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Now showing20 exhibitions and long-running events · ending soonest first

18:00

Autumn Illumination and Night Viewing at To-ji

Runs Oct 31 – Dec 13
From ¥500 · Japanese only
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Collection Room, Autumn Feature: “Museum Story: The First Cry of the Municipal Art Museum”

Runs Oct 9 – Dec 13
From ¥520
17:00

Kodai-ji Autumn Special Night Viewing

Runs Oct 23 – Dec 13
¥800 · Evening
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Kyoto Nishiyama Hill Climb Sanpai 2026

Runs Sep 12 – Dec 13
Free · Japanese only
10:00

Rurikoin autumn special viewing

Runs Oct 21 – Dec 13
New · From ¥1,000
08:00

Special Opening of the First Floor of the Five-storied Pagoda

Runs Oct 31 – Dec 13
¥1,200 · Japanese only
18:00

Toji Night Illumination

Runs Oct 31 – Dec 13
¥1,000 · Family-friendly
10:00

Daitoku-ji Korin-in: Autumn Special Opening

Runs Oct 18 – Dec 15
New · From ¥300
11:00

MEETUP KYOTO FESTIVAL

Runs Nov 28 – Dec 19
Free · English OK
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Kyoto University Museums Special 7: ‘Universities Are Treasure Boxes — Craftsmanship Showcase’

Runs Oct 24 – Dec 20
¥500 · Rain OK
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The Triangle: Soji Matsunobu

Runs Oct 11 – Dec 20
Free · Rain OK
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Yamaga Seika

Runs Sep 19 – Dec 20
From ¥1,300 · Rain OK
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Minamiza Kaomise Grand Kabuki

Runs Dec 1 – Dec 24
Reservation required · Japanese only
17:00

Doshisha University Christmas Illumination

Runs Nov 20 – Dec 25
Free · Evening
16:30

Sagano Romantic Train: Train of Light Illusions

Runs Oct 24 – Dec 29
¥880 · Reservation required
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Sakura Wars 30th Anniversary Exhibition: Dreams Revived

¥2,000 · Reservation required
10:00

Jewelry: Whose Dreams?

Runs Oct 24 – Jan 17
¥2,000 · Family-friendly
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Kyoto Station 150th Anniversary Exhibition: 'Railway and Architecture'

Japanese only · Family-friendly
10:00

Maruyama Okyo and Ito Jakuchu

Runs Oct 17 – Feb 14
¥1,000 · Family-friendly
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30th Anniversary: Claude Monet, 100 Years After His Death

Family-friendly

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