murmurFurukawa Matsuri
Hida City · Central Hida-Furukawa
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Gifu Travel Guide (Gifu Prefecture Tourism Federation) · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates not confirmed
- 2026
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually mid April
- How the date is set
- Every year, April 19 – April 20 Okoshi-daiko takes place on the night of April 19. In rain the float gathering is cancelled, but Okoshi-daiko goes ahead
- Venue
- Central Hida-Furukawa
- City
- Hida City, Gifu
About
The annual festival of Ketawakamiya Shrine in Hida-Furukawa fills the town for two spring days and is one of the great festivals of Hida. As the Okoshi-daiko drum ritual and float procession, it is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan and is inscribed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The first night belongs to the Okoshi-daiko: men wrapped in white sarashi cloth move a tower carrying a giant drum through the streets late into the night, while young men called tsuke-daiko rush at it one after another. The second day is all color, with carved, embroidered floats lined up together, karakuri puppet offerings, children's kabuki and lion dances, set among white-walled storehouses along the Setogawa canal.
Sources
- OfficialGifu Travel Guide (Gifu Prefecture Tourism Federation) www.kankou-gifu.jp
- OfficialHida City Official Tourism Site (Hida City) www.hida-kankou.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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On the day, see what locals are murmuring on the murmur map
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