展 · Art exhibition
Four
Four（和泉希洋志、竹村延和、ニシジマ・アツシ、村井啓哲）
A four-artist exhibition inspired by John Cage's number piece FOUR, at MtK Contemporary Art, a gallery with a Japanese garden in Okazaki, closing Oct 24.
Same day nearby
12:00
Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages)
About 2,000 participants in eight eras — Meiji, Edo, Azuchi-Momoyama, Muromachi, Yoshino, Kamakura, Fujiwara and Enryaku — each in costumes reconstructed with historical research and period techniques
17:30
IMAGINE NOH — Noh and Kyogen with English commentary
Runs Oct 14 – Nov 5
Kyogen play Kaki Yamabushi: a hungry mountain ascetic steals persimmons from someone else's orchard, gets caught, and is forced to imitate animal cries — broad physical comedy that needs no translation
18:00
Kurama Fire Festival
At 6 p.m. the bonfires in front of every house are lit at once; children carry small torches first, young men with large torches join, all chanting “Sairei, Sairyo”