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Opera no Tobira 2026 — Exhibition: The World of La Traviata

オペラの扉2026 ~ KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, OPERA EXHIBITION ~ 愛で人生は変わるのか「椿姫の世界展」

A free exhibition introducing Verdi's La Traviata with video and costume displays, presented with the New National Theatre Tokyo.

Same day nearby

12:00

Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages)

Heian Jingu · Sakyo

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

Free · paid options
17:30

IMAGINE NOH — Noh and Kyogen with English commentary

Runs Oct 14 – Nov 5
Kyoto Kanze Kaikan (Noh theatre) · Sakyo

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

From ¥5,000 · English OK · Family-friendly
18:00

Kurama Fire Festival

Kurama Honmachi, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto (Yuki Shrine and Kurama village) · Sakyo

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”

Free · Evening