murmurMino Matsuri (Paper Flower Mikoshi Festival)
Mino City · Hachiman Shrine and central Mino
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Mino City Tourism Association · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Apr 11–12, 2026 （Ended）
- 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 The second Saturday of April and the following Sunday
- Venue
- Hachiman Shrine and central Mino
- City
- Mino City, Gifu
About
Hachiman Shrine in Mino holds its spring festival over a Saturday and Sunday, in three parts: flower mikoshi, floats and niwaka street comedy. The flower mikoshi steal the show. Each carries 250 to 300 flexible poles topped with cherry-pink blossoms of Mino washi paper, fitting for a paper-making town. On Saturday more than 30 of them, large and small, move through town so that the streets seem full of swaying cherry blossoms. From the evening, neighborhoods perform Mino Nagashi Niwaka, improvised skits full of satire and puns that end on a punchline. On Sunday 6 floats and other processions travel through the center. It all happens near the Udatsu townscape, so you can enjoy the historic streets too.
Sources
- OfficialMino City Tourism Association minokanko.com
- OfficialGifu Travel Guide (Gifu Prefecture Tourism Association) www.kankou-gifu.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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