山下残＆ニャー・トゥイェン with プロジェクト・デイ・サン「giọt-giọt | しずくたち」
A dance work co-created by Japanese choreographer Zan Yamashita with Vietnamese poet Nha Thuyen and Project Day San, performed at Kyoto Art Center's auditorium with the audience seated on tatami.
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”