About this event
A traditional purification festival held every year on the second Saturday of December at Kuzukake Shrine in Gifu City. A Shinto ritual is performed in which men in their climacteric years (yakudoshi) enter the clear waters of the Nagara River to purify themselves and pray for the fulfillment of their wishes. The festival schedule begins at 13:00 with the Misogi Hajime-sai ritual, followed at 14:00 by the purification ritual for general male participants and the start of general prayer reception (until 19:00). From 15:00, the misogi men, including general participants, depart from the community center and march through the shrine grounds and along the embankment before entering the Nagara River around 15:30. Later, from 20:00, the second and third misogi rituals are performed by shrine parishioners and officials. Times are subject to change. The purification site is on the right bank of the Nagara River, 500 meters downstream from Chusetsu Bridge. Access is a 5-minute walk from the Ikenoue bus stop via Gifu Bus from JR Gifu Station or Meitetsu Gifu Station. There is no parking lot.
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Kuzukake Shrine
3-47 Ikenouecho, Gifu, Gifu 502-0906
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