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Matsuri! Traditional Summer Festivals in Japan 2022

July 1-15: Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival, Fukuoka

July 1-31: Gion Festival

July 8-10: Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival, Kanagawa

July 16: Ueno Park Festival, Tokyo

July 20-22: Kumatani Uchiwa (Fan) Festival, Saitama

July 22-Aug. 17: Sapporo Summer Festival, Hokkaido

July 23: Matsuri Erekoccha Dance Festival, Miyazaki

July 23-24: Ogionsa Summer Festival, Kagoshima

July 24-25: Osaka Tenjin Festival, Osaka

July 28: Haneda Festival, Tokyo

July 29-30: Chidorigafuchi Moat Floating Lantern Festival, Tokyo

July 30-31: Nagasaki Minato Festival, Nagasaki

Aug. 1-4: Morioka Sansa Dance Festival, Iwate

Aug. 2-7: Aomori Nebuta Festival, Aomori

Aug. 2-3: Nagaoka Fireworks Festival, Niigata

Aug. 3: Tsukiji Honganji Bon Odori Festival, Tokyo

Aug. 3-6: Akita Kanto Festival, Akita

Aug. 5: Chikugogawa River Fireworks Festival, Fukuoka 

Aug. 5-7: Oita Tanabata Festival, Oita

Aug. 5-7: Hinokuni Summer Festival, Kumamoto

Aug. 5-7: Yamagata Hanagasa Festival, Yamagata

Aug. 5-7: Fukushima Waraji Festival, Fukushima

Aug. 5-7: Niigata Festival, Niigata

Aug. 6: 57th Nakameguro Summer Festival

Aug. 6-7: Onmaku Fireworks Festival, Ehime

Aug. 6-8: Sendai Tanabata Festival, Miyagi

Aug. 10-11: Yosakoi Festival, Kochi

Aug. 12-15: Gujo Odori Bon Dance Festival, Gifu

Aug. 12-15: Awa Odori Dance Festival, Tokushima

Aug. 19-21: Okinawa All-Island Eisa Summer Festival, Okinawa

Aug. 20: Hirafu Matsuri, Hokkaido

Aug. 20-21: Okayama Momotaro Summer Festival, Okayama

Aug. 27: Akita Omagari Fireworks Festival, Akita

Sept. 1-3: Owara Kaze no Bon Festival, Toyama

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