Gifu Air Base Air Festival

Gifu Air Base at Kakamigahara is the home of the JASDF's Air Development and Test Wing, which gives its air festival a character no other Japanese open day has: test aircraft in special high-visibility markings, prototypes and one-off airframes, and a signature mass formation flying several different types together. Enthusiasts rate it the most interesting Japanese air festival for aircraft variety even though the Blue Impulse do not attend.