Hida Kamioka Festival

Event Overview

The Hida-Kamioka Festival is an annual festival of three shrines located in the city area, and a festival that tells the snowy Hida-Kamioka of a spring visit. It has long been said that "this day is a day when God goes out to the village and travels around the town once a year", and the town is crowded with a large procession of about 700 people in total, such as Shinkoshi, lion dance, and chicken fighting. The day procession is a period procession reminiscent of Heian Emaki. At night, the brave big, small and medium-sized Shinkoshi milled around the town and back, and at the end, the festival climaxes with a dash towards the main shrine as the taiko and the drums are thrashed in the precinct.

Info

Event Location:

City of Kamioka Town

Address:

Funatsu-cho, Kamioka-cho, Hida, Gifu

Public Transportation:

JR Hida Furukawa Station → Bus 40 minutes

Car Access:

From Tokai Hokuriku Expressway Hida Kiyomi IC via National Route 41 45km 1 hour 10 minutes

Phone Number:

0578-82-2253 (Hida City Kamioka Promotion Office, Regional Promotion Division, Regional Promotion Section)

Parking Number:

200 units/free

Event Period

April 25, 2026 (Saturday)

Price

Free

Event Category

Traditional performing arts and dances, such as the sacred koshi and floats

A period procession reminiscent of Heian Emaki

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