Festivals · Chubu
Gifu Nobunaga Festival
ぎふ信長まつり
Gifu honours Oda Nobunaga on the first Saturday and Sunday of November, with a mounted warrior procession through the city centre.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Sat 07 to Sun 08 Nov 2026
- Date status
- Dates published by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Downtown Gifu, around JR Gifu Station and Yanagase
- City
- Gifu
- Prefecture
- Gifu
- Region
- Chubu
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
JNTO's Tokai festivals story and the official Visit Gifu page both give the pattern as the first Saturday and Sunday of November, which in 2026 falls on 7 and 8 November. Locals dressed as Nobunaga, Saito Dosan and other generals lead cavalry and matchlock gun battalions through downtown Gifu, alongside marching bands and city events.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking options for this event are being checked and will be added here.
Official source: https://visitgifu.com/see-do/gifu-nobunaga-festival/. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.