Shichi-Go-San at Jonangu
Shichi-Go-San at Jonangu: reception until Dec 5, daily 9:00–16:00 on a walk-in basis with no booking; prayers cost 6,000 yen for one child (10,000 yen for two siblings), and prayed-for children may visit the shrine garden the same day.
Same day nearby
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
IMAGINE NOH — Noh and Kyogen with English commentary
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
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”