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Every year on the first Sunday or national holiday after September 16
Kumamoto
Every year on September 15 and for three days with Respect for the Aged Day as the last days.
Ibaraki
Late September every year (tentative)
Iwate
The Sunday before Sports Day
Wakayama
Every year for three days from October 7 to 9
Nagasaki
October 8 to 10 (fixed dates every year)
Hokkaido
Early October every year (tentative)
Okinawa
Every year on the third Sunday of October and the day before
Saitama
Mid-October every year (tentative)
Shimane
Every year on the last Sunday of October
Tottori
Every year on November 2/3
Kagoshima
Every year on January 7
Fukushima
January 9 to 11 every year
Osaka
Every year on January 9 to 11
Hyogo
Every year on January 15
Nagano
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
April 1 to the following Sunday every year *There are irregularities
Oita
The first Sunday of April every year.
Mid-April every year (tentative)
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)
Late April to early May every year (tentative)
Hiroshima
Early May every year (tentative)
Mie
Early May every year
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
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
Late August every year (tentative)
September 1 to 3 every year
Toyama
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