Get your festibaru here.
* = Close to where I live
*Chikugo Fire Festival - first week
Snowboarding - Mizuho, Hiroshima Prefecture
February
*Nagasaki Lantern Festival
Okayama Naked Man Festival (2 hours from Fukuoka by bullet train)
*Tachibana Plum Blossom Viewing Festival
March
I have a lot of free time and can take off work!
April
*Hanami - Pink Cherry Blossom time!
Perfect weather for hiking
May
Golden Week = free time for me : ) ...and every other person : (
*Wisteria Festival
*Tagawa Festival
*Saga Mud Olympics
June
Cool festivals in cities on the island I don`t live on.
Exams the last week, so I can take you places!
July
*Fireworks. Everywhere.
*Omuta Dragon Dance Festival, or something
August
*Isla de Salsa - Latin music festival in Fukuoka Harbour
*Chikugo River Fireworks. Awesome.
September
*Fukushima High School Sports Festival. It`s a spectacle.
*Hakshusei Festival - celebration of local poet on the canals of
Yanagawa
Two national holidays - 23rd and third Monday
October
***The Queen of Yame`s birthday***
*Yabusame - mounted archery
Nejime Dragon Boat Festival
Return of comfortable weather
November
*Joyo Shakehands International Exchange Event of Some Kind
*Joyo Kinma (sled-pulling) Festival
*Fukuoka Grand Sumo Tournament
Mid-Year Seminar - Last week of the month. I`m afraid I can't skip it..
December
*End-of-year parties. Meet Japanese people!