Kyoto Shibori Museum
Nijo, Kyoto
- Mon to Sat
- 9:00 to 17:00
- Sun
- Closed
Also closed on irregular days, at Obon and over the New Year.
Source: shibori.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
The Kyoto Shibori Museum opened in 2001 and calls itself the only museum in Japan devoted to shibori tie-dye. Its director, Kenji Yoshioka, is the second generation of Yoshioka Jin Shoten, a shibori maker founded in 1939 across the lane. The special exhibitions of large shibori pieces change several times a year, with the tools of the craft on display alongside.
Insider tip
Entry is ¥1,000, and it's free if you take a dyeing class (from ¥6,600), where you tie and dye a silk scarf yourself and see the exhibition while it dries. English is spoken. Allow about 30 minutes for the museum alone, an hour or so with a class.
What's on near Kyoto Shibori Museum
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Kyoto Shibori Museum, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
The Children Who Grew Up with Manga: 40 Years of Manga Culture in Europe
「Mangaと育った子どもたち：ヨーロッパにおけるManga文化の40年」展
Time 10:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30) Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line), 2 min walk
How Japanese manga was translated, read, criticised and taken up over 40 years in France, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Germany, ending with work by Europeans who grew up on it and now draw manga themselves. It's included in the museum ticket, and the museum is closed on Wednesdays.
ESU, CC BY 3.0 Gion Matsuri Float Procession, Hanagasa Parade and Kanko-sai (second procession)
祇園祭 後祭山鉾巡行・花傘巡行・還幸祭
Time Floats and Hanagasa from 9:30, mikoshi from about 16:00 Station Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line, Tozai Line), 1 min walk
The second procession, revived in 2014, leaves Karasuma-Oike at 9:30 and runs the first route the other way. The Hanagasa parade sets off from Shimogyo Junior High for the Otabisho and Yasaka Shrine, and from about 16:00 the mikoshi go back to the shrine.
Shinsen-en Dainenbutsu Kyogen
神泉苑大念佛狂言
Time 13:00 to about 17:30 Station Nijojo-mae (Tozai Line), 1 min walk
The local kyogen society, performing since 1903, puts on five or six silent masked plays a day to gongs, drums and flutes on the stage by Shinsen-en's pond, and the programme is chosen on the day. Tsuchigumo, where the spider throws its threads over the audience, is the favourite. Entry is by donation, the seats are outdoors and you can't take photos during the plays.
Jason Riedy, CC BY 2.0 Nijo Castle Cherry Blossom Festival
二条城桜まつり
Time 8:45 to 17:00 (last entry 16:00), light-up 18:00 to 22:00 Station Nijojo-mae (Tozai Line), right outside the station
About 300 cherry trees of 50 kinds flower in turn through the festival. By day there's a stamp rally and a fair of Kyoto products, and the evening light-up runs on its own ticket.
Pom', CC BY-SA 2.0 Nijo-jo Matsuri and Autumn Light-up
二条城まつり
Time Light-up 18:00 to 22:00 (last entry 21:00) Station Nijojo-mae (Tozai Line), 1 min walk
Nijo Castle's autumn festival, with a Kyoto specialty goods fair and other events by day, and an evening light-up and art show in the grounds. In 2026 the night ticket was ¥2,000 Monday to Thursday and ¥2,400 Friday to Sunday, separate from day entry, and free for junior high students and under.
Pom', CC BY-SA 2.0 Nearby
Around Nijo
The shogun's castle, with the Shinsengumi's Mibu a walk south
Most people come for Nijo Castle, and it's worth its two hours. Tokugawa Ieyasu built it in 1603, and its Ninomaru Palace is the only palace complex still standing inside a Japanese castle. Then walk south, past a pond garden first laid out in 794 and an 800 m covered shopping street, to the temple in Mibu where the Shinsengumi trained.
Nijo has 17 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 5 shrines and temples, 3 landmarks, 3 shops, 2 restaurants, 1 bar, 1 cafe, 1 museum and 1 bathhouse. Read the Nijo guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Kyoto Shibori Museum?
- Aburanokoji-dori Oike Minami-iru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市中京区油小路通御池南入ル).
- What are the opening hours of Kyoto Shibori Museum?
- Mon to Sat 9:00 to 17:00; Closed Sun. Also closed on irregular days, at Obon and over the New Year.
- How do I get to Kyoto Shibori Museum?
- The nearest station is Nijojo-mae (Tozai Line). Kyoto Shibori Museum is in Nijo, Kyoto.
- How much does Kyoto Shibori Museum cost?
- Kyoto Shibori Museum is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Kyoto Shibori Museum?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Kyoto Shibori Museum?
- Rainy days.
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