Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture

[Nagoya, Mikawa Bay, Mino, HidaNagoya AreaEna, Nakatsugawa]

Festivals and traditional events

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Kinefrican pine

official name：Kinefuri Hanauma matsuri

English name：Kinefuri Hanauma matsuri

Pestle swing flower horse festival

4/19

Transit

Gifu Prefecture Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property Gold Company Yasuhiromi-jinja Shrine Annual Festival

last updated：2026.02.20

Important notice

There are some areas where traffic is prohibited.

2026.04.19（Sun.）10:15~16:30

Festivals and traditional events
Events

The Kinefuri Dance is a festive dance to pray for bumper harvest.Kinefuri means "shake a mallet".The dance is dedicated to a god a shrine on the Sunday closest to April 16th,when the people in colorful clothes and a unique hat perform the dance, deftly handling wooden mallets painted black and red. The origin is not exactly clear, but it is said that it dates back 400 or 600 years.