Kyoto in February 2027 — Festivals & Events

4 events in Kyoto during February. Rooms near the biggest events go first, so book your stay as soon as your dates are set.

🎪 Matsuri Festivals

Setsubun at Yoshida Shrine (Kyoto)

February 2-4, 2027

Setsubun-sai at Yoshida Shrine is held over three days centred on Setsubun (February 2 to 4 in 2027) and has been performed since the Muromachi period. The shrine says about 500,000 people visit in a typical year, and about 800 stalls line the approach on the 2nd and 3rd. The Tsuina-shiki demon-chasing rite, known as oni-yarai, is held on the afternoon before Setsubun, and the Karo-sai fire rite on the afternoon of Setsubun day.

Access: Kyodai-Seimon-mae bus stop (Kyoto City Bus)

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🗓 Dates filled in: Tue, Feb 2 → Wed, Feb 3 (1 night)

Baikasai Plum Blossom Festival at Kitano Tenmangu

February 25

Baikasai is held at Kitano Tenmangu in Kyoto on February 25, the day of the annual memorial for Sugawara no Michizane, and the shrine says it has about 900 years of history. On the same day, geiko and maiko of Kamishichiken serve tea at an open-air tea gathering in the Funade Garden, a custom that began in 1952 in reference to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Kitano tea gathering. The shrine's plum garden holds about 1,500 trees of 50 varieties.

Access: Kitano Tenmangu-mae bus stop (city bus 50 from JR Kyoto Station, about 35 minutes); about 5 minutes on foot from Kitano-Hakubaicho Station on the Keifuku line

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Setsubun-e at Mibudera

Early February, around Setsubun (2027 dates not yet announced)

Mibudera in Kyoto holds a three-day Setsubun-e, which the temple describes as an event with about 900 years of history. The Mibu Kyogen piece titled Setsubun is performed free of charge in the Kyogen-do hall four times a day, starting on the hour from 17:00. Visitors can also offer a horaku, an unglazed clay plate, a practice the temple says is found only at Mibudera.

Access: Hankyu Omiya Station or Randen Shijo-Omiya Station, about 10 minutes on foot; Mibudera-michi bus stop, about 3 minutes on foot

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Hatsuuma Festival at Fushimi Inari Taisha

February, first Day of the Horse (2027 date not yet announced)

Fushimi Inari Taisha holds its Hatsuuma festival on the first Day of the Horse in February, starting at 8:00, to commemorate the day the Inari deity first settled on Mount Inari. The shrine says it is regarded as the foremost festival of early spring in Kyoto, and worshippers fill the front of the shrine from the preceding Day of the Snake. Two days earlier, decorations called Aoyama kazari, made of cedar and chinquapin branches from Mount Inari, are placed on the main hall and the auxiliary shrines.

Access: JR Inari Station, right next to the shrine; Keihan Fushimi-Inari Station, about 5 minutes on foot

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