The Kyoto Kimpai (Japanese 京都金杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in January over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.

[1] The Kyoto Kimpai was first run in 1963 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984.

The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 1980.

It was contested over 2000 metres before being cut to 1600 metres in 2000. a The 2020, 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

b The 2025 runnings took place at Chukyo while Hanshin was closed for redevelopment.