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2025 Food Event Special

2025] Autumn Appetite! Food Events to Watch in Kyoto from September to November!

As summer draws to a close, autumn is finally upon us, and with the heat easing, you may feel the urge to go outside. As the heat eases, don't you feel like going out? Various food events ranging from meat and bread to sake are scheduled to be held in various locations in Kyoto! Find your favorite gourmet foods and enjoy autumn with all your appetite.

1.Michi no Eki Gourmet No.1 "Michi-1 Grand Prix 2025"/Michi no Eki Tango Kingdom "Shoku no Miyako

On October 4 (Sat.) and 5 (Sun.), 2025, "Michi-1 Grand Prix 2025" will be held at Michi no Eki Tango Kingdom "Shoku no Miyako" in Kyotango City, Kyoto Prefecture, to determine the No.1 Michi no Eki gourmet. The event is an annual gathering of carefully selected signature gourmet products from roadside stations in all 47 prefectures of Japan, with approximately 20 roadside stations offering a rich variety of soul food, including unknown delicacies using local ingredients, nostalgic traditional local cuisine, and new sensory cuisine with a big impact.

Road-1 Grand Prix

Photo courtesy of Michi-1 Grand Prix Management Office

Location/Michi-no-Eki Tango Kingdom "Miyako of Food
Dates / October 4 (Sat.) and 5 (Sun.), 2025
Hours/9:30-16:00
Admission: Free (food and beverages are charged separately)

Road-1 Grand Prix 2025

  • Michi-One Grand Prix 2025
  • 123 Tottori, Yaei-cho, Kyotango City, Kyoto, Japan

2.Kyoto's largest bread festival "Kyoto Bread Festival in Kamigamo Shrine" / Kamigamo Shrine

The "Kyoto Bread Festival in Kamigamo Shrine" will be held on October 4 (Sat.) and 5 (Sun.), 2025, at Kamigamo Shrine (Kita-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture). About 20 stores, mainly hotels and bakeries, which are the pride of Kyoto, the "city of bread," will gather from all over the country. Check out the information on the stalls.

Kyoto Bread Festival in Kamigamo Shrine

Photo courtesy of The Kyoto Shimbun Co.

Location/Around the precincts of Kamigamo Betsurai-jinja Shrine (Kamigamo Shrine)
Dates / October 4 (Sat.) and 5 (Sun.), 2025
Time/10:00~15:00 ※Each day ends when sold out
Admission: Free of charge

Kyoto Bread Festival in Kamigamo Shrine

  • Kyoto Bread Festival in Kamigamo Jinja
  • 339 Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

3.First time in Kyoto! Belgian Beer Weekend", the best event to taste the best beer in the world / Otosan Plaza in front of Higashi Honganji Temple

From October 9 (Thu.) to 13 (Mon.), 2025, "Belgian Beer Weekend," an event to enjoy Belgian beer culture, will be held at Otosan Plaza (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture). About 70 kinds of Belgian beers will be on tap, which can be enjoyed with exquisite gourmet food, and live music will also liven up the event. All beers are classified into 13 types, and the taste chart will give you an idea of the flavor, making it easy to choose the one you like best.

Belgian Beer Weekend

Photo courtesy of Belgian Beer Weekend Secretariat

Location/Oto-san Plaza (Higashi-honganji-mae Citizen's Green Space)
Dates / October 9 (Thursday) to 13 (Monday, holiday), 2025
Hours/16:00-22:00
Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays 11:00 - 21:00
Fee / A "special glass" and "coins for food and drink" are required to eat and drink at the venue.

Belgian Beer Weekend Kyoto 2025

  • Belgian Beer Weekend Kyoto 2025
  • Tokiyo-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, etc.

4.Kyotamba Town's food festival "Kyotamba Marche 2025" / Tamba Shizen Undo Koen

Kyotamba Marche 2025" will be held at Tamba Shizen Undo Koen (Funai-gun, Kyoto Prefecture) for two days on October 18 (Sat.) and 19 (Sun.), 2025. In addition to a variety of seasonal foods from Kyotamba, local menus and products will be sold at tent booths and in kitchen cars, and stage events such as the "National Mont Blanc Competition" and "MUSIC FES" are planned.

Kyotanba Marche 2025

Photo courtesy of Kyotamba Town

Place/Kyoto Prefectural Tamba Shizen Undo Koen Children's Plaza
Date/Time: October 18 (Sat.) and 19 (Sun.), 2025
Time/10:00-15:00
Admission: Free of charge

Kyotanba Marche 2025

  • Kyotamba Marche 2025
  • 110-7, Sonekura Shimodai, Kyotanbacho, Funai-gun, Kyoto, Japan

5.Popular event to taste sake and gourmet food in Fushimi, Kyoto "Fushimi Sake Festival in Otesuji Shopping Arcade" / Fushimi Otesuji Shopping Arcade

On Saturday, November 15, 2025, the "Fushimi Sake Festival in Otesuji Shopping Arcade 2025" will be held at the Fushimi Otesuji Shopping Arcade in Fushimi, Kyoto, one of the three major sake breweries in Japan. Local Fushimi sake breweries will set up special booths to serve sake, and food will be served at special stalls set up by stores in the shopping arcade and popular restaurants in the neighborhood.

Fushimi Sake Festival in Otesuji Shopping Arcade 2025

Place/Fushimi Otesuji Shopping Street
Date / Saturday, November 15, 2025
Part 1 13:30-15:00
Part 2 15:10-16:40
Part 3 16:50-18:20
Participation fee/2,700 yen (limited to 4200 people in total)
Includes 4 items: sake ticket (10 tickets), voucher for 1 glass of sake, original sake cup, and gift application form
Registration will be closed when the number of participants reaches the expected number. In that case, no tickets will be sold on the day of the event.
Click here to purchase electronic tickets.from

Fushimi Sake Festival in Otesuji Shopping Street

  • Fushimino Seishu Festival in Otesuji Shotengai
  • 10 Houkicho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

6.Outlet & Marche Event "Uffes" featuring Apparel, Gourmet, and Culture / Maizuru Red Brick Park

From September 13 (Sat.) to 15 (Mon.), 2025, "WOODY HOUSE FESTA" will be held at Maizuru Akarenga Park (Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture). The event will be centered around an outlet sale of popular brands, as well as a marché featuring delicious gourmet foods, miscellaneous goods, workshops, and many other enjoyable contents. On the last day of the event, Monday the 15th (national holiday), a food festival "COOLFES" will be held to blow away the heat.

WOODY HOUSE FESTA

Photo courtesy of Woody House Inc.

Location/Maizuru Akarenga Park
Dates: September 13 (Sat.) to 15 (Mon.), 2025 (national holiday)
Hours/10:00-17:00 (16:00 in some cases)
Monday, 15th (national holiday) until 16:00
Admission: Free of charge

WOODY HOUSE FESTA

  • Woodfest Woody House Festa
  • 1039-2, Aza-Kita-suke, Maizuru City, Kyoto, Japan

7.The 6th Okazaki Marche -Manufacturing Museum-", a marché event featuring handmade goods and food / Kyoto Municipal Kangyo Kan, Miyako Messe

The 6th Okazaki Marche -Manufacturing Museum-" will be held at the Kyoto Municipal Kangyo Kan Miyako Messe (Sakyo-ku, Kyoto) on September 27 (Sat.) and 28 (Sun.), 2025. In addition to a variety of handmade goods, visitors can enjoy freshly made sweets, food, and drinks from kitchen cars. The "6th music Museum" will also be held at the same time.

The 6th Okazaki Marche -Manufacturing Museum

Photo courtesy of Kyoto Industrial Promotion Center Co.

Place/Kyoto Municipal Industrial Museum Miyakomesse 1F front plaza & B1F Hikariniwa & B1F lobby
Dates / September 27 (Sat.) and 28 (Sun.), 2025
Hours/10:00-16:00
Admission: Free of charge

The 6th Okazaki Marche -Manufacturing Museum

  • The 6th Okazaki Marche - Monozukuri Museum
  • 9-1 Okazaki Seishoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
The information is subject to change. Please contact each store or facility directly for the latest information.
All prices include tax.
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