A local puppet play overflowing with handmade charm and personality

Presented only during a special ritual practiced at Oyada Shrine (the second Saturday of April and the following Sunday) and during the Maple Festival in Autumn (Nov. 23), this simple puppet play is said to have been performed in this are for roughly 500 years and is designated as a National Important Intangible Folk-Cultural Property.

A play that is done to pray for an abundant harvest and spiritually cleanse those who come to see it, in the spring “Hinkoko” is performed following a children’s parade and the festival’s taiko drum performance.

  • Life & Culture
  • Spring
  • Autumn

Basic Information

Date

The second Saturday of April and the following Sunday
November 23 of every year

Venue

Oyada Shrine

Address

Oyada, Mino City, Gifu 501-3711

Access

From JR Gifu Station, it is a 30 minute walk from the “Oyada Jinja-mae” bus stop on the Gifu Bus Takami Line
10 minute drive from the Prefectural Road #94 turnoff on the Toukai-hokuriku Expressway

Telephone Number 0575-33-1122
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