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Tuesday · Culture Day · 2026/11/03

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Festival · Gifu · Chubu

Shizukumiya Festival

A spring procession of 22 sake barrel shrines celebrates the completion of new sake and prays for an abundant harvest of the five grains.

Takayama · 15 Mar 2027

Shrine · Gifu · Chubu

Hie Shrine

A Shinto shrine on Shiroyama in Takayama to the mountain god Oyamakui no Kami, said to date from 1141 and home of the spring Takayama Festival.

Takayama

Festival · Gifu · Chubu

The Hida Living Hina Doll Festival

A Hina Matsuri doll festival blended with regional silk-industry heritage, held a month after the national holiday because spring comes late to the mountains.

Takayama · 3 Apr 2027

Historic Site · Gifu · Chubu

Kami-Sannomachi Street

Street of old merchant houses in Takayama's preserved Sanmachi quarter, with sake breweries and shops selling Hida lacquerware and carving.

Takayama

Gifu

Festival

Shizukumiya Festival

A spring procession of 22 sake barrel shrines celebrates the completion of new sake and prays for an abundant harvest of the five grains.

15 Mar 2027Takayama · Gifu

Festival

The Hida Living Hina Doll Festival

A Hina Matsuri doll festival blended with regional silk-industry heritage, held a month after the national holiday because spring comes late to the mountains.

3 Apr 2027Takayama · Gifu

Festival

The Spring Takayama Festival

A spring festival in Takayama showcases ornate floats with mechanical dolls and centuries-old craftsmanship, illuminated by lanterns during evening processions.

14–15 Apr 2027Takayama · Gifu

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Historic Site

Kami-Sannomachi Street

Street of old merchant houses in Takayama's preserved Sanmachi quarter, with sake breweries and shops selling Hida lacquerware and carving.

Takayama · Gifu

Event Venue

Himalaya Stadium Gifu

Athletics stadium of the Gifu Memorial Center in Gifu City and home ground of FC Gifu, with a 400 m track and room for 26,109 spectators.

Gifu

Museum

Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu

The art museum of Gifu Prefecture, opened in 1982, known for works by artists from Gifu such as Kawai Gyokudo and for its Odilon Redon collection.

Gifu

Museum

Gifu City Science Museum

Science museum in Gifu run by the city, with hands-on exhibits on science, nature and astronomy, a planetarium, an observatory and regular science shows.

Gifu

Museum

Nawa Insect Museum

Known as the oldest surviving insect museum in Japan, opened in 1919 in a brick building by Takeda Goichi in Gifu Park.

Gifu

Shrine

Hie Shrine

A Shinto shrine on Shiroyama in Takayama to the mountain god Oyamakui no Kami, said to date from 1141 and home of the spring Takayama Festival.

Takayama · Gifu

Museum

Gifu City Museum of History

A city museum on the history and culture of Gifu, centered on the Sengoku period and Oda Nobunaga, close to Mt. Kinka and Gifu Castle.

Gifu

Historic Site

Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go

UNESCO-recognized villages showcasing gassho-zukuri farmhouses with distinctive steep thatched roofs, maintained through collective community traditions.

Shirakawa · Gifu

Museum

Eizo & Toichi Kato Memorial Art Museum

A Gifu museum in memory of Eizo and Toichi Kato, with about 5,000 restored drawings and 150 paintings, plus exhibitions of local artists in two galleries.

Gifu