Jun 26,2017 Limited time offer of lighting in Kyoto? What’s tanabata (star festival) of Kyoto?

[What’s tanabata?]
The story “Tanabata Densetsu (Star Festival Legend) that Orihime (Altar) can meet Hikoboshi (Vega) once a year across the Milky Way at night on July 7 (the lunar calendar August) is known in Japan. In Japan, if the day of Tanabata comes, various strips of paper written wishes on paper are hung with bamboo grass.

[What’s Kyo-no-Tanabata?]
From here, the limited time offer of event “Kyo-no-Tanabata” seen only in Kyoto during the summer will be introduced.
The point that “Kyo-no-Tanabata” differs in the contents of holding time or illuminations by the hall is also one of the charms!

• Horikawa Site
  The “Milky Way of light” reproduced by bamboo and LED is recommended.

  PERIOD: Aug. 5 (Sat.) to 11 (Fri. and public holiday), 2017
  ILLUMINATION TIME: 7pm-9:30pm
  PLACE: Horikawa promenade (in the vicinity of Oike-dori Street to Ichijo Modori-bashi ) area
  ※The promenade becomes the one way facing north during the period.
  ACCESS:
  For train: Take a subway Tozai line and get off at“Nijojo mae Station”
  For bus: Take a city bus and get off at “Nijojo mae”

  

• Kamogawa Site
  The symbol wind-bell type lantern of Kamogawa Site is recommended!

  PERIOD: Aug. 5 (Sat.) to 11 (Fri. and public holiday), 2017
  ILLUMINATION TIME: 7pm-9:30pm
  PLACE: Komogawa riverbed (Bukkoji-dori Street to Oike-dori Street) area
  ACCESS:
  Those who use a train:
  Take a Keihan train and get off at “Sanjo Station” or “Gion-shijo Station”
  Take a Hankyu train of Kyoto line and get off at “Kawaramachi Station”
  Take a subway of Tozai line and get off at “Sanjo Keihan Station” or “Kyoto City Hall mae Station”, 5minutes walk
  For using a bus:
  Take a city bus and get off at “Sanjo Keihan mae” or “Shijo-Kawaramachi”

  

• Nijo Castle (Nijo-jo) Site
  Nijo Castle of the world heritage is illuminated!

  PERIOD: Aug. 2 (Wed.) to 14 (Mon.), 2017
  ILLUMINATION TIME: 7pm-9:30pm (Last admission 9pm)
  PLACE: World heritage site Inside of former imperial villa Nijo Castle
  ※Admission fee required
  ACCESS:
  For using a train: Take a subway Tozai line and get off at “Nijojo mae Station”
  For using a bus: Take a city bus and get off at “Nijojo mae”

• Umekoji Park Site
  Illumination of the waterside which imagined the firefly are recommended!

  PERIOD: Aug. 4 (Fri.) to 13 (Sun.), 2017
  ILLUMINATION TIME: 7pm-10pm
  PLACE: Umekoji Park
  ACCESS:
  Those who use a train:
  Take a JR Kyoto line and get off at “Kyoto Station”, about 15 minutes on foot
  Take a JR Sagano line and get off at “Tanbaguchi Station”, about 15 minutes on foot.
  Take a Kintetsu Kyoto line and get off at “Kyoto Station”, about 15 minutes on foot
  Take a subway of Karasuma line and get off at “Kyoto Station”, about 15 minutes on foot
  For using a bus:
  Get off a city bus at “Shichijo-Omiya. Kyoto Aquarium mae”

• Kitano Tenman-gu / Kitano Kamiya-gawa Sites
  The illumination of the precincts decorated with Star Festival bamboo grass is recommended!

  PERIOD: Aug. 5 (Sat.) to 16 (Wed.), 2017
  ILLUMINATION TIME: Sunset-9pm
  PLACE: Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine, Kitano Kamishichiken, area in front of Kitanomon Gate on Imadegawa Dori, area around the Kitano shopping district and area around Taishogun shopping district
  ACCESS:
  For using a train: Get off at “Kitano-Hakubaicho Station” of Randen –Kitano line, about 5 minutes on foot.

  For using a bus:
  From JR Kyoto Station, take a city bus #50, 101
  From JR Enmachi Station, take a city bus#203
  From Keihan Demachi Station, take a city bus#102, 203
  Fom subway “Imadegawa Station”, take a city bus #51, 102, 203
  From Hankyu Omiya Station, take a city bus #55
  From Hankyu Saiin Station, take a city bus #203
  From Kintetsu Kyoto Station, take a city bus #50, 101
  * Get off any of the above city bus at “Kitano-Tenmangu mae”

• Okazaki Site
  Illuminated Otorii (big shrine gate) of Heian shrine is recommended!

  PERIOD: Aug. 11 (Fri. and public holiday) to 13 (Sun.), 2017
  ILLUMINATION TIME: 7pm-9pm
  PLACE: Okazaki Park and nearby facilities, etc.
  ACCESS: For using a train: Take a subway of Tozai line and get off at“Higashiyama Station”, about 8 minutes on foot.
  For using a bus:
  Take a city bus and get off at “Okazaki Park Rohm theater Kyoto・Miyako Messe mae”
  * City bus [Kyoto Okazaki Loop] that connects Okazaki area and downtown (Kawaramachi Sanjo and Keihan Sanjo Staion) is also convenient.
  
  
  [Official HP site, Tanabata of Kyoto] http://www.kyoto-tanabata.jp/en/
  
  
  
  * Photograph provided by the Kyo-no-Tanabata Executive Committee
  * The information is current as of June 2017.