Festivals Gifu Light Story 2025 Jan 18th - Jan 26th Gifu City is set to shine this winter with the return of Gifu Light Story, an illumination event that first started in 2020 to..
Festivals Subzero Forest Ice Festival 2025 Mid Feb The Subzero Forest Ice Festival in Takayama is held on the second Saturday of February every year, and it combines icicles and lights..
Nightlife Tejikara Fire Festival 2025 Mid Apr A must see festival if you're coming to Gifu in April. Dating back to the 18th century, the Tejikara Fire Festival at Tejikara..
Culture Mino Festival 2025 Mid Apr The Mino Festival is held every year on the second Saturday and Sunday of April, and the event is best known for several flower..
Festivals Furukawa Festival 2025 Apr 19th - Apr 20th The Furukawa Festival, or Furukawa Matsuri, is an annual event of Hida Furukawa’s Kata Wakamiya Shrine. During the two-day spe..
Culture Slug Festival 2025 Saturday - Aug 2nd A festival in rural Nakatsugawa dedicated to a monk and a mystery of nature on the anniversary of a death connected to forbidden..
Culture Tejikara Summer Fire Festival 2025 Early Aug The Tejikara Summer Fire Festival is an event held every second Sunday of August along the banks of the Nagara River in Gifu.
Culture Gujo Odori 2025 Mid Jul - Early Sep Gujo Odori is Japan's largest and one of the most famous dance festivals lasting thirty-two nights, three of which have dancing..