Kyoto Chrysanthemum Festivals
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7 Chrysanthemum Festival & Choyo events in Kyoto for 2026. Featured: Choyo Rite and Karasu-zumo at Kamigamo Shrine.
Chrysanthemum Exhibition at Kyoto Botanical Gardens
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Large and small chrysanthemums set out as the garden turns to autumn colour
Saga-giku Chrysanthemum Exhibition at Daikakuji Temple
Ukyo-ku, Kyoto
Slender-petalled Saga-giku trained tall to be seen from inside the halls
Choyo Rite and Karasu-zumo at Kamigamo Shrine
Kita-ku, Kyoto
The "karasu-tobi" — white-robed priests mimicking crow calls and hopping steps
Choyo no Sechie at Kokuzo Horinji Temple
Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto
Chrysanthemums offered to the Kiku-jido statue, with noh chanting and dance
Choyo Festival at Kurumazaki Shrine
Ukyo-ku, Kyoto
A rite revived after 130 years, and the chrysanthemum sake served afterward
Choyo Festival at Ichihime Shrine
Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
The Kikuju dance performed by shrine maidens, and the kisewata cotton in the precincts
Kikka Shinji Chrysanthemum Rite at Kifune Shrine
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
The closing rite of the shrine's five seasonal observances, with chrysanthemum sake for attendees