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Every year on the first Sunday or national holiday after September 16
Kumamoto
Every year for three days from October 7 to 9
Nagasaki
Early October every year (tentative)
Okinawa
Late October - Early November every year (tentative)
Saga
Every year on the first Saturday/Sunday of November
Miyazaki
Every year on November 2/3
Kagoshima
The Friday to Sunday of the third week of November each year.
Oita
Late January - Mid-February every year (tentative)
Every year around February
Late March every year (tentative)
April 1 to the following Sunday every year *There are irregularities
Mid-April every year (tentative)
Third week in April every year
Late April - Early May every year (tentative)
Early May
July 1 to 15 every year
Fukuoka
Held over the three days around the third Saturday in July each year.
Mid-July every year (tentative)
Friday - Sunday, including the fourth weekend in July every year
Weekend immediately after Marine Day every year
First Saturday in August
Every year on August 15/16
Due to be held in October
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