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September 1 to 3 every year
Toyama
Early August every year (tentative)
Iwate
Every year on the third Saturday in February
Okayama
Early June - Mid-June every year (tentative)
Hokkaido
Late June - Late July every year (tentative)
Osaka
Every year on November 2/3
Kagoshima
Early May - Late May every year (tentative)
Hiroshima
Mid-February - Early April every year (tentative)
Tokushima
Mid-July every year (tentative)
Fukuoka
Late January every year (tentative)
Nara
Every year on January 9 to 11
Hyogo
Every year on September 15 and for three days with Respect for the Aged Day as the last days.
Ibaraki
Early May every year (tentative)
Kanagawa
Every year on January 15
Nagano
Late March every year (tentative)
Nagasaki
Every year from August 5 to 7
Yamagata
Every year from August 2 to 7
Aomori
The first Sunday of April every year.
Shimane
Every year from June 7 to 17
Tokyo
Mid-August every year (tentative)
Every year on December 31
Late February - Late March every year (tentative)
Mid-October every year (tentative)
Shiga
Early February every year (tentative)
Kumamoto
Early October every year (tentative)
Okinawa
October 8 to 10 (fixed dates every year)
Mid-May every year (tentative)
Shizuoka
Late August every year (tentative)
Yamanashi
Every year on the fourth Saturday in November.
Yamaguchi
Tochigi
End March–Early April *Timings may differ depending on the state of bloom of the cherry trees
Niigata
Every year around February
Every year on December 2 to 3
Saitama
Late November to February 14
Ishikawa
April 1 to the following Sunday every year *There are irregularities
Oita
Late February every year (tentative)
Fukui
Late October - Early November every year (tentative)
Saga
Late February - Early March every year (tentative)
Chiba
Every year for three days from October 7 to 9
Late November every year (tentative)
Kochi
Mid-February every year (tentative)
Early April–End May every year (tentative) *The best time to see nemophila is from mid-April to early May
Summer festival: The Friday, Saturday and Sunday after July 10 Autumn festival: The Friday, Saturday and Sunday that surround the second Saturday in October.
Every year for the 3 days of the Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the second week of October
Akita
Late September every year (tentative)
Early April every year (tentative)
Early July every year (tentative)
Late July every year (tentative)
Fukushima
Sunday in early October (the day before the second Monday)
Wakayama
Early January - Mid-January every year (tentative)
Every year for three days with the second Sunday in October as the last day.
Kagawa
Every year on February 13 to 14
Mid-April every year (tentative)
Held on May 3 and 4 every year (scheduled)
Every year on the third Friday, Saturday and Sunday in November
Every year from October 16 to 18
Ehime
May 2–4 every year (tentative)
Late April every year (tentative)
Late April - Early May every year (tentative)
April 20–May 5 every year
Early to mid-April *Timings may differ depending on the state of bloom of the cherry trees.
Miyagi
Every year on the first Saturday/Sunday of November
Miyazaki
July 22, 23 and 24
Gifu
Early August - Mid-August every year (tentative)
Every year on the 2nd Saturday/Sunday of February
Every year on the third Saturday/Sunday of October
Mid-November every year (tentative)
Early November - Late November every year (tentative)
Aichi
Every year on August 2/3
Spring Takayama Festival (Sanno Festival) Mid-April every year (tentative) [Autumn Festival (Hachiman Festival) Early October every year (tentative)
Late October - Late November every year (tentative)
April 19 and 20 every year
Every year on January 7
Every year for the 3 days of the Friday, Saturday and Sunday that are closest to October 25
Mie
Third week in April every year
Every year on October 14/15
Every year on the first Sunday or national holiday after September 16
Early February - Mid-February every year (tentative)
Tottori
Every year from July 20 to 23
May 17 and 18 every year
Early February - Early March every year (tentative)
Every year on the first Sunday of August and the day before.
Every year from early July to mid-October
Late January - Mid-February every year (tentative)
February 15 and 16 each year
Every year in the second week of October
Early October - Mid-October every year (tentative)
March 3 every year
Early December - Late December every year (tentative)
Every year on January 20
Gumma
Every year on the first Friday to Sunday of August
Every year on the Friday to Sunday that includes the fourth Saturday of July.
April 23–May 5 every year
Early April - Late April every year (tentative)
Every year on the last Sunday of October
Every year on August 13
Every year for the three days of Friday to Sunday in the first week of August.
Every year on the second Saturday/Sunday in October
April 13–16 every year
First Saturday in August
Every year on August 12 to 14
May 19–21 every year
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