murmurOta-juku Nakasendo Festival (Onsai MINOKAMO)
Minokamo City · Ota-juku on the Nakasendo (around the Ota-juku Nakasendo Hall)
Dates and details can change. Always check the official website before you go.
Onsai Minokamo Executive Committee · Last checked: Oct 11, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Sun, Oct 25, 2026
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually late October
- How the date is set
- Changes from year to year Held on a Sunday in October; the date is announced each year
- Venue
- Ota-juku on the Nakasendo (around the Ota-juku Nakasendo Hall)
- City
- Minokamo City, Gifu
About
Each autumn, the old Nakasendo post town of Ota-juku in Minokamo holds a festival planned and run largely by residents rather than the city. Together with the autumn citizens' fireworks, it forms the Onsai MINOKAMO celebrations. The thing to see is the princess procession: Princess Kazunomiya, who married the fourteenth shogun Tokugawa Iemochi, leads other princesses wed to shoguns, along with samurai and retainers, through the post town around the Ota-juku Nakasendo Hall. The colorful line brings the history of this Edo-period highway vividly to life. There are also stage events and a market, enough to fill the day. The festival aims to bring the community together and hand Ota-juku's culture to the next generation.
Sources
- OfficialOnsai Minokamo Executive Committee www.onsai-minokamo.com
- OfficialGifu no Tabi Guide (Gifu Prefecture Tourism Federation) 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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On the day, see what locals are murmuring on the murmur map
murmur is an app that shows short, anonymous posts on a map, right where they were written. On festival day, open the map around the venue and see what people nearby are saying.