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Festivals
January
Date Festival Location
3rd Tamaseseri (Ball-Catching Festival) Fukuoka
6th Dezome-shiki (New Year’s Parade of Firemen) Tokyo
7th Usokae (Bullfinch Exchange) Fukuoka
9th to 11th Toka Ebisu Osaka
Second Sunday Yamayaki (Grass Burning on Mt. Wakakusayama) Nara
The Sunday closest to January 15th Toh-shiya (Archery Contest) at Sanjusangen-do Temple Kyoto
17th Bonden-sai (Bonden Festival) Akita


Karatsu Kunchi Festival
Saga


Kirihima Kumen-daiko Drums
Kagoshima


Chosa Matsuri
Kagawa
February
Date Festival Location
For 7 days, starting in the second week Sapporo Snow Festival Hokkaido
3rd Setsubun Mantoro (Lantern Festival) Nara
15th and 16th Kamakura Snow Festival, Yokote Akita
Third Saturday Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festivalat Saidai-ji Temple) Okayama
17th to 20th Hachinohe Enburi Aomori
March
Date Festival Location
1st to 14th Omizutori (Water-Drawing Festival) Nara
Weekend in mid March Sagicho Matsuri (Sagicho Festival) Shiga
Weekend in mid March Dai Himonjiyaki at Aso Fire Festival Kumamoto
April
Date Festival Location
Second Sunday to Third Sunday Kamakura Festival Kanagawa
14th and 15th Takayama Festival Gifu
16th and 17th Yayoi Festival Tochigi


Okinami Tairyo Festival
Ishikawa


Hibuse-no Toora-mai
Miyagi


Seihaku Festival
Ishikawa
May
Date Festival Location
3th and 4th Hakata Dontaku Festival Fukuoka
3th and 4th Takoage-Gassen (Kite-Fighting Contest) Shizuoka
11th and 12th Takigi O-Noh (Bonfire Noh performance) Nara
11th to October 15th Ukai (Cormorant Fishing) Gifu
The Saturday and Sunday closest to May 15th Kanda Matsuri Tokyo
15th Aoi Matsuri (Hollyhock Festival) Kyoto
17th and 18th Shunki Reitaisai (Grand Festival of Spring), Nikko Tochigi
Third Sunday and preceeding Friday and Saturday Asakusa Sanja Matsuri Tokyo
Third Sunday Mifune Matsuri Kyoto
June
Date Festival Location
1st and 2nd Takigi Noh (Bonfire Noh performance), Kyoto Kyoto
14th Otaue Rice Planting Festival Osaka
Second Saturday Chagu Chagu Umako Horse Festival Iwate
10th to 16th Sanno Matsuri Tokyo


Atami Water
Fireworks Display
Shizuoka


Tezutsu Hanabi
(Hand-held large fireworks)
Shizuoka


Tatemon Festival
Toyama
July
Date Festival Location
1st to 15th Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival Fukuoka
14th Nachi-no-Hi-Matsuri Wakayama
1st to 29th Gion Matsuri Kyoto
22nd to 24th Warei Taisai Festival and Uwajima Ushi-Oni Matsuri Ehime
23rd to 25th Soma-Nomaoi (Wild Horse Racing) Fukushima
24th and 25th Tenjin Matsuri Festival Osaka
Late July to Early August (June 17th according to the lunar calendar) Miyajima Kangensai Festival Hiroshima
Last Saturday (held in case of light rain but postponed if the weather is bad) Sumida River Fireworks Display Tokyo
August
Date Festival Location
[Aomori Nebuta Matsuri]: 2nd to 7th
[Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri] : 1st to 7th		 Aomori Nebuta Matsuri and Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri Aomori
Mid-July to Early September Gujo Odori Dance Performance Gifu
3rd to 6th Akita Kanto Matsuri Akita
6th Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (The Memorial Ceremony for the Atomic Bomb Victims and the Peace Memorial Ceremony of Hiroshima City) Hiroshima
6th Yamagata Hanagasa Matsuri Yamagata
6th to 8th Sendai Tanabata Matsuri (Star Festival) Miyagi
12th to 15th Awa-Odori Folk Dance Festival in Tokushima Tokushima
15th & 16th Yamaga Toro Matsuri (Yamaga Lantern Festival) Kumamoto
16th Daimonji Gozan Okuribi (Daimonji Bonfire) Kyoto
26th and 27th Dai-Chochin Matsuri (Giant Lantern Festival) Aichi


Awa Odori (Dance)
Tokushima


Awa Odori (Dance)
Tokushima


Awa Odori (Dance)
Tokushima
    
September
Date Festival Location
1st to 3rd Owara Kaze-no-Bon Festival Toyama
14th to 16th Reitaisai Kanagawa
October
Date Festival Location
7th to 9th Nagasaki Kunchi Festival Nagasaki
For three days in early October Marimo Matsuri Hokkaido
9th and 10th Takayama Matsuri Autumn Festival Gifu
11th to 13th Ikegami Honmonji O-Eshiki Tokyo
11th to 13th Nada no Kenka Matsuri (Nada Fighting Festival) Hyogo
17th Nikko Toshogu Shrine Shuki Taisai Grand Autumn Festival Tochigo
22nd (postponed in case of rain) Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages) Kyoto
22nd (postponed in case of rain) Kurama no Hi-Matsuri (Kurama Fire Festival) Kyoto
November
Date Festival Location
3rd Hakone Daimyo Gyoretsu
(Feudal Lord's Procession in Hakone)		 Kanagawa
2nd to 4th Karatsu Kunchi Festival Saga
The days of the Tori or Rooster in November (the date changes each year, so please check the Japanese calendar) Tori-no-Ichi (Rake Fair) Tokyo


Parade of the bride
Akita


Snow Festival
Niigata


Ohara Hadaka Matsuri
Chiba
December
Date Festival Location
2nd and 3rd Chichibu Yomatsuri (Chichibu Night Festival) Saitoma
13th and 14th Gishi-sai Tokyo
17th to 19th Hagoita-Ichi (Battledore Fair) Tokyo
15th to 18th Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri Nara
31st Oga no Namahage (Oga Namahage Festival) Akita
31st Okera-Mairi Festival Kyoto

Traditional Events
February
Date Event
3rd or 4th Setsubun (Bean-Throwing Festival)
March
Date Event
3rd Hina-Matsuri (Doll Festival)
April
Date Event
8th Hana-Matsuri (Floral Festival)
July
Date Event
7th Tanabata (Star Festival)
13th to 15th O-Bon (Lantern Festival)
    


Snow Lantern Festival
Yamagata


Snow Lantern Festival
Yamagata


Snow Lantern Festival
Yamagata
November
Date Event
15th Shichi-Go-San (Children’s Shrine-Visiting Day)

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