[ March 13, 2010 6:00 pm to March 22, 2010 9:30 pm. ] The annual Higashiyama hana-touro evening lantern walk event will be held March 13-22 from 18:00-21:30 nightly in eastern Kyoto, between Shoren-in Temple and Kiyomizu-dera Temple. The streets and stone-paved alleys of eastern Kyoto will be lined with electric lanterns, and artistic illumination displays are presented at temples along the route. Creatively-lighted floral displays can be [...]

[ May 29, 2010 11:00 am to June 6, 2010 11:00 am. ] The Seiler Piano Duo Kayabuki Concerts will be held May 29-June 6, 2010, at the Seiler’s “Kayabuki” farmhouse and concert hall in rural Goma, Nantan, Kyoto.

[ January 31, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] January 31 (Sunday)
RAW elements (max, ryotaro & Yung Tsubotaj) and Ms. Meka Nism at UrBANGUILD in Kiyamachi.
OPEN 18:30 Ms. Meka Nism 19:00/ Elements 19:30
adv 1800yen with 1drink / door 2300yen with 1drink
TEL075-212-1125

[ January 23, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Get On the Desk Again Party – Benefit for Zinenzele Foundation, helping AIDS orphans.
RAW elements (max, ryotaro & Yung Tsubotaj)
Donation 2000yen, Student with ID 1000yen
open 18:30, live starts around 20:00
at McLoughlin’s Irish Bar
(075) 212 – 6339 (075) 212 – 6339

[ November 13, 2009 5:00 pm to November 29, 2009 9:00 pm. ]

Every year at this time the Eizan Railway, which runs through my town up into the mountains to the towns of Kibune and Kurama, has a “Momiji Tunnel” event that coincides with the “Momiji Touro”  illumination event in Kibune.

Beginning at dusk, the trains going to and from Kurama slow down and turn off internal lights [...]

[ December 11, 2009 5:00 pm to December 20, 2009 8:30 pm. ] The 2009 Hana Touro illumination event will be held evenings from December 11-20. Arashiyama’s main street, including the Togetsukyo Bridge, will be illuminated with lanterns, along with side streets, bamboo forests and temples (excluding Tenryu-ji).

[ October 22, 2009; 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ]
Here it comes again, the Kurama Himatsuri is held every October 22 in a tiny mountain village in northern Kyoto. Starting at 6 pm with small kids and small torches, progressively larger torches are paraded up and down this one-street town by teams in traditional costume, as a thumping taiko beat stokes the [...]

[ October 10, 2009 to October 12, 2009. ] The popular Mibu Kyogen comedic plays will be held Oct. 1o-12 at Mibu-dera Temple in Nakagyo-ku from Oct. 10-12. Admission ¥800 for adults.

[ October 22, 2009; 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] The Jidai Matsuri on October 22 is one of the “Three Big Festivals” of Kyoto, and celebrates the history of Kyoto with a parade of reenactors in costume, on horses, atop wagons, and with all manner of attendants and accoutrements. They depart the old Imperial Palace (called Kyoto Gosho) at noon, but it takes more [...]

[ March 13, 2009 6:00 pm to March 22, 2009 9:30 pm. ] This friday the annual Higashiyama Hana-Touro lantern walk event begins, with nighttime illumination every night until March 22, from 18:00-21:30. Temples will be open for nighttime viewing from Shoren-in in the north down to Kiyomizu-dera. It’s a can’t miss.