Name: Takada Festival
Start: 2026-05-16
End: 2026-05-17
Location: Atago Shrine and the Takada shopping district

Takada Festival, passed down as a festival of Atago Shrine, features 3 parading through Takada and offerings of and karakuri puppet performances.

About Takada Festival

Takada Festival is the annual grand festival held at Atago Shrine in the Takada district of Yoro Town, Gifu Prefecture.

A festival wishing for the town’s disaster preparedness, especially fire prevention, it is held every year on the 3rd weekend of May.

During the festival, 3 dashi are pulled through Takada, carrying on the faith and traditions passed down in the community through offerings at the shrine and a procession to the .

Source: 高田祭 - Wikipedia

Festival highlights

Highlights include 3 dashi: Shōjō-yama, Rinnasei-yama, and Shishi-yama.

Their unusual design allows the platforms and upper structures to rotate while the wheels remain still, making them well suited to the narrow streets of the Takada district.

Karakuri puppet performances, kagura, and shishimai are also presented. Along with the dashi carvings and curtains, they create a lively festival atmosphere.

Source: 代々受け継がれ守り続けられてきた伝統の祭り｜養老町公式ホームページ

A traditional Yoro festival where 3 rotating dashi parade through town

What to expect

The festival events begin with a kagura shishimai performance in Shimogawara, followed by a procession of 3 dashi through the town.

The enshrined deity travels around town, rests at the otabisho, and returns to Atago Shrine at night.

Shishimai and karakuri puppet performances are offered at the shrine, and the festival unfolds through the dashi procession and shrine rites.

How to take part

Visitors can watch the event.

Location and access

Venue and address

Atago Shrine and the Takada shopping district area (Takada, Yoro, Yoro District, Gifu Prefecture).

There is information that the 2026 event will be held throughout the Takada shopping district area.

Source: 養老町で５月１６、１７日に高田祭地域に初夏の訪れ告げる | 岐阜新聞デジタル / 高田祭曳やま[たかだまつりひきやま] - 岐阜県公式ホームページ（文化伝承課）

Address Takada, Yoro Town, Yoro District, Gifu Prefecture

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Dates and season

2026 event information (the listed dates have passed)

Information indicated that in 2026, it would be held on May 16 and the 17th.

The venue is throughout the Takada shopping district area, and the event is held as the annual grand festival of Atago Shrine.

This festival is usually held on the 3rd weekend of May.

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