Kaikai Yokai Festival
怪々YOKAI祭
Uzumasa Kyoto Village (Toei Kyoto Studio Park) fills with yokai every autumn: two evening parades, dance shows, daily yokai greetings and limited yokai food.
On weekdays the attraction plaza and floors 2 and 3 of Padios close at 18:00 (last entry to attractions 17:30); on weekends and holidays most areas stay open until 21:00 (last entry 20:30). Closed 2026/09/15, 2026/09/29, 2026/10/06, 2026/10/13, 2026/10/20 and 2026/10/27.
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太秦広隆寺5 min walk from the station
Kaikai YOKAI Festival is an autumn event at Uzumasa Kyoto Village (Toei Kyoto Studio Park) in Kyoto, where yokai, the spirits, demons and monsters of Japanese folklore, fill the park's Edo-period streets. It is built around the Hyakki Yako (百鬼夜行), the parade of a hundred demons that, according to legend, crossed Kyoto at night in the Heian period.
History
The festival was first held in autumn 2024. Its general producer is the yokai culture researcher Kono Junya, who has staged yokai parades in Kyoto for some 20 years. The 2025 edition added an international yokai summit with researchers from Japan and abroad.
What happens
On weekends and public holidays the yokai parade twice in the evening, from Karasu Street to Otemon Plaza, and each parade ends in a stage show of music, dance and swordfighting. Visitors in costume who have signed up in advance walk in the earlier parade; the later one is only for watching. During the day the yokai lead dance shows on the Otemon Plaza stage, with simple moves the audience can copy.
On every day of the festival, weekdays included, yokai appear around the park to meet visitors and pose for photos; weekdays have no parades or dance shows. Yokai-themed food, festival goods and a yokai sticker lottery are sold in the park. In rain, greetings around the park replace the parades.
The 2026 edition: Let's Dance!! And Be Terrified!
The third edition, the first autumn event since the park's renewal, turns the night parade into a dancing one under the theme Odoro!! Odoroshii! (踊ろ！！おどろしい！). The participation parade is called KAIKAI YOKAI PARADE, Hyakki no Utage (百鬼の宴), and the parade for watching Uzumasa Hyakki Yako. The choreographer TERUPOP set the dances, the Kyoto idol group Kinoho. is the dance ambassador, and the graphic artist Kaz Oomori drew the key visual.
Two tours produced by Kono Junya end at the festival: a Keihan Bus day tour of yokai sites around Kyoto, with one date in English, and a walking tour along the Randen tram line in Japanese. On 23 November 2026 the Yokai Summit 2026 at Uzumasa Castle in the park brings together yokai researchers and towns that use their yokai legends to draw visitors.
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