The Thousand Kyoto Sponsors KYOTOGRAPHIE Kyoto International Photography Festival 2026 Again This Year

Keihan Group's flagship hotel "THE THOUSAND KYOTO" (Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City - General Manager: Miwa Sakurai) has decided to sponsor the "KYOTOGRAPHIE Kyoto International Photography Festival 2026," to be held from Saturday, April 18, 2026, to Sunday, May 17, 2026, as a premium hotel partner, following last year. In conjunction with the festival period, they will sell a special accommodation plan with KYOTOGRAPHIE passport tickets, and also hold a satellite exhibition at the art gallery next to the hotel's first-floor entrance.

© Kyungtaek LEE, Teriberka, Russia II, 2016 (Image of work by Lee Kyungtaek, featured in KG+ SPECIAL)

"KYOTOGRAPHIE" is one of Asia's largest international photography festivals, attracting approximately 300,000 visitors last year. Held in Kyoto, a world-leading cultural city, its 14th edition this year will feature diverse programs by 14 artists from 8 countries and regions under the theme "EDGE." Against the backdrop of unique venues scattered throughout Kyoto, including 12 museums and historical buildings, visitors can enjoy encounters with new works and dialogues between space and art.

Our hotel has been sponsoring as a premium hotel partner since 2023, and since 2024, has also participated as a satellite venue for "KG+", an event aimed at discovering and supporting artists expected to be active in the future. This year, in line with the philosophy of "KYOTOGRAPHIE" and "KG+", and with the desire to invigorate the art scene from Kyoto Station, we will hold a solo exhibition by Mr. Kyungtaek Lee (イ・ギョンテク), who also runs an art gallery in Korea, at the hotel's first-floor art gallery.

As a "Sustainable Comfort Hotel" that delivers comfortable and moving experiences to people, society, and the future, THE THOUSAND KYOTO supports Kyoto's cultural and artistic activities. In addition to housing an art gallery within the premises, the hotel permanently displays numerous artworks expressing Kyoto and nature through diverse materials and techniques, continuing its efforts to pass on the artistic culture that has continuously developed in the thousand-year capital of Kyoto to the next millennium without interruption.

KG+2026 | Solo Exhibition by Mr. Kyungtaek Lee "No man's land" Event Outline

At the art gallery next to the hotel's first-floor entrance, as part of the satellite event "KG+2026", a solo exhibition by photographer Kyungtaek Lee will be held in co-hosting with AN INC., a contemporary art gallery based in Seoul, Korea.

[Exhibition Period] Saturday, April 18, 2026 - Sunday, May 17, 2026 *Viewable at your leisure. [Location] THE THOUSAND KYOTO, 1st Floor, Art Gallery [Admission] Free [Organizer] AN INC. [URL] https://www.keihanhotels-resorts.co.jp/the-thousand-kyoto/plan/special-offer/kyotographie2026.html

Kyungtaek Lee (イ・ギョンテク) Photographer Lee Kyungtaek is an artist who interprets the meaning of existence through "unexpected encounters." Through coincidental encounters with the materials of the earth and landscapes, he expands the meaning of the relationship between objects and humans, and the history of humanity, reconnecting them from a new perspective. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/83soultag/

About the Exhibition "No man's land" is a series that deals with artificial structures found on the boundaries of modern civilization and lands where humans cannot inhabit. We usually tend to think that artificial objects disappear eventually, but the artist feels a certain permanence in how they do not disappear but become naturalized within the eternal earth. These structures are traces of humans discovered by chance in the Himalayas and Andes mountains, island regions of East Asia, and even in Russia and the Arctic Circle. Through old artificial objects left in solitude, the artist speaks of the lonely inner world of us modern people, who carry a more wild and unfinished self. At the same time, the artist also turns his attention to the paradox that we will eventually assimilate into our surrounding environment and become "part" of the landscape. All works are produced as large-format photographs exceeding 140 cm. Instead of regular photographic paper, the artist himself prints them after applying a special emulsion treatment to printmaking paper. The materiality of the works is highly artistic, allowing for a fusion of photographic reality and painterly materiality.

Accommodation Plan with KYOTOGRAPHIE Passport Ticket Sale To commemorate this sponsorship, we will sell a special accommodation plan with KYOTOGRAPHIE passport tickets, valid during the festival period, for a limited number of 5 pairs (10 people), at the regular accommodation rate.

THE THOUSAND KYOTO Room Image THE THOUSAND KYOTO Lobby Image

[Accommodation Period] Friday, April 17, 2026 Check-in - Monday, May 18, 2026 Check-out [Includes] Accommodation at THE THOUSAND KYOTO (1 night with breakfast), KYOTOGRAPHIE passport ticket (for the number of adults only; not included for children sharing a bed). [Price] From 63,000 yen per room for 2 people in 1 room (Superior Room / includes 2 tickets, breakfast, consumption tax, 15% service charge; accommodation tax not included) [Reservations] https://go-keihanhotelgroup.reservation.jp/hotels/keihan-thousand/plans/10189709 [Inquiries] TEL 075-354-1000 (Hotel Main Line, 10:00-18:00)

About "KYOTOGRAPHIE Kyoto International Photography Festival" "KYOTOGRAPHIE Kyoto International Photography Festival" is one of Japan's few international photography festivals, held in Kyoto, a world-leading cultural and artistic city. Centered around exhibitions by emerging photographers from Japan and abroad, it expresses the charm of works and venues through diverse spatial presentations, each year under a single theme. Utilizing historical buildings and modern architecture in Kyoto City as venues, it disseminates Kyoto's rich history and spirituality to the world in collaboration with the local community. A rich educational program and the satellite program KG+ are also held concurrently, delivering a festival of various photographic expressions. [Period] Saturday, April 18, 2026 - Sunday, May 17, 2026 [Venues] Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art Main Building South Corridor 2F, The Museum of Kyoto Annex, Yusaian Kodo-kan, Jushinkai Hall, ygion, Konndaya Genbei Takein no Ma, Konndaya Genbei Kurokura, Shimadai Gallery, ASPHODEL, Hachikuan (Former Kawasaki Residence), Demachi Masugata Shopping Street, DELTA/KYOTOGRAPHIE Permanent Space, Higashi Honganji Temple Daigenkan [Official Website] https://www.kyotographie.jp/

About "KG+" "KG+" is a photography festival that started in 2013 as a satellite event of the "KYOTOGRAPHIE Kyoto International Photography Festival," with the aim of discovering and supporting artists and curators expected to be active in the future. As one of Japan's largest international photography festivals, it provides opportunities for encounters and international information dissemination for artists, curators, and gallerists from Japan and abroad. [Official Website] https://kgplus.kyotographie.jp/

*All images are for illustrative purposes.

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THE THOUSAND KYOTO (ザ・サウザンド京都) [Location] 570 Higashi Shiokoji-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, 600-8216 [Access] Approx. 2 minutes walk east from JR Kyoto Station [Floors] B1F - 9F (Guest Rooms: 3F - 9F / 222 rooms) [URL] https://www.keihanhotels-resorts.co.jp/the-thousand-kyoto/