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Mid-July every year (tentative)
Kagoshima
Late July every year (tentative)
Aichi
Every year from August 5 to 14 (scheduled)
Nara
Every year on August 15/16
Kumamoto
Late August every year (tentative)
Fukui
Late October - Late November every year (tentative)
Miyagi
November 1–30 every year
The Friday to Sunday of the third week of November each year.
Oita
November 22-24 each year.
Kochi
Early December - Late December every year (tentative)
Late January - Mid-February every year (tentative)
Okinawa
Early February every year (tentative)
Hokkaido
Early February - Mid-February every year (tentative)
Ishikawa
Every year around February
Nagasaki
Early February - Early March every year (tentative)
Shizuoka
Mid-February every year
Akita
Late March every year (tentative)
Early to mid-April every year *Timings may differ depending on the state of bloom of the cherry trees.
Niigata
Early May
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