🏮 Gero no Ta no Kami Matsuri
下呂の田の神祭
Gero, Gifu (Morimizunashi Hachiman Shrine) · 7–14 February
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A harvest-prayer festival handed down at Morisumina Hachiman Shrine in Mori, Gero, Gifu Prefecture, designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 1981. Its highlight is when dancers wearing hanagasa (flower-decorated hats) perform, and hanagasa, dango, and small bamboo chopsticks are thrown to the spectators from a tower set up at the venue.
Getting there
Held at Morisumina Hachiman Shrine in Gero. About 10 minutes by car from JR Gero Station, or on foot from the Gero Onsen area.
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