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Every year from February 17 to 20
Aomori
Mid-February - Early April every year (tentative)
Tokushima
Late February - Early March every year (tentative)
Chiba
Late February every year (tentative)
Fukui
March 3 every year
Wakayama
April 1 to the following Sunday every year *There are irregularities
Oita
The first Sunday of April every year.
Shimane
Mid-April every year (tentative)
Kumamoto
April 9–17 every year
Shiga
Late April - Early May every year (tentative)
Saga
One day in late March or early April (March 3 according to the old calendar)
Tottori
Early May every year (tentative)
Mie
Late April to early May every year (tentative)
Hiroshima
Shizuoka
The weekend preceding May 15 every year
Gifu
Third Sunday of May every year and the day before
Miyagi
Every last weekend and Monday of May
Fukushima
Early July every year (tentative)
Kanagawa
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 from August 2 to 7
Every year for the three days of Friday to Sunday in the first week of August.
Gumma
First Saturday in August
Miyazaki
6th, 7th and 8th of August every year
Mid-August every year (tentative)
Okayama
September 1 to 3 every year
Toyama
Late September every year (tentative)
Iwate
Sunday in early October (the day before the second Monday)
October 8 to 10 (fixed dates every year)
Hokkaido
Early October every year (tentative)
Okinawa
Mid-October every year (tentative)
Every year on the last Sunday of October
Every year on January 7
January 9 to 11 every year
Osaka
Every year on January 9 to 11
Hyogo
Every year on January 15
Nagano
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