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July 2026 2 events
07/11–09/01
Festival Chubu
Gujo Odori
Hachiman, Gujo, Gifu
Every summer evening from July 11 to September 5 — thirty-one nights in all — music rises from the streets of Gujo Hachi
07/25–07/25
Festival Chubu
Abekawa Fireworks Festival
Abe River banks, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka
The fireworks began as a memorial. In Shizuoka, the Abekawa Fireworks Festival sends around fifteen thousand shells over
September 2026 1 events
09/01–09/03
Festival Chubu
Owara Kaze no Bon
Yatsuo, Toyama City, Toyama
Every year, for three nights in early September, the sloping lanes of Yatsuo are given over to sound and slow movement.
October 2026 1 events
10/09–10/10
Festival Chubu
Takayama Autumn Festival (Hachiman Matsuri)
519 Hachimancho, Takayama, Gifu (Sakurayama Hachimangu)
In the same town, the same floats bring a different season. Alongside the spring Sanno Festival, this autumn celebration
December 2026 1 events
12/05–12/05
Festival Chubu
Aenokoto Ritual of Oku-Noto
Farmhouses across the Oku-Noto region, Ishikawa
An invisible god is invited into the home and treated as an honored guest. In the farmhouses of Oku-Noto, the Aenokoto r
April 2028 1 events
04/01–05/31
Festival Chubu
Onbashira Festival
Suwa Taisha Kamisha Honmiya and others, Suwa, Nagano
Men ride a giant log down a mountainside. Held once every six years at the Suwa Grand Shrine, the Onbashira Festival inv
April 2026 1 events
04/14–04/15
Festival Chubu
Takayama Spring Festival (Sanno Matsuri)
156 Shiroyama, Takayama, Gifu (Hie Shrine)
Edo-period mechanical puppets still move today. The Sanno Festival announces spring in the old castle town of Takayama,
Year-round
Daily
Festival Chubu
Ojiya Bullfighting (Ushi no Tsukiai)
Ojiya Bullfighting Arena, Oguriyama, Ojiya, Niigata
There is no winner. Every bout ends in a draw. In the mountains of Echigo, a tradition said to be nearly a thousand year
毎年4月19・20日
Festival Chubu
Hida Furukawa Festival: The Drums Before Dawn
Keta Wakamiya Shrine, Furukawa, Hida City, Gifu
At three in the morning, the drumming starts. Bare-chested men carry a massive drum through the streets of Furukawa, wak