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