murmurTejikara Fire Festival
Gifu City · Tejikarao Shrine
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Gifu Convention and Visitors Bureau · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sat, Apr 11, 2026 （Ended） Confirmed from the official annual schedule and Gifu Shimbun’s notice for that year
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid April
- How the date is set
- The 2nd Saturday of April
- Venue
- Tejikarao Shrine
- City
- Gifu City, Gifu
About
On the second Saturday of April, Tejikarao Shrine in the Kuramae area of Gifu City holds its annual festival, a fire ritual more than 300 years old whose origins are unknown. It is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Gifu Prefecture. After nightfall, bare-chested men shoulder portable shrines loaded with gunpowder and push into falling curtains of sparks. Once the charges catch, the shrines spray fire of their own, and the bearers spin and ring bells over the bang of firecrackers. Later on, hand-held tube fireworks and set pieces join in. Also take a look at the huge sacred rope on the torii along the approach, about 12.5 meters long and roughly a ton in weight. Meitetsu Tejikara Station is a 5-minute walk away.
Sources
- OfficialGifu Convention and Visitors Bureau www.gifucvb.or.jp
- Date checkGifu Shimbun www.gifu-np.co.jp
- Reference降り注ぐ火の粉、みこし勇壮に 岐阜市で「手力の火祭」（岐阜新聞） www.gifu-np.co.jp
Last checked: Oct 11, 2026. Event information is based on official announcements, but changes may not always be reflected here. Please check each official website for accurate details.
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