Nishijin Textile Center
Kitano, Kyoto
1 Apr to 30 Sep
- Tue to Sun
- 10:00 to 17:00
- Mon
- Closed
Rest of the year
- Tue to Sun
- 10:00 to 16:00
- Mon
- Closed
When Monday is a public holiday it opens and closes on Tuesday instead. Closed 29 December to 3 January.
Source: nishijin.or.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
The Nishijin Textile Center is the weaving industry association's showroom on Horikawa-dori. Its third-floor archive keeps Japan's first home-built wooden Jacquard loom, a Kyoto City cultural property, and puts on three or four themed shows a year of obi, kimono and folding screens.
Insider tip
It's free to go in. You can weave a small table runner, about 20 by 30 cm, on a hand loom in about 40 minutes (¥2,750, from fifth grade up, booking needed). The kimono fashion shows it used to run aren't scheduled at the moment.
What's on near Nishijin Textile Center
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Nishijin Textile Center, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Seimei-sai at Seimei Shrine
晴明祭
Time Eve 19:00, procession 13:00 to 18:00 Station Ichijo Modoribashi Seimei-jinja-mae bus stop (City Bus 9, 12)
The festival of the shrine to the court diviner Abe no Seimei, on the autumn equinox and the night before. The eve has yudate kagura at 19:00 and a lantern procession of about 100 local children, and on the day the mikoshi leaves at 13:00 behind a boys' fife and drum band and goes round the parish until 18:00.
Fg2, Public domain Spring Doll Exhibition at Hokyo-ji
春の人形展（宝鏡寺）
Time 10:00 to 16:00 (last entry 15:30) Station Horikawa Teranouchi bus stop (City Bus 9), right by the stop
The imperial convent known as the doll temple shows dolls Emperor Komei treasured among its Kyoto dolls each spring, and the show opens on 1 March with a hina matsuri ceremony in the main hall at 11:00. Its other doll show is in November.
Nearby
Around Kitano
Tenjin's head shrine, Kyoto's oldest geisha district and Daitoku-ji
Start at Kitano Tenmangu, head shrine of about 12,000 Tenjin shrines, founded in 947 for Sugawara no Michizane, the scholar students still pray to before exams. Come on the 25th, when the Tenjin-san Market fills the approach and the lanterns are lit after dark. Kamishichiken, Kyoto's oldest geisha district, lines the shrine's east approach, and Daitoku-ji's Zen temples are about 1.7 km north-east.
Kitano has 25 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 10 shrines and temples, 3 cafes, 3 shops, 2 restaurants, 2 bathhouses, 1 viewpoint, 1 neighbourhood, 1 museum, 1 bar and 1 market. Read the Kitano guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Nishijin Textile Center?
- 414 Tatemonzen-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市上京区西堀川通元誓願寺上ル竪門前町414).
- What are the opening hours of Nishijin Textile Center?
- 1 Apr to 30 Sep: Tue to Sun 10:00 to 17:00; Closed Mon. Rest of the year: Tue to Sun 10:00 to 16:00; Closed Mon. When Monday is a public holiday it opens and closes on Tuesday instead. Closed 29 December to 3 January.
- How do I get to Nishijin Textile Center?
- The nearest station is Horikawa Imadegawa bus stop (City Bus 9, 12, 201). Nishijin Textile Center is in Kitano, Kyoto.
- How much does Nishijin Textile Center cost?
- Nothing. Nishijin Textile Center is free to visit.
- How long do you need at Nishijin Textile Center?
- Plan for 45 min.
- When is the best time to visit Nishijin Textile Center?
- A rainy afternoon.
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