekishi-no-Oka and Negoroji Temple, Iwade
Onikuru EXPO
Onikuru Culture & Childcare Complex (Ibaraki)
Hozanji Temple Shishikaku Special Opening
Shishikaku, Hozanji Temple, Ikoma
Izumo Daijingu Shrine Autumn Leaves Light-up
Izumo Daijingu Shrine, Kameoka
Ohama Goten Garden Autumn Special Opening
Former Hikone Domain Matsubara Villa (Ohama Goten) Garden, Hikone (Shiga)
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 20th Anniversary SOS Exhibition
Rakubath Hall (and, 3F, Abeno)
Machi no Bunkasai 2026 at Futaba Gakusha
Futaba Gakusha (Kobe City)
Hyakka Sosaku-sai Craft Market at Keihanna Park
Lawn Plaza, Keihanna Commemorative Park
Kamigamo Handmade Market
Kamigamo Shrine grounds
Seikatsu Sozo Festa 2026
Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Seikatsu Sozo Center (Shin-Nagata Joint Government Building 1F)
Nara Kids Nature Festa 2026
Nara Prefectural Umami Kyuryo Park
Onzanso Garden Pottery Market
Ōshiba lawn, Kotonoura Onzanso Garden
Takarazuka Ethnic Festival (30th)
Suehiro Chuo Park (Takarazuka)
Kuginashi-do 1300th Anniversary Festival
Koon-ji Temple (Kuginashi-do) and six venues around it
Sukunahikona Shrine Shinno Festival 2026
Sukunahikona Shrine (Doshomachi)
Tower of the Sun Projection Mapping at Expo '70 Park
Expo '70 Commemorative Park — Taiyo no Hiroba (Natural Cultural Garden) and EXPO'70 Pavilion (Suita, Osaka)
Koka Ninpo Geino Emaki: Ninja Comedy & Storytelling Show
Multipurpose Hall, Koka Real Ninja Museum (Konan, Koka, Shiga)
Suma Fire Festival (Saito Goma Fire Ritual)
Sumadera Temple grounds (Sumaderacho, Suma Ward, Kobe)
Special Noh Performance at Tokuzen-ji, Daitoku-ji
Tokuzen-ji (sub-temple of Daitoku-ji)
MOPPEN 2026: Nishiwaki & Taka Open Factory
Workshops and factories across Nishiwaki and Taka (main reception: Michi-no-Eki Kita-Harima Eco Museum)
Sozai Expo Kobe Autumn 2026 (Handmade Materials Fair)
KIITO (Design and Creative Center Kobe)
Godzilla Exhibition: The Minus World at Daimaru Umeda
Special exhibition space (Daimaru Museum), 7F, Daimaru Umeda
Kyutei Omuro Autumn Leaves Special Viewing
Kyutei Omuro
Re:Born Jordan Pavilion Project at Expo '70 Park
In front of the Peace Rose Garden, Natural Cultural Gardens, Expo '70 Commemorative Park (Suita, Osaka)
EiEiOH
Former Guggenheim House
Machi no Chiisana Zakka-ichi (Handmade Market)
Mydome Osaka
Yawata Autumn Cultural Heritage Open Days
Iwashimizu Hachimangu, Zenpo-ritsuji, Shoboji, Hiko Jinja, Jin'oji, Tanden-an, Aitsuchi Jinja, Hakkakudo and Shokado Garden & Art Museum (Yawata City)
Minatogawa Park Handmade Market
Minatogawa Park / Park Town
Eternal Spirits: Go Nagai – Nagai Go Memorial Museum Revival
Museum of Kyoto, 3F Exhibition Room
Kariuchi Ancient Board Game Tournament
Lawn in front of Heijo Palace Izanai-kan, Heijo Palace Historical Park (multipurpose room inside Izanai-kan if it rains)
December 25 events
Repair Site Tours: Konkai Komyoji Pagoda & Chion-in Seishido
Konkai Komyoji Three-Storied Pagoda / Chion-in Seishido Hall
CONNECT⇄_ Touch, and It Begins
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and five other venues around Okazaki Park
PRISON BY NIGHT : Light & Echoes
Nara Prison Museum by Hoshino Resorts
Kyoto Shounso Marche
Shounso (Yoshimura Residence)
Otoasobi Project Improv Workshop & Film Screening
WAGOMU Climbing Gym (SUGAHARA BASE 5F) / stackgallery (1F)
Kyoto Handmade Marche
Miyako Messe (Kyoto International Exhibition Hall), Exhibition Hall 3
Uzumasa Joraku Matsuri 2026
Toei Kyoto Studio Park (Uzumasa Eigamura)
Grand Sumo Miki Tour
Mikiyama Sogo Park Gymnasium
Grand Sumo Winter Tour — Nishinomiya 2026
Life partner Arena (Hyogo Prefectural Gymnasium)
CAPCOM CREATION - Moving Hearts Across the Globe
Sagawa Art Museum, Moriyama (Shiga)
Dumb Type: 2020
ROHM Theatre Kyoto, South Hall
Christmas Commons
Nakanoshima Park (Rose Garden to the Lawn Plaza)
HandMade In Japan Fes' Osaka
INTEX Osaka Hall 2 (West Halls)
KUBOSO YORU no SEKAI: Treasures Awaken at Night
Izumi City Kubosoh Memorial Museum of Arts
Usamaru Exhibition
Special exhibition space, 7F, Daimaru Umeda
Yamashina Gishi Festival
From Bishamondo Temple via Tobu Bunka Kaikan to Iwayaji Temple and Oishi Shrine, Yamashina, Kyoto
Yassai Hossai Fire Festival at Ishizuta Shrine
Ishizuta Shrine
Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri Festival
Kasuga Taisha, Otabisho and other sites, Nara
Todai-ji Roben-ki: Hidden Buddhas Unveiled
Todai-ji: Kaisan-do, Hokke-do (Sangatsu-do) and Shunjo-do, Nara
Fullmetal Alchemist × Daemons of the Shadow Realm Exhibition
Hankyu Umeda Main Store 9F, Hankyu Umeda Gallery and Art Stage
Kimiidera Shimai Kannon
Kimiidera Temple, Wakayama City
Tsukuru Hitotachi Haku Kobe KIITO
KIITO (Design and Creative Center Kobe) 1F, KIITO Hall & Gallery A
Reading Drama: Cotton Falls on Kyoto
ROHM Theatre Kyoto, South Hall
Odekake Kozame Exhibition: Omotena-SEA Tour
Hanshin Umeda Main Store, 8F Event Hall
Okera Mairi at Yasaka Shrine
Yasaka Shrine (Higashiyama, Kyoto)
January 2027 9 events
Sumiyoshi Taisha Wakamizu Ritual 2027
Sacred Well by the Fourth Main Sanctuary and the Main Sanctuaries, Sumiyoshi Taisha
Sumiyoshi Taisha Toka Shinji 2027
In front of the First Main Sanctuary, Sumiyoshi Taisha
Sumiyoshi Taisha White Horse Ritual 2027
In front of the First Main Sanctuary, Sumiyoshi Taisha
Imamiya Ebisu Shrine Toka Ebisu 2027
Imamiya Ebisu Shrine, Naniwa Ward, Osaka
Sumiyoshi Taisha Mikechi Archery Ritual 2027
Special archery ground in front of the First Main Sanctuary, Sumiyoshi Taisha
Namba Yasaka Shrine Tsunahiki Rope Ritual 2027
Namba Yasaka Shrine grounds and surrounding streets
VIVANT IMMERSIVE MISSION – Osaka
Hirakata Park Event Hall (Hirakata, Osaka)
Domyoji Tenmangu Usokae Festival 2027
Domyoji Tenmangu Shrine grounds
32nd Kobe Luminarie
Meriken Park, Higashi Yuenchi, Former Foreign Settlement
February 2027 3 events
Dormilon Night: Rakugo × Burlesque × Musical Manzai
Kobe Shinkaichi Kirakukan (Hyogo-ku, Kobe)
The Great Van Gogh Exhibition II: The Langlois Bridge at Arles
Kobe City Museum
Domyoji Tenmangu Plum Blossom Festival 2027
Main Hall, Domyoji Tenmangu Shrine
March 2027 1 events
April 2027 1 events
On any day 53 events
Maibara Neko Ten (Cat Art Exhibition)
Kyukozan Seiganji Temple (Maibara, Shiga)
Kyoto Station Building Art Festival GNE 2026
Kyoto Station Building (Station Square, north side of the North-South Free Passage, Muromachi-Koji Square, South Square, East Square) and temples around Kyoto
Arashiyama Bamboo Light-up 2026
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove path
Kofukuji Hokuendo Hall Autumn Special Opening
Hokuendo Hall, Kofukuji Temple
43rd National Urban Greenery Fair, Kyoto Tamba
Kyoto Kameoka Hozugawa Park and four other sites across Kyoto Tamba (Kameoka, Nantan, Kyotamba)
Setsuko Migishi: 120th Anniversary Exhibition
Kobe City Koiso Memorial Museum of Art, Galleries 1 & 2
Yakushiji Autumn Special Opening: Hakuho Revived
Yakushiji Temple (Genjo Sanzo-in Garan, Nishi Sobo, East & West Pagodas)
Art Rhizome KYOTO: Gekiryo Kyoto 3
Kyoto City Hall and 8 other venues across Kyoto
The 78th Annual Exhibition of Shosoin Treasures
Nara National Museum, East and West Wings
Special Exhibition at Taiko no Yudonokan, Arima Onsen
Taiko no Yudonokan (Arima Onsen)
SCENES @ KOBE SUBWAY MUSEUM
All 10 stations on the Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line (incl. Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae)
Chrysanthemum Exhibition at Kyoto Botanical Garden
Kyoto Botanical Garden, special display area on the Great Lawn and in front of the Main Gate
Horyuji Yumedono Guze Kannon Autumn Opening
Yumedono Hall (Eastern Precinct), Horyuji Temple
Hyogo Prefectural Chrysanthemum Show 2026
Hyogo Prefectural Flower Center, Yuai-no-michi path and windmill flower bed (Kasai)
Jogonin International Art Festival 2026
Jogonin Temple (Konshozan)
Kamen Rider × The Power of Nature
Kobe Maritime Museum, 2F Special Exhibition Room
Depicting Daily Life: All Small Things Are Beautiful
Kobe Yukari no Bijutsukan (Higashinada, Kobe)
Bayside Shakedown THE MUSEUM (Osaka)
ATC Special Venue (ITM Building 4F)
Special Exhibition: Sengoku Siblings
Osaka Castle Main Tower, 3F–4F Exhibition Rooms
Autumn Special Exhibition: Middle Yayoi Society Through Pottery
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Archaeology
The Tale of Genji: Radiant Culture of the Japanese Imperial Court
Heisei Chishinkan Wing, Kyoto National Museum
Special Exhibition "In Praise of Dotaku: Treasures of Wakayama"
Takigawa Memorial Art Museum Gyokuseikan, Minamiawaji (Awaji Island)
Kobe Rokko Meets Art 2026 beyond
Various locations on Mount Rokko
Special Exhibition: Shigeru Mizuki, Soul of Manga
Kobe Fashion Museum
Mucha Art Expo Returns
Sakai Alphonse Mucha Museum (Sakai City Cultural Hall), Bellemage Sakai Bldg. 2, 2F–4F
Uzumasa Eigamura Kaikai YOKAI Festival 2026
Toei Kyoto Studio Park (Uzumasa Eigamura)
Daianji Hidden Eleven-Headed Kannon Special Opening
Main Hall, Daianji Temple, Nara
Hiraoka Hachimangu Flower Ceiling Autumn Viewing
Hiraoka Hachimangu Shrine, Umegahata, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto
Kinpusen-ji Zaodo: Secret Buddha Special Viewing
Kinpusen-ji Temple, Zaodo Hall
Moomin × Kobe Port Tower: a part of KOBE
Kobe Port Tower and 20+ locations across Kobe
NAKED meets Nijo Castle 2026
Nijo Castle (Former Imperial Villa Nijo-jo)
Andrew Wyeth Exhibition
Abeno Harukas Art Museum (Abeno Harukas 16F)
Hasedera Momiji Festival
Main Hall, Hasedera Temple, Sakurai
NAKED GARDEN NIGHTS Higashi Honganji 2026
Higashi Honganji Temple & Shosei-en Garden (Kikoku-tei)
Akimeku Sorakuen: Autumn at Sorakuen Garden
Sorakuen Garden, Kobe
Zen and Ghibli Exhibition, Kyoto
Higashiyama Cube, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
Entoku-in Autumn Light-up 2026
Entoku-in Temple (a sub-temple of Kodai-ji)
Kodai-ji Autumn Light-up 2026
Kodai-ji Temple
Rurikoin Temple Autumn Special Opening
Rurikoin Temple, Yase, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Special Exhibition: Shigaraki New Wave
Ceramic Museum, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park (Koka, Shiga)
Toji Temple Autumn Illumination 2026
Toji Temple (Kyoogokokuji)
Tove Jansson and the Moomins: In Search of Something Special
Kobe City Museum
Minpaku Special Exhibition: Living by the Saru River
National Museum of Ethnology, Special Exhibition Hall (Expo '70 Commemorative Park)
NHK Sunday Museum 50th Anniversary Exhibition
Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka — 5F Gallery
Vibrant Ming Dynasty Calligraphy
Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts (in Tennoji Park)
Yamaga Seika: Textile Artist at 140 — Imagination Soaring Through Space
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Main Building, South Wing 1F
Matsukata Kojiro × Yamamura Tokutaro: The Passion of Collecting
Gallery 1F, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Mamoru Hosoda: The Origins Exhibition (Osaka)
Knowledge Capital Event Lab, B1F, Grand Front Osaka North Building
ALL OF EVANGELION 30th Anniversary Exhibition (Osaka)
Hirakata Park Event Hall (no park admission needed)
Japanese Art from the British Museum: Edo Paintings Across the Sea
Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka — 4F Gallery
Kyoto University Museums Stamp Rally
17 university museums and partner venues in and around Kyoto
Great Dinosaur Exhibition: Zavacephale, a Newly Discovered Pachycephalosaur
Tamba City Tamba Dinosaur Museum
EXPO Legacy HYOGO Stamp Rally
Various locations across Hyogo Prefecture (Hyogo Field Pavilion sites & Expo Legacy facilities)
Past
Hasedera Shusei: An Evening of Noh and Shomyo Chanting
Himeji International Exchange Festival
Kitayo, Expo. in Hirakata
Nachi Dengaku 50th Anniversary Commemorative Performance
STRANDED: English-Language Musical
Seishu Matsuri 2026
Shin-Nagata Seikatsu Kongo Ichi: Yokai Halloween at the Temple
Fête Espoir 2026
HERBIS Pottery Market
Open House Osaka 2026 (Ikefes Osaka)
JICA Kansai Autumn Festival 2026
Kameoka Matsuri Float Festival
Kobe Rakugo Festival at Shinkaichi
Toeinou Noh Performance at Kohfukuji
KYOTO TSUTAYA BOOKS MARKET
Nara Craft Festival
Shirahama Taiwan Festa
TEDEA festival Vol.3
Czech Festival 2026 in Kansai
ET-KING and TASUKU Photo Exhibition 2026
Middle East Arabian Festival 2026
Seiganji Enichi Market
Shosei-en Jusanya Moon Viewing
SLOW: Local Dialogue Event in Kyotango
Tamaki Shrine Annual Festival (Omatsuri)
Vintage Market – Banpaku Flea Market Autumn 2026
FactorISM : Open Factory Festival by Osaka's Next-Generation Makers
Jidai Matsuri 2026
Kyo no Meiko Ten 2026: Kyoto Master Craftsmen Exhibition
Toshodaiji Raido Hall Special Opening & Shaka Nenbutsu-e
Usuki Hachiman Shrine Lantern Festival 2026
Manninko Festival at Enpuku-ji (Daruma-do)
Kiyomizu-dera Pink Light-up & Drone Show
NIGHT PICNIC 2026
AKP Concert (62nd)
Jonan Matsuri 2026
Joyo Tea Festival
23rd Junkei Matsuri
Grand Sumo Autumn Tour — Himeji
POWER OF Wakayama: Sand Sculptures at Kataonami Beach
Nijugo Bosatsu Oneri Kuyo 2026
Sourire Marche vol.4 at Kobe Kitano Nosta
Utano Autumn Festival (Mikoshi Togyo-sai)
Yoshinoyama Autumn Festival
Aga Shrine Autumn Festival
Arakawa Shrine Autumn Festival
Art Festa Kusatsu
37th National Giant Tree Forum: Nara Tenri
Kinomoto Lion Dance
Kusatsu-juku Honjin 30th: Time Slip to Edo
Kyoto Game Daisakusen: Student Game Showcase
Japan-Thai Culture Fair in Kyoto 2026
MOSS KOGEI Kyoto
Omoshiro History Festival 2026 in Asuka
Sake Highball Karuta Tournament
Sansui Sozai de Asobo in Nishinomiya
Senshu YOSAKOI Eejanaika Festival
Castle Expo in Shiga & Lake Biwa (Azuchi)
Sumiyoshi Taisha Takara-no-Ichi Rite & Masu Market 2026
Takatsuki Shogi Festival 2026
Takemikumari Shrine Autumn Festival
Take-Musubi Festa 2026
Take-no-Komichi Kaguya no Yube
Tsukaguchi Shrine Autumn Festival
Uji Dengaku Matsuri
Vintage Fes! 2026 Kobe
Wakayama Craftsmanship & Culture Festival 2026
Yokokuji Kamishoin Special Opening: Rakuchu Rakugai Screens
Coffee & Ceramics 6th: Plates Take the Lead
Nyonin Koya Pink Ribbon Day Pagoda Light-up
Kango Shrine Annual Grand Festival
KYOPO 2026 (formerly Kiyomizu-yaki Pottery Festival)
KOBE Lantern Ennichi 2026
NAKANOSHIMA ART LIGHTS 2026
Seishin made -KOBE OPEN FACTORY-
Cactus & Succulent Show at Suma Rikyu Park
CHIMNEY TOWN HALLOWEEN 2026 in NAMBA
Isonokami Jingu Annual Festival (Furu Matsuri)
Itakiso Shrine Reisai (Autumn Festival)
SINFONIA: Projection Mapping on Osaka Castle
Suimeikai — Pontocho Autumn Dance
Hokyo-ji Doll Memorial Service
Nada Fighting Festival 2026
Oshio Tenmangu Autumn Festival 2026
Tatsuno Handmade Market (9th)
Awaji Highway Oasis Autumn Festival
Daimokutate Performance
Kobe Creators Jam 2026
Akashi Meridian Dontokoi Festival 2026
EXPO Reborn! — Expo 2025 One Year On
Hiraoka Hachimangu Autumn Festival (Sanyaku Sumo & Kenboko)
Hoko Matsuri
Misu Taimatsu Matsuri (Giant Torch Festival)
Shingu Autumn Festival
Kobe Shin-Nagata Ryukyu Festival
Wave of Light 2026 in KOBE
Yahata Danjiri Festival
Yase Shamenchi Odori
55th Amagasaki Citizens' Festival
Awata Matsuri 2026
Czech Festival 2026 in Kyoto
Funatsu Sho-Hachiman Shrine Autumn Festival (Ryuo-mai)
India Mela Kobe 2026
Kamotsuba Shrine Autumn Festival: Susuki Lanterns
Kansai Renovation Market
Kishiwada Danjiri Festival 2026 (October)
43rd Kobe Jazz Street 2026
18th Kobe Meister Festival
Kyoto Art Craft Market 2026
Craft Marche at Kyoto Botanical Garden
Kyoto Mineral Show (Wonder World of Stones)
Mibu Kyogen Autumn Performances
Miki Omiya Hachimangu Autumn Festival
OSAKA COMEDY FESTIVAL 2026
Otsu Matsuri
Rainbow Festa! (Kansai Pride in Osaka)
RALLY 7: Kobe City Bus Route 7 Festival
Re:EXPO Final in Chuo-ku
Shigaraki Pottery Festival
Shimogamo Nakadori Book Fair 2026
Takayama Takeakari Bamboo Lantern Festival
Kyōto YouMe Triennale 2026
Lohas Festa Banpaku 2026 Autumn
Tamba Pottery Festival 2026: Autumn Village Tour (49th)
Ebisunomiya Tenman Shrine Autumn Festival
Miyagawacho Mizue-kai Autumn Dance
Kobe Kotori Week 2026
Kobe Penguin Bazaar
Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition, Kyoto
Banshu Kabuki at Saifukuji Temple
EVERY DAY MARKET -OSAKA-
Kabe Marche Vol.4 "Harvest"
Kyuhoji Jinaimachi Toro Matsuri 2026
Machi no ZINE Fes NightMarket at Han-ama Chuo Park
Ogo Hachiman Shrine Autumn Festival 2026
Re:Kyoto Exhibition at Ohigashi-san Hiroba
The Uji Tea Festival
Awashima Shrine Autumn Grand Festival (Amazake Festival)
Gokonomiya Shinkosai Festival 2026
Institut français du Japon – Kansai French Open Day
Kitano Discovery Day
KOBE AUTUMN FESTIVAL 2026
KOBE Tourism Day 2026
Kobe Motomachi Music Week (27th)
KOBE TERRARIUM BASE Autumn 2026
Kū Hanohano Hula Festival
Kyoto Night Market: Halloween Monster Night
Minamikawachi Jazz Festival: Kawachinagano Stage
Nara Kizukai Wood Festival 2026
NEW ENERGY OSAKA
STEINS;GATE Anime 15th Anniversary Exhibition
National Sake Festival in ACRiE Himeji 2026
Digital Noh at Kodaiji
Shigaraki Ceramic Art Market
38th Benkei Festival
Zuiki Matsuri at Kitano Tenmangu 2026
Kyogashi Exhibition 2026: Kan'ei Imperial Procession
Hirakata British Week
Kobe Cruise Festa – Ocean Week 2026
KOBE Hon no Eki 2026 (3rd) | Belst Suzurandai Becomes a Bookstore for a Day
Tsurugimiya Oji Shrine Rice Harvest Festival 2026
Kitasuzu Machinaka Culture Festival 2026 (4th)
Kobe Children's Rural Kabuki: 12th Performance
Kyoto Ikimono Fes 2026
Machi no ZINE Fes: Music and Architecture at Seishin Chuo Hall
Music Picnic 2026
Philippine Matsuri Osaka 2026
Rikyu Moon-Viewing Evening (38th)
Rokko Yahata no Mori Ichi Creators Market
4th Roku-Ai Community Festa
Sakai Yokai Festa 2026 at GIORNO
SANNOMIYA COLLECTION 2026 AW
ZINE Yokocho at TOTTEI PARK
Kokoen Garden Moon Viewing 2026
Komagabayashi Shrine Moon-Viewing Festival 2026
Nankinmachi Mid-Autumn Festival (29th)
Sumiyoshi Taisha Moon-Viewing Festival 2026
BEFREA CIRCUS vol.2
Tetsuko's Room 50th Anniversary Exhibition
11th Kinoko Festa Mushroom Festival
Heiwa Matsuri Kyoto 2026
Fiesta Mexicana Kyoto 2026
Gion Marche: Monozukuri Zaka (1st)
Age-Well KOBE 2026
Himejikko Banpaku 2026
Ikuta Shrine Autumn Festival 2026
Children's Theatre Festival in Nada 2026 (4th)
Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2026
KYOMAF MUSIC LIVE 2026
OSAKA Art & Handmade Bazaar Vol.52
Port Island Cinema Garden 2026
Sanda Machi-haku 2026
BMSG OPEN THE SHUTTER Shin-Nagata
Kamishichiken and Kitano Tenmangu Bon Odori 2026
KOBE Steelpan Carnival 2026
Mangeki Summer Festival 2026
Mitakari Festival and Kami-sumo at Oharano Shrine
9th Iina! Inagawa Chorus Festival
Koiya Matsuri 2026
Osaka Station City Autumn Fest
The WORLD Market — 12th Edition, First Time in Osaka
Choyo Rite and Karasu Sumo at Kamigamo Shrine
Kobe Motomachi Lantern Nights 2026
Himalaya vs Kilimanjaro at Shinsaibashi BIGSTEP
Matsunoo Taisha Hassaku Festival 2026
Mori no Tezukuri Ichi Handmade Market (55th)
Kiku no Miko Kagura 2026
Toyooka Theater Festival Tajima Digital Stamp Rally
Kobe Shin-Nagata Memories Summer Festival 2026
2026 Taiwan Pavilion in Kansai (Osaka)
Atago Furumichi Kaidou Toboshi 2026
IZUMISANO NIGHT 2026 — A Night for the Five Senses
Nishidaiji Komyosai 2026
2026 Taiwan Pavilion in Kansai (Kobe)
Marugoto Cat Festival 2026 in Kobe
Kisshoin Tenmangu Summer Festival (Kisshoin Rokusai Nenbutsu) 2026
Moto-Eikai 6-chome Jizo-bon 2026
Oshibedani Akashigawa River Festival 2026
Shin-Nagata Jizo-bon 2026
Expo Bharat Fes 2026 Summer — Biryani Festival
Choraku Fureai Summer Festival & Bon-Odori 2026
Minatogawa Shrine Summer Festival: Kentosai & Kikusui Tenjin Festival 2026
NEO Marche
Shiki no Marche — Summer Festival 2026
Shin-Nagata Ichibangai Bon-Odori 2026
Kitamido Bon Odori
Ikeda Fureai Bon-Odori 2026
Tanba-Sasayama Dekansho Festival 2026
Fukuchiyama Dokkoise Matsuri 2026
After Expo in KOBE: Colorful World
Summer Hyogo Craft Fair (Jibasan Fair) 2026
Izushi-yaki × Local Sake Fair 2026
Kibou no Niji Project: Make a Smile (1st Edition)
Mano Fureai Bon-Odori 2026
Onatsu Seijuro Matsuri (76th)
Hoshi no Bon Matsuri (Star Bon Festival) 2026
After-Expo "Celebrating Life" (Kurage Festival) 2026
Motomachi Cinema Summer Vacation Program 2026
Osaka Oshiro Fes 2026 (Castle Festival)
AWAHAWA in Akashi Citizens' Plaza 2026
Gojo Wakamiya Pottery Festival 2026
Nami Sano Exhibition: Fin.
Shinyo Bon-Odori Festival 2026
Kamogawa Noryo 2026 — Kyoto Riverside Summer Fair
Kifune Shrine Summer Festival: Amagasaki Danjiri 2026
Murouchi Fureai Summer Evening 2026
47th Sanda Matsuri
Taisho Monozukuri Festa 2026 — A Summer Festival of Making
79th Awaji Island Festival: Dance Parade 2026
Miffy × Kobe Port Tower: Night Time
Kitano Tenmangu Tenjin Festival 2026
Myoken Summer Festival (58th)
Nagata Fureai Summer Festival 2026
Toa Park Bon-Odori Festival 2026 (12th)
Care Connects Museum Open Day – YEAH! Bun-Park with Kobito
Kobe Port Boat Heaven 2026
Ninomiya Shrine Summer Festival & Chinowa Ring Rite 2026
Arima Summer Festival 2026
Iwaya Shrine Summer Festival: Oshataka Boat Ritual 2026
Takarazuka Thai Festival 2026
Kobe Handmade Marche 2026
ROKKO Yamasuzumi Fes 2026
Special Exhibition: Mass Extinctions — BIG FIVE
Nepenthes Pitcher Plant Exhibition at Suma Rikyu Park 2026
Ikuta Shrine Nagoshi Oharae & Sentosai Lantern Rite 2026
Hyakka Sosaku-sai Craft Market at Myodani
Sailing KOBE 2026 | Yosakoi Dance Festival at Meriken Park
Himeji Yukata Festival 2026
Ikuta Matsuri: Grand Festival & Ujiko Hohei-sai 2026
Felissimo Chocolate Museum Special Exhibitions
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