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Year-end & New Year opening (27 Dec – 4 Jan)

Opening and closing days for 27 December to 4 January, only where the place itself has stated them. Each line links to its source.

Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama

Chion-in

  • Dec 27 – Dec 31Open 6:00–16:00 ↗
  • Jan 1Special hours 5:30–16:00 · Opens at 5:30 on New Year’s Day ↗
  • Jan 2 – Jan 4Open 6:00–16:00 ↗

Daigo-ji

  • Dec 27 – Jan 4Open 9:00–16:30 ↗

Daisen-in (Daitoku-ji)

  • Dec 27 – Jan 4Open 9:00–16:30 ↗

Eikando (Zenrin-ji)

  • Dec 27 – Jan 4Open 9:00–17:00(last entry 16:00) ↗

Garden of Fine Art, Kyoto

  • Dec 27Open ↗
  • Dec 28 – Jan 4Closed ↗

Ginkaku-ji

  • Dec 27 – Jan 3Open 9:00–16:30 ↗

Heian Jingu

  • Dec 27 – Jan 4Open 6:00–17:00 ↗

Higashi Honganji and Shosei-en Garden

  • Dec 27 – Jan 4Open 9:00–16:00 ↗

Hozugawa River Boat Ride Boarding Point

  • Dec 27 – Dec 28Open ↗
  • Dec 29 – Jan 4Closed ↗

Jojakko-ji Temple

Kifune Shrine

  • Dec 27 – Dec 31Open ↗
  • Jan 1 – Jan 3Special hours ~20:00 · Only the closing time (20:00) is stated officially ↗
  • Jan 4Open ↗

Kitano Tenmangu

  • Dec 27 – Jan 4Open ↗

Kiyomizu-dera

  • Dec 31 – Jan 4Open 6:00–18:00 ↗

kokoka (Kyoto International Community House)

Kyoto Botanical Garden

  • Dec 27Open 9:00–17:00 ↗
  • Dec 28 – Jan 4Closed ↗

Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art

  • Dec 27Open 10:00–18:00 ↗
  • Dec 28 – Jan 2Closed ↗
  • Jan 3Open 10:00–18:00 ↗
  • Jan 4Closed ↗

Kyoto City Zoo

  • Dec 27Open 9:00–16:30 ↗
  • Dec 28 – Jan 1Closed ↗
  • Jan 2 – Jan 3Open 9:00–16:30 ↗
  • Jan 4Closed ↗

Kyoto National Museum (Heisei Chishinkan Wing)

  • Dec 27Open 9:30–17:00 ↗
  • Dec 28 – Jan 1Closed ↗
  • Jan 2 – Jan 3Open 9:30–17:00 ↗
  • Jan 4Closed ↗

Nanzen-ji Temple

  • Dec 27Open 8:40–16:30 ↗
  • Dec 28 – Dec 31Closed ↗
  • Jan 1 – Jan 4Open 8:40–16:30 ↗

National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MoMAK)

Nijo-jo Castle

  • Dec 27 – Dec 28Special hours 8:45–17:00(last entry 16:00) · Honmaru and Ninomaru palaces are closed to visitors ↗
  • Dec 29 – Dec 31Closed ↗
  • Jan 1 – Jan 3Special hours 8:45–17:00(last entry 16:00) · Honmaru and Ninomaru palaces are closed to visitors ↗
  • Jan 4Open 8:45–17:00(last entry 16:00) ↗

Nintendo Museum

  • Dec 27 – Dec 28Open 10:00–20:00 ↗
  • Dec 29 – Jan 3Closed ↗
  • Jan 4Open 10:00–20:00 ↗

Rurikoin

  • Dec 27 – Jan 4Closed ↗

Sanzen-in Temple

  • Dec 27 – Jan 4Open 9:00–16:30 ↗

Crosta京都(京都駅 手荷物一時預かり・配送)

  • Dec 27 – Jan 4Open 8:00–20:00 ↗

藤井大丸

  • Dec 27 – Jan 4Closed ↗

A place missing from this list has not stated its year-end and New Year hours; that does not mean it is open. Check before you go.

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