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For more than 400 years, it has been held for 30 nights from July to September in Gujo-Hachiman, a village located deep in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture. The main event is the all-night dance ...
From August 13th to 16th, participants can dance all night. The summer tradition was registered as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2022. Gujo Odori festival back in full | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ...
Along with Gujo Odori in Gifu Prefecture and Awa Odori ... chairperson of the Nishimonai Bon Odori preservation society, interest in the dance from Taiwan and China has increased even more since ...
The furyuodori nominated include Bon dances held around Japan in the summer, as well as more elaborate affairs, such as the Gujo Odori dance festival held every summer in Gifu Prefecture ...