April 2(Wed.)～6(Sun.), 2025
What's new
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2025.03.08
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2025.03.07
Information regarding Heian Shrine SAKURAOTOYO has been released.
Event Overview
"The 'Heian Jingu Shrine Red Weeping Cherry Blossom Concert,'
which started in 1989 and continued throughout the Heisei period,
was renewed as the 'Heian Jingu Shrine Sakura Oto-yo Festival'
starting in 2023 with the beginning of the Reiwa period."
Enjoy the illuminated red weeping cherry trees in the South and East Gardens
while listening to soothing music played in the East Garden Guest House.
There will be no seating in the guest house.
This is the concert for listeners to listen to songs
in the East Garden or by Seihou-ike pond.
Artist
First night：4/2(Wed.)
Second night：4/3(Thu.)
Fourth night：4/5(Sat.)
Last night：4/6(Sun.)
Date and time
April 2～6(Sun.), 2025
6:15 p.m. ～9:00 p.m.
（Entry allowed by 8:30 pm・No cancellations for rain）
- Light-up
（Oten-mon Gate, Daigoku-den, Minami Shin'en, Higashi Shin'en） - 6:15 p.m.～9:00 p.m.
- Concert (Higashi Shin'en)
- Part 1 Performance Time 6:40 p.m. ～7:10 p.m.
（Reception hours for entry：6:15 p.m. ～7:15 p.m.）
Part 2 Performance Time 7:55 p.m. ～8:25 p.m.
（Reception hours for entry：7:35 p.m. ～8:30 p.m.）
※ The performance venue will be vacated between the part 1 and 2. There will be no seating.
※Purchase of “Concert Entry Ticket” is required to enjoy the performance in the East Garden.
Please enter the venue within the reception hours.
※Entrance to East Garden will be guided according to the serial number on your ticket.
Ticket
- 《Concert Entry Ticket》
advance ticket ￥3,300- same-day ticket ￥4,000-
- 《Entry Ticket》
advance ticket ￥1,650- same-day ticket ￥2,000-
Venue
Heian Jingu Shrine
（Nishi Tennocho, Okazaki, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City）
In 1895 (Meiji 28), Heian Jingu Shrine was built to commemorate the 1100th anniversary of the transfer of the capital to Heian, with the 50th Emperor Kammu as a deity.
The shrine building was built inspired by the Heiankyo Chodoin, which is reminiscent of the capital’s gorgeous era of dynastic culture.
Vermilion pillars and a blue tiled roof create a magnificent contrast.
The elegant and pure flow of time weaved by the eternal history of Heian-kyo 1,000 years will invite your heart to peace.
*Scaffolding has been erected at Daigoku-den Hall of Heian Shrine for the 130th anniversary of the shrine's foundation. Please be advised of this in advance.
If coming by train or bus, these are the nearest bus stop and station:
- From JR "Kyoto Station", Heian Jingu Shrine
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City bus line 5
5-minute walk north from 'Okazaki Koen Art Museum/Heian Jingu-mae' bus stop.
30 minutes from Kyoto Station - From Kyoto Kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Railway, Heian Jingu Shrine
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City bus routes 5, 46 and 32
‘Okazaki Park, Museum and Heian-Jingu-mae’
‘Okazaki Park, Rome Theatre Kyoto, Miyako-messe-mae stop’, 5-minute walk north.
20 minutes from Kyoto Kawaramachi Station - From the direction of Gion and Kiyomizu-dera, Heian Jingu Shrine
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City bus routes 201, 203 and 206, alight at Higashiyama Nijo/Okazaki Koen-guchi, 5-minute walk east
25 minutes from Shimizu Road - Closest stations to Heian-Jingu Shrine
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10-minute walk from Higashiyama Station on the Subway Tozai Line
15-minute walk from Sanjo Station and Jingu Marutamachi Station on the Keihan Kamoto Line
※Please use city buses and subways to reach the venue.
※There is no parking at Heian Shrine. Please use city buses, subways or other public transport to reach the venue.
notes
About tickets
- ・No cancellation for rain, but canceled in case of stormy weather.（Tickets for the day of cancellation will remain valid for other days, or will be refunded. If the event gets cancelled on the last day, it will be refunded.）
- ・If you have a physical disability certificate, you and 1 accompanying person may enter with one concert entry ticket.
After purchasing an early bird ticket, please send an e-mail to benishidare@mb.kyoto-np.co.jp and let them know the names of the person with a physical disability certificate and accompanying person, information of the purchased ticket (date, and specify if it’s for the program 1 or 2 if you bought a concert entry ticket) and come to the general reception desk on the day.
Please bring your physical disability certificate to the general reception desk on the day.
They will check your certificate there.
Event Rules
- ・One-way traffic within the event venue.
- ・If you have a ticket that includes the concert and would like to visit South Garden after the show, you can re-enter the venue through the Otenmon entrance. The last re-entry is at 8:45 p.m. Please note that re-entry to East Garden is not allowed.
- ・When reception hours for entry (starts from 6:15 pm for the first program, and 7:35 pm for the second) start, staff will guide you to the East Garden according to the order of numbered tickets.
【First Program】
You can see the South Garden first, and the East Garden after that, but you may not have enough time before the concert. If you do the re-entry procedure at the East Garden Exit after the concert, you can see the South Garden as well.
【Second Program】
Please come to the entrance of the concert venue when the reception hours for the East Garden start (from 7:35 pm). You can see the South Garden before the reception hours as well.
Please do the re-entry procedure at the East Garden Exit (reception closes at 8:45 pm) if you wish to see the South Garden after the 2nd program of the concert. - ・You can take pictures and record videos inside the gardens, but taking pictures, shooting videos or recording of the musicians or stage during the concert is allowed unless instructed otherwise. No tripods, monopods, etc. may be used or brought into the venue except for related parties.
- ・Refrain from talking, ringing a ringtone, talking on the phone, jostling, or behaving in ways that may disturb others. Also, please keep yourself from singing or cheering continuously at a volume that may disturb audience around you.
- ・Do not bring or use glow sticks or Cyalume products.
- ・The East Garden and Guest House where the concert takes place are surrounded by the pond. Since the observation area is at the side of the pond, you may not be able to see the stage entirely. We kindly ask for your understanding.
Others
- ・You cannot visit the shrine gardens during the daytime with an entry ticket / concert entry ticket. If you visit the gardens during the daytime, an admission fee of 600 yen is required.
- ・Admission may be temporarily restricted when the venue is full.
- ・No smoking, eating/drinking or recording allowed in the venue.
- ・There is no parking at Heian Shrine. Please use city buses, subways or other public transport to reach the venue.
- ・The venue has been designated as an important cultural asset and a place of scenic beauty, so please do not damage cultural assets. Please do not enter off-limits areas such as the fences in the shrine garden (alarms will be activated) or bring pets or dangerous objects.
- ・The content is subject to change without notice. Please be aware of this in advance.
Contact
Secretariat of "HEIANJINGU SAKURA OTOYO"
Within Kyoto Shimbun COM
〒604-8567 Kyoto, Nakagyo-ku, Isugawa-kita-iru, Karasuma-dori, Shoushoi-cho, 239
Tel.075-241-6171（From abroad: +81-75-241-6171）
Weekdays / 10am - 5pm
Please do not contact the Heian Shrine Office directly.