January | Mid-January | Dairyu-ji Memorial Service for Daruma Dolls | Dairyu-ji Temple Daruma Kannon Gifu City |
15th | Santera Mairi (pilgrimage of three temples) | Hida City | |
February | 3rd | Setsubun (spring eve) Festival | Inaba Shrine Gifu City |
Early-February | Fukuyose(fortune-bringing)-Hina (exhibition of antique hina dolls) |
Gujo Hachiman Jokamachi | |
Mid-February | Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri (naked festival) ※Jan. 13th in the old calendar |
Konomiya Shrine Inazawa City, Aich Prefecture |
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18th | Tanigumi Odori (dance festival) | Tanigumi, Ibigawa Town | |
March | Early-March | Anpachi Hyakubaien Enyukai (garden party for Japanese plum blossoms) | Anpachi Town, Anpachi County |
Early-March | Gifu Bairin Ume (Japanese plum blossom) Festival | Bairin Park Gifu City |
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April | First Saturday and Sunday | Dosan Festival | Gifu City |
14th and 15th | Takayama Spring Festival | Hie Shrine Takayama City |
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Second Saturday and Sunday | Mino Festival (flower portable shrine and traditional impromptu comedy called “niwaka”) | Udatsu-lined Street Mino City |
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Second Saturday and Sunday | Tajimi Ceramics Festival | Hon-machi, Tajimi City | |
Late-April | Gifu Castle Panoramic Nightview ※Late-April to early-May |
Mt. Kinka, Gifu City | |
Early-to-mid April | Usuzumi-zakura (pale grey cherry blossom) | Neo, Motosu City | |
May | 3rd, 4th, and 5th | Toki Mino-yaki (ceramic ware) Festival | Toki city |
11th | Opening of Ukai (cormorant fishing) ※May 11th to October 15th |
Nagara River Gifu City |
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Mid-May | Takahashi Naoko Cup / Gifu Seiryu (clean river) Half-Marathon Race | Along Nagara River Gifu City |
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Mid-May | Tour of Japan Mino Stage | Udatsu-lined StreetMino City | |
July | Mid-July | Gifu Castle Panoramic Nightview ※Mid-July to late-August |
Gifu Castle Gifu city |
16th | Nagara River festival (memorial service to ayu sweetfish) | Shinmei Shrine Near the Nagara River Gifu City |
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Last Saturday of July | The Chunichi Newspaper Nagara River All-Japan Fireworks Festival | Along the Nagara River Gifu City |
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August | First Saturday of August | The Nagara River National Display | Along the Nagara River Gifu City |
Second Sunday | Tejikara Fire Festival | Near the Nagara River Gifu City |
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13th-16th | Gujo All-night Dance | Hachiman-cho Gujo City |
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18th and 19th | Dairyu-ji Lantern Festival | Dairyu-ji Temple Gifu City |
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Last Friday | Traditional Culture Night Nagara River Takigi (torched) Noh |
Along the Nagara River Gifu City |
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September | Early September | Gifu Castle Panoramic Nightview ※Early-September to mid-November |
Gifu Castle Gifu city |
Mid-to-late September | Nagaragawa Onpaku | Along the Nagara River Gifu City |
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October | First Saturday and Sunday | Gifu Nobunaga Festivel | Gifu City |
9th and 10th | Takayama Autumn Festival | Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine | |
Early-October | Seki City Cutlery Festival | Seki City | |
Early-October | Mino Washi “Akari” Art Exhibition | Udatsu-lined Street Mino City |
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15th | Closure of Ukai (cormorant fishing) | Along the Nagara River Gifu City |
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Mid-October | Memorial Service for Cormorants | U-zuka Gifu City |
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Mid-October | Mino Washi “Akari” Art Street Display | Udatsu-lined Street Mino City |
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Mid-October | Doburoku (milky white, unrefined sake) Festival | Shirakawa-go | |
Late-October | Gifu Park Chrysanthemum Doll Show | Gifu Park Gifu City |
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November | Mid-to-late November | Koyo (autumn foliage) along the Hakusan Super Rindo (forest road), Hida Seseragi-kaido Highway, and in Tanigumi, Oyada, and Yoro) | Across Gifu Prefecture |
23rd | Oyada Shrine Hinkoko Festival (puppet performance) | Oyada District Mino City |
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December | Mid-December | Gifu Illumination Fair | North Side Square of JR Gifu Station, etc. Gifu City |
Second Saturday | Ikenoue Misogi (ablution) Ceremony Festival | Katsuragake Shrine Gifu City |
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Mid-to-late December | Koyomi no Yobune ※Held on the winter solstice | Promenade along the Nagara River Gifu City |