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Kansai events tagged Culture Art, listed by date.

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Special Exhibition at Taiko no Yudonokan, Arima Onsen

Taiko no Yudonokan (Arima Onsen)

EXPO Legacy HYOGO Stamp Rally

Various locations across Hyogo Prefecture (Hyogo Field Pavilion sites & Expo Legacy facilities)

Felissimo Chocolate Museum Special Exhibitions

Felissimo Chocolate Museum, Stage Felissimo 2F (Chuo Ward, Kobe)

1999 Exhibition: Memories of a Day That Never Was

Taniguchi Etsu Dai-2 Building, Chuo-ku, Osaka

The World of Kawanabe Kyosai: The Goldman Collection

Kobe City Museum

Special Exhibition: Mass Extinctions — BIG FIVE

Nature Hall, Osaka Museum of Natural History (2F, Nature Study Center, Nagai Park)

Ghibli Park Exhibition, Osaka (ATC Gallery)

ATC Gallery, Osaka Nanko

KUNIYOSHI IMMERSIVE ART in the Utagawa Kuniyoshi Exhibition

KUNIYOSHI IMMERSIVE ART in the Utagawa Kuniyoshi Exhibition

Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Main Building, North Wing 1F

Miffy × Kobe Port Tower: Night Time

Miffy × Kobe Port Tower: Night Time

Kobe Port Tower and venues across the Kobe waterfront

Mucha Art Expo Returns

Sakai Alphonse Mucha Museum (Sakai City Cultural Hall), Bellemage Sakai Bldg. 2, 2F–4F

Nami Sano Exhibition: Fin.

Kobe Kitano Museum

Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring

Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka — 5F Gallery

Kobe Rokko Meets Art 2026 beyond

Kobe Rokko Meets Art 2026 beyond

Various locations on Mount Rokko

Setsuko Migishi: 120th Anniversary Exhibition

Kobe City Koiso Memorial Museum of Art, Galleries 1 & 2

Photo Exhibition: Before We Can't Meet There Again

Photo Exhibition: Before We Can't Meet There Again

FoodBar ENDS (Tenten Bldg. 3F)

Kiku no Miko Kagura 2026

Jonangu Shrine, Kaguraden outdoor stage

Toyooka Theater Festival Tajima Digital Stamp Rally (Sep 1–27)

Across the Tajima region (Toyooka, Kinosaki, Takeno, Izushi, Kannabe, Kami, Shin-onsen, Yabu, Asago and more)

Kobe Motomachi Lantern Nights 2026

Daimaru Kobe and 12 other shops and facilities in Chuo-ku, Kobe

Special Exhibition: Shigeru Mizuki, Soul of Manga

Kobe Fashion Museum

Uzumasa Eigamura Kaikai YOKAI Festival 2026

Uzumasa Eigamura Kaikai YOKAI Festival 2026

Toei Kyoto Studio Park (Uzumasa Eigamura)

Autumn Special Exhibition: Middle Yayoi Society Through Pottery

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Archaeology

Charles Fazzino 3D Art Exhibition

Charles Fazzino 3D Art Exhibition

Kobe Hankyu Main Building 4F Art Gallery

Upcoming

Heisei Onna-hoko 30th: Float Raising & Gion-bayashi

Kyoto City Hall front plaza

43rd National Urban Greenery Fair, Kyoto Tamba

43rd National Urban Greenery Fair, Kyoto Tamba

Kyoto Kameoka Hozugawa Park and four other sites across Kyoto Tamba (Kameoka, Nantan, Kyotamba)

Himejikko Banpaku 2026

Himejikko Banpaku 2026

Himeji General Welfare Hall, 5F (Himeji)

Ikuta Shrine Autumn Festival 2026

Ikuta Shrine Autumn Festival 2026

Ikuta Shrine (1-2-1 Shimoyamatedori, Chuo-ku, Kobe)

Kamen Rider × The Power of Nature

Kobe Maritime Museum, 2F Special Exhibition Room

Children's Theatre Festival in Nada 2026 (4th)

Small Hall, North Lobby and Lobby, 1F, Kobe Nada Ward Citizens' Hall

Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2026

Miyako Messe (Kyoto City KYOCERA Industrial Hall) and Rohm Theatre Kyoto; second venue: Kyoto International Manga Museum

KYOMAF MUSIC LIVE 2026

Rohm Theatre Kyoto, Main Hall

OSAKA Art & Handmade Bazaar Vol.52

ATC Hall, Osaka Nanko + second venue (O's Building North Wing 3F)

Port Island Cinema Garden 2026

Port Island Cinema Garden 2026

Port Island Shimin Hiroba (Central Plaza)

Sanda Machi-haku 2026

Various venues across Sanda City (differs by program)

Gion Marche: Monozukuri Zaka (1st)

Maruyama Park and Otani Sobyo Mausoleum (Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto)

Idea Hiroba vol.3: Make a Character from What You Love

1room (free space), 1F, Shinkaichi Art Hiroba

Heiwa Matsuri Kyoto 2026

Maruyama Park Music Hall (inside Maruyama Park), Kyoto

Depicting Daily Life: All Small Things Are Beautiful

Kobe Yukari no Bijutsukan (Higashinada, Kobe)

11th Kinoko Festa Mushroom Festival

11th Kinoko Festa Mushroom Festival

Forest Exhibition Hall Plaza, Kobe Municipal Forest Botanical Garden

Kodomo Bunkasai 2026 (Kids' Culture Festival)

Mikage Kokaido (Mikage Public Hall)

KOSEN PARK in HYOGO

KOSEN PARK in HYOGO

Kobe Sambo Hall, 2F

Komagabayashi Shrine Moon-Viewing Festival 2026

Komagabayashi Shrine grounds

Minpaku Special Exhibition: Living by the Saru River

National Museum of Ethnology, Special Exhibition Hall (Expo '70 Commemorative Park)

Nankinmachi Mid-Autumn Festival (29th)

Nankinmachi Mid-Autumn Festival (29th)

Nankinmachi / Nankinmachi Square

Sumiyoshi Taisha Moon-Viewing Festival 2026

First Main Sanctuary and Sorihashi Bridge, Sumiyoshi Taisha

Kitasuzu Machinaka Culture Festival 2026 (4th)

Four venues around Kitasuzurandai Station (Station Plaza, Gate Plaza, Kitayama Park and the housing-lot site opposite the park)

Minatogawa Park Handmade Market

Minatogawa Park Handmade Market

Minatogawa Park / Park Town

Philippine Matsuri Osaka 2026

Mina Sakai (Sakai Citizens' Plaza, in front of Sakai City Hall)

Rikyu Moon-Viewing Evening (38th)

Rikyu Moon-Viewing Evening (38th)

Suma Rikyu Park (Fountain Plaza, Tsukimidai Rest House, Shiomidai Observatory, Japanese-style room)

Rokko Yahata no Mori Ichi Creators Market

Approach to Rokko Hachiman Shrine

4th Roku-Ai Community Festa

Kobe Fashion Museum, 4F

Sakai Yokai Festa 2026 at GIORNO

GIORNO — the plaza out front and spots throughout the building, Sakai-ku, Sakai

Kobe Cruise Festa – Ocean Week 2026

Kobe Port Terminal

KOBE Hon no Eki 2026 (3rd) | Belst Suzurandai Becomes a Bookstore for a Day

Belst Suzurandai, floors 1–3 (directly connected to Suzurandai Station, Kobe Electric Railway)

NGK Bon Odori Yose

NGK Bon Odori Yose

Namba Grand Kagetsu (Chuo-ku, Osaka)

Zuiki Matsuri at Kitano Tenmangu 2026

Kitano Tenmangu Shrine and its Otabisho

Andrew Wyeth Exhibition

Abeno Harukas Art Museum (Abeno Harukas 16F)

KOBE AUTUMN FESTIVAL 2026

KOBE AUTUMN FESTIVAL 2026

Sannomiya Central Street to the Waterfront (pedestrian zone)

Minamikawachi Jazz Festival: Kawachinagano Stage

Lovely Hall, Small Hall (Kawachinagano City Cultural Hall)

National Sake Festival in ACRiE Himeji 2026

ACRiE Himeji, Exhibition Halls A, B, C and the outdoor exhibition area

Kyuhoji Jinaimachi Toro Matsuri 2026

Kyuhoji Jinaimachi district (around Yao City Machinami Center, Kensho-ji, Nenbutsu-ji, Hotsugan-ji, Koma Shrine, Osuiro, Ai-no-Sato / Yao-no-Mori)

Kobe Penguin Bazaar

Event Hall, 9F Main Building, Kobe Hankyu (Chuo-ku, Kobe)

Lohas Festa Banpaku 2026 Autumn

Higashi no Hiroba (East Plaza), Expo '70 Commemorative Park

Tamba Pottery Festival 2026: Autumn Village Tour (49th)

Tachikui Sue no Sato (Tamba Traditional Crafts Park) and kilns across the Tamba pottery village, Konda, Tamba-Sasayama

Vibrant Ming Dynasty Calligraphy

Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts (in Tennoji Park)

Awata Matsuri 2026

Awata Shrine and the surrounding parish area (procession)

ENLIGHTENMENT JAPAN

ENLIGHTENMENT JAPAN

Central Hall, 1F, Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts (in Tennoji Park)

Kishiwada Danjiri Festival 2026 (October)

Inland districts of Kishiwada (Higashi-Kishiwada, Minami-Kamori, Yagi, Yamadai, Yamadai-Minami, Yamataki)

43rd Kobe Jazz Street 2026

9 venues around Sannomiya, Kitano and Tor Road (Chuo, Kobe)

Moomin × Kobe Port Tower: a part of KOBE

Moomin × Kobe Port Tower: a part of KOBE

Kobe Port Tower and 20+ locations across Kobe

NHK Sunday Museum 50th Anniversary Exhibition

Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka — 5F Gallery

Special Exhibition: Sengoku Siblings

Osaka Castle Main Tower, 3F–4F Exhibition Rooms

EXPO Reborn! — Expo 2025 One Year On

EXPO Reborn! — Expo 2025 One Year On

ATC Hall & ATC Piloti Plaza, Osaka Nanko

Kobe Creators Jam 2026

Kobe VARIT. (Sannomiya)

Nada Fighting Festival 2026

Matsubara Hachiman Shrine and Otabiyama area

Oshio Tenmangu Autumn Festival 2026

Oshio Tenmangu Shrine

SINFONIA: Projection Mapping on Osaka Castle

South face of the Osaka Castle keep (Honmaru, Osaka Castle Park)

Mt. Rokko Architecture Tour 2026

Around the Mt. Rokko summit (meet and finish at the concourse of Rokko Cable's Rokko Sanjo Station)

Kiyomizu-yaki Pottery Festival 2026

Kiyomizu-yaki Danchi pottery district, Yamashina, Kyoto

Kyoto Station Building Art Festival GNE 2026

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

Sansui Sozai de Asobo in Nishinomiya (Oct 17)

Koto Sansui Nursery School

Sumiyoshi Taisha Takara-no-Ichi Rite & Masu Market 2026

Sacred rice field and Emaden hall by the arched bridge, Sumiyoshi Taisha

Takemikumari Shrine Autumn Festival

Takemikumari Shrine and its otabisho (Hie-no-mae)

Vintage Fes! 2026 Kobe

Vintage Fes! 2026 Kobe

Kobe International Exhibition Hall, Bldg. 3

ALL OF EVANGELION 30th Anniversary Exhibition (Osaka)

Hirakata Park Event Hall (no park admission needed)

Hyogo Prefectural Chrysanthemum Show 2026

Hyogo Prefectural Flower Center, Yuai-no-michi path and windmill flower bed (Kasai)

Nijugo Bosatsu Oneri Kuyo 2026

Sokujoin, a subtemple of Sennyuji

Sourire Marche vol.4 at Kobe Kitano Nosta

Kobe Kitano Nosta (former Kitano Elementary School)

NIGHT PICNIC 2026

NIGHT PICNIC 2026

Higashi Yuenchi Park

Usuki Hachiman Shrine Lantern Festival 2026

Usuki Hachiman Shrine and the otabisho area (Aboshi, Himeji)

Jidai Matsuri 2026

From the Kenreimon gate of the Kyoto Imperial Palace to Heian Jingu (procession route)

Middle East Arabian Festival 2026

Middle East Arabian Festival 2026

Sakishima Morena, Osaka Nanko

Vintage Market – Banpaku Flea Market Autumn 2026

Vintage Market – Banpaku Flea Market Autumn 2026

East Plaza, Expo '70 Commemorative Park

Open House Osaka 2026 (Ikefes Osaka)

Participating buildings across Osaka City (224 planned)

Mamoru Hosoda: The Origins Exhibition (Osaka)

Mamoru Hosoda: The Origins Exhibition (Osaka)

Knowledge Capital Event Lab, B1F, Grand Front Osaka North Building

Katappashi Retro Kissa Exhibition

Katappashi Retro Kissa Exhibition

Namba Parks Museum, 7F Namba Parks (Naniwa-ku, Osaka)

átoa Creators Festa 2026 AUTUMN

átoa Creators Festa 2026 AUTUMN

MARINE NOTE, 2F of AQUARIUM×ART átoa

Japanese Art from the British Museum: Edo Paintings Across the Sea

Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka — 4F Gallery

Kobe Calling 2026

Kobe Calling 2026

KIITO (Design and Creative Center Kobe)

Kobe Renga Art Marche in Nada 2026

South side of the JR Nada Station plaza (Museum Road area)

Toji Temple Autumn Illumination 2026

Toji Temple (Kyoogokokuji)

49th Yao Kawachi Ondo Festival

Yao Elementary School, LINOAS & Kintetsu-Yao Station Plaza, Yao, Osaka

BB Museum Marché #3 2026

Atrium, 2F, BB Plaza Museum of Art

Hyogo-no-Tsu Jazz Live

Shinkawa Canal Promenade & Hyogo-no-Tsu Museum, Hyogo-ku, Kobe

Suminoe Art Beat 2026

Creative Center Osaka (former Namura Shipyard) and Kitakagaya Park

Art Night in the Sky at Expo '70 Park 2026 (5th Edition)

Art Night in the Sky at Expo '70 Park 2026 (5th Edition)

Expo '70 Commemorative Park — East Plaza (Suita, Osaka)

Sukunahikona Shrine Shinno Festival 2026

Sukunahikona Shrine (Doshomachi)

Grand Sumo Winter Tour — Nishinomiya 2026

Grand Sumo Winter Tour — Nishinomiya 2026

Life partner Arena (Hyogo Prefectural Gymnasium)

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

32nd Kobe Luminarie

Meriken Park, Higashi Yuenchi, Former Foreign Settlement

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

Domyoji Tenmangu Natane Goku Festival 2027

Domyoji Tenmangu Shrine grounds

Past

Hula Festa in Kobe 2026

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

Kyoto Night Market Vol.17: Silver Festival (Sep 12–13)

The WORLD Market — 12th Edition, First Time in Osaka

The Great PARM Exhibition 2026

JAPAN GROOVE MARKET

Choyo Rite and Karasu Sumo at Kamigamo Shrine

Himalaya vs Kilimanjaro at Shinsaibashi BIGSTEP

Matsunoo Taisha Hassaku Festival 2026

Mori no Tezukuri Ichi Handmade Market (55th)

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

Kamigamo Handmade Market

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

Kaori Sakamoto Costume Exhibition: ART ON ICE

Ikeda Fureai Bon-Odori 2026

Tanba-Sasayama Dekansho Festival 2026

Fukuchiyama Dokkoise Matsuri 2026

After Expo in KOBE: Colorful World

Kobe, City of Film: Poster Exhibition

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

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

Kitano Tenmangu Tenjin Festival 2026

Myoken Summer Festival (58th)

Nagata Fureai Summer Festival 2026

Toa Park Bon-Odori Festival 2026 (12th)

Zoo Exhibition @ KOBE SUBWAY MUSEUM

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

PAPER ZOO by Miho Akiyama

ROKKO Yamasuzumi Fes 2026

Nepenthes Pitcher Plant Exhibition at Suma Rikyu Park 2026

Ikuta Shrine Nagoshi Oharae & Sentosai Lantern Rite 2026

Hyakka Sosaku-sai Craft Market at Myodani

90th Anniversary Special Exhibition: The Water Margin (Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts)

Special Exhibition: Godzilla – THE ART (70th Anniversary)

Sailing KOBE 2026 | Yosakoi Dance Festival at Meriken Park

Himeji Yukata Festival 2026

Mystery at the Museum | A Summer Exhibition Bringing Together Seven Hyogo Prefectural Museums

Ikuta Matsuri: Grand Festival & Ujiko Hohei-sai 2026

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