Kyoto Summer Festival 2024 Events. Search for local events and traditional festivals across each area of kyoto prefecture by category, season, or date. The procession in elegant attire from the heian period.

Hatsumode (first shrine visit of the new year) on new year’s eve, and on the first three days of the new year (1, 2 and 3 january), kyotoites visit either their local neighborhood shrine or one of kyoto’s major shrines to pay for luck, success and health in the new year. It began in 1895 in order to commemorate the 1,100th.