Name Matsuri Note Place Aoi held at Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine in May Kyoto Atsuta held at Atsuta Shrine in June Nagoya Awa Odori held at Tokushima, Tokushima in August Tokushima, Tokushima Dontaku held on 3-4 May Fukuoka Gion held in July Kyoto Hadaka held in February Okayama Hakata Gion Yamakasa held at Kushida-jinja in July Fukuoka Hōnen held at Tagata Shrine in March Komaki Jidai held on October 22 Kyoto Kanamara held at Kanayama shrine in April Kawasaki Kanda held at Kanda Myojin shrine in May Tokyo Kanto held on August 3–7 Akita Kishiwada Danjiri held in September Kishiwada Kumagaya Uchiwa Festival held on July 19-23 Saitama Nagasaki Kunchi held on 7-9 October Nagasaki Miki Autumn Harvest Festival held at Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine in October Miki Nada no Kenka held at Matsubara Hachiman Shrine in October 14–15 Himeji Nagoya held in Hisaya Ōdori Park in Sakae, Nagoya Nagoya Nebuta held from August 2-7 Aomori Neputa (Hirosaki) held in the first week of August Hirosaki Ojima Neputa Festival held on August 14-15 Gunma Sanja held at Asakusa Shrine in May Tokyo Sannō held at Hie Shrine in June Tokyo Tanabata held on 6-8 August Sendai Tenjin held at Ōsaka Tenman-gū in July Osaka Wakakusa Yamayaki held at Nara in fourth Saturday of January Nara Yosakoi Matsuri held in Kochi in August Kochi Yotaka held at Tonami, Toyama in June Toyama