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Early June - Mid-June every year (tentative)
Hokkaido
Mid-October every year (tentative)
Tochigi
Late August every year (tentative)
Fukui
October 8 to 10 (fixed dates every year)
Every year from August 5 to 14 (scheduled)
Nara
July 22, 23 and 24
Ehime
Early May - Late May every year (tentative)
Hiroshima
Every year for three days with the second Sunday in October as the last day.
Kagawa
April 9–17 every year
Shiga
Early May every year (tentative)
Kanagawa
Every year for the 3 days of the Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the second week of October
Akita
Every year on December 2 to 3
Saitama
Every year on September 15 and for three days with Respect for the Aged Day as the last days.
Ibaraki
End March–Early April *Timings may differ depending on the state of bloom of the cherry trees
Niigata
Every year on January 7
Fukushima
Every year from August 12 to 15
Tokushima
Every year from August 2 to 7
Aomori
Late February - Early March every year (tentative)
Chiba
July 1 - 5 every year
Fukuoka
Mid-April every year (tentative)
Kumamoto
Late April - Early May every year (tentative)
Saga
Late January every year (tentative)
Every year on the third Friday, Saturday and Sunday in November
Oita
Early October - Mid-October every year (tentative)
Late November every year (tentative)
Kochi
Every year from June 7 to 17
Tokyo
Every year for the three days of Friday to Sunday in the first week of August.
Gumma
First Saturday in August
Miyazaki
Late March every year (tentative)
Nagasaki
Early February - Early March every year (tentative)
Shizuoka
Early August every year (tentative)
Early July every year (tentative)
Held the Saturday and Sunday of the Sports Day long weekend every October
Mid-August every year (tentative)
Every year on the third Saturday in February
Okayama
Every year on January 9 to 11
Hyogo
Ishikawa
Spring Takayama Festival (Sanno Festival) Mid-April every year (tentative) [Autumn Festival (Hachiman Festival) Early October every year (tentative)
Gifu
Early December - Late December every year (tentative)
Miyagi
Early April every year (tentative)
Third week in April every year
Every year from August 5 to 7
Yamagata
The first Saturday and Sunday of April every year
Aichi
Early February every year (tentative)
Iwate
May 19–21 every year
Late November to February 12
April 21–May 5 every year (May change depending on the flowering status of the cherry trees)
Mid-February - Early April every year (tentative)
Early to mid-April *Timings may differ depending on the state of bloom of the cherry trees.
Every year on the last Sunday of October
Tottori
6th, 7th and 8th of August every year
Weekend immediately after Marine Day every year
One day in late March or early April (March 3 according to the old calendar)
January 9 to 11 every year
Osaka
Every year in the second week of October
Nagano
Shimane
Held on May 3 and 4 every year (scheduled)
Friday - Sunday, including the fourth weekend in July every year
Early April–End May every year (tentative) *The best time to see nemophila is from mid-April to early May
Every year on February 13 to 14
Yamanashi
Every year on January 15
The weekend preceding May 15 every year
The first Sunday of April every year.
Every year for the 3 days of the Friday, Saturday and Sunday that are closest to October 25
Mie
Every year on October 14/15
July 24 and 25 every year
Early February - Mid-February every year (tentative)
Early October every year (tentative)
Okinawa
Every year from August 1 to 4
Every year from February 17 to 20
May 17 and 18 every year
Third Sunday of May every year and the day before
Every year on August 13
Yamaguchi
Every year on the fourth Saturday in November.
Late September every year (tentative)
Every year around February
February 15 and 16 each year
Every year on August 15/16
November 1–30 every year
Every year on November 2/3
Kagoshima
Mid-July every year (tentative)
Mid-November every year (tentative)
Summer festival: The Friday, Saturday and Sunday after July 10 Autumn festival: The Friday, Saturday and Sunday that surround the second Saturday in October.
Wakayama
Every year from July 20 to 22
Mid-May every year (tentative)
The third Sunday of October every year, and the day before.
Late October - Early November every year (tentative)
Early August - Mid-August every year (tentative)
Sunday in early October (the day before the second Monday)
April 1 to the following Sunday every year *There are irregularities
Every last weekend and Monday of May (from 2024)
Mid-late February every year (tentative)
March 3 every year
Late January - Mid-February every year (tentative)
May 2–4 every year
April 19 and 20 every year
Late April every year (tentative)
Toyama
April 20–May 5 every year
Every year on August 2/3
Every year from October 16 to 18
Late July every year (tentative)
Late October - Late November every year (tentative)
Every year on the first Saturday/Sunday of November
Every year on the first Sunday of August and the day before.
Every year on the first Friday to Sunday of August
Every year on the first Sunday or national holiday after September 16
Late February every year (tentative)
Every year on August 12 to 14
Every year on the 2nd Saturday/Sunday of February
Every year on the Friday to Sunday that includes the fourth Saturday of July.
Every year from early July to October
Every year on August 26 and 27
September 1 to 3 every year
Late February - Late March every year (tentative)
Early April - Mid April every year
Every year on January 20
Every year for three days from October 7 to 9
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