Kansai Chrysanthemum Festivals
13 events
13 Chrysanthemum Festival & Choyo events in Kansai for 2026. 2 coming soon. Featured: Choyo Sekku Festival and Incense Offering at Kasuga Taisha, Nochi no Hina Doll Festival in Tondabayashi Jinaimachi, Choyo Rite and Karasu-zumo at Kamigamo Shrine.
Choyo Sekku Festival and Incense Offering at Kasuga Taisha
Nara, Nara
The incense offering by the Shino school head, viewable from the worship area
Nochi no Hina Doll Festival in Tondabayashi Jinaimachi
Tondabayashi, Osaka
Chrysanthemums and hina dolls displayed through a preserved historic townscape
49th Hyogo Prefectural Federated Chrysanthemum Exhibition
Kasai, Hyogo
Large-flowered, spider, fukusuke and bonsai chrysanthemums gathered from across the prefecture
Chrysanthemum Exhibition at Kyoto Botanical Gardens
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Large and small chrysanthemums set out as the garden turns to autumn colour
43rd All-Japan Chrysanthemum Show at Kokkaen
Kaizuka, Osaka
Growers from across Japan compete at a specialist chrysanthemum nursery, free for over a month
98th Akashi Park Chrysanthemum Exhibition
Akashi, Hyogo
A historic chrysanthemum show transforming Akashi Park's central avenue
Hirakata Chrysanthemum Show (Hirakata Chrysanthemum Festival)
Hirakata, Osaka
Residents' chrysanthemums filling the park and streets by the station, with school and kindergarten classes among seven divisions
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