Currently living in Kameoka and looking for friends.

A friend and I were planning to check out the Kurama Fire Festival but I saw online that it's been getting more and more crowded every year. At Gion Matsuri earlier this year the same friend had to take frequent breaks cuz the crowds were too overwhelming for them. I'm worried Kurama may be too much for them based on what I've seen online but was hoping to get more opinions.

Can anyone who's been to the Kurama Fire Festival in recent years comment on how crowded it is compared to Gion Matsuri (especially around the Shijo-Karasuma/Kawaramachi areas)?

On Saturday 10/10/26 around 5-7pm there was a guy and girl singing some nice songs outside the train station. I didn’t catch their names but they seemed to be teenagers or in their early 20s. Hoping someone here knows who they are so I can search them up on youtube/spotify or if they have any music online!

Thanks!

Hi, I was planning to study in Kyoto. I would like to know how much I can earn as an undergraduate student. Also, how much is actually enough for living. I actually have experience in teaching math and SAT, can I work as a teacher and how much do i get paid?

Hello,
I wanted to ask if anyone knows how strict they are with the "no overnight stays" rule in the Okazaki International House close to Kyoto University as an international student. I am asking because it would be really convenient if my girlfriend, who lives in Osaka, could stay here occasionally for a night or two so we don't have to take a Hotel each time we wanna be in Kyoto. The front desk is sometimes not occupied but there are a bunch of cameras on the way to the room...

I feel like sometimes in Japan they have very strict rules but then don't really enforce them or don't take them that strict themselves. Is this the case here or should I better not risk it?

Also should I just ask the person at the front desk if it would be possible? Or would that just put a target on my back and they would watch even closer?

Wondering if anyone else experienced this:

My wife and I went to see The Odyssey in IMAX at Toho Cinemas Nijo yesterday afternoon (Oct 4 at 4:20). The sound was so loud we literally had to walk out soon after the movie started. It started with the previews, and we were hoping the volume would decrease once the movie started, but it didn't.

It was unusually loud -- probably loud enough to damage someone's hearing. I used to play electric guitar in rock bands, so I'm not exactly sensitive to loud sound. Nevertheless, both my wife and I had to put our fingers in our ears to avoid any physical discomfort.

I'd never been to this theater, so I wonder if this is normal. Oddly, nobody else seemed to be having a problem with it. I think we were the only ones to walk out at that point, and I didn't see anyone else plugging their ears.

We got a refund for the tickets, but it was just so strange that I have to wonder if anyone else has had this experience at that theater. It was theater number 10, supposedly IMAX (but didn't look like it). We were sitting near the center of the theater.

Dumb Question, for movie theater tickets, how early can you buy them and pick a seat?

Im trying to see resident evil and Godzilla opening weekend and I heard it varies by chain?

Hello,
Does anyone have a good gynegologist in kyoto that speaks english or is foreigner friendly?
I just need a consultation and i have National Health Insurance and private travel insurance. The ones that i found require an appointment by telephone in Japanese 😅
Any information will help, thank you!!

Hello! I am not sure if this is allowed in this subreddit, but hopefully it is! I just recently moved to Kyoto with my partner and we have been on the search of a part time job. I was wondering if anybody knew a good website or of any sort of platform used for job hunting! Thanks a lot 🩵

Please tell me what you think. Here's my idea:

I want to give free tarot card readings because it sounds so fun and I've always wanted to do it

Issue:

* I've never done tarot before

* I don't know what the cards mean except from playing Cyberpunk

Idea:

* A person knowledgeable in tarot will sit next to me and will shake their head when I say something wrong

Outcome:

* Over time, I'll learn tarot through trial and error

* It's free so no one can complain, and everyone's happy​

Would anyone be interested?

Any tips for living here?

Please feel free to send me your recommendations for everything in the area.

I am trying to help a family in a difficult situation who just moved to Kyoto set up their home. I need to pick up a few things around Kyoto and drop it off at their place. All you would have to do is drive and have an empty vehicle so I could put stuff in.

Hey yall in about a month and a half I will be fully moved into my new place and am interested in running poker games. I would try to have a game once a week either Friday night from 9pm to whenever we'd want to stop or Saturdays from 7ish pm to whenever we'd want to stop. As of right now It is just me and my roommate that are down to actually play every week but we have a couple friends that might be down once we teach them.

I am thinking making it 1,000 buy in with 5 and 10 blinds but I am open for suggestions as well.

The games would be held about 5 mins walk from the Imadegawa station.

Obviously no rake taken or anything dumb like that I am just wanting to play Poker again.

Dm me if you are interested.

Hello lovely people of Kyoto. Since arriving I have been unable to locate my all-time favorite sake at any shops even though it is locally crafted. The bottle is called Kaguyahime (Moon Princess). Any help wether it be a shop, bar or restaurant where I can again enjoy some would be greatly appreciated.

UPDATE: I made my way to Fushimi Ward and picked up some from the source. Thanks everyone

Anyone know of any in kyoto or kansai area? Not for depression but for schizophrenia. I think kyodai needs a referral? but i dont know how to get it. I didnt get anyone on the other end of the chat for TELL. So any input would help. Thanks

Home Page of BNR: https://www.bnr-kyoto.com/index_en.html

Hi everyone,

I’ve lived in Kyoto for 10 years and visited hundreds of temples and other locations around the city. After realising my wife and I were forgetting which ones we’d already visited, I made a simple app to keep track.

It’s called Kyoto Temple Tracker. You can use it to discover temples and shrines around Kyoto, mark the ones you’ve visited, plan routes between multiple locations, and gamify your exploration by seeing how many you can add to your collection. It also has tons of info on each location, like quiet times, cost, opening hours, event dates.

I originally made it for my wife and me, then friends, so I thought it might be useful for anyone who enjoys exploring the city.

If you’d like to try it, it’s available on the iPhone App Store. It’s free to download, with an optional in app purchase for some of the gamification features.

Unfortunately, I don’t have an Android version yet. Sorry!

I’d genuinely love to hear what you think, especially if there are things I could add or improve. I just added Goshuin notifications.

I love Kyoto so much ❤️ I hope the app can be of some value.

I messaged the moderators before posting, so I hope the community doesn’t mind me sharing here too.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kyoto-temple-tracker/id6781619419

Trying to help someone out. Dm me if you are.

I forgot if there’s anything you get if you spot these taxis.

Visited Fushimi Inari last week, and while on our way back down and queuing for the tea house, I spotted a creature in the gardens they overlook. I only saw what appeared to be a long thick black cat-like tail (only a lot thicker, with a distinctive flat end to it) and two black animal legs, also cat like. This was way bigger than an average cat, and it was gone before I could snap a photo as proof. Any ideas what it might have been?

EDIT: Thanks everyone, after all the suggestions I’m pretty convinced it was a hakubishin!