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January

• New Year's Day Festival at Mt. Tsukuba Shrine (Jan 1)
• Kami Iwasaki, Hiyoshi Shrine Festivals (Jan 12)
• Coming of Age Day (Jan 13)
• Kenko Marathon (Late Jan)
• Hirasawa Kanga Historical Ruins Grass Burning Event (Late Jan)

February

• Fukujyuso Festival (Feb 1-28)
• Iina Shrine Festival (with Daruma Festival) (Mid Feb)
• Hokuto Temple Star Festival (Mid Feb)
• Izumi Kosodate Kannon Spring Festival
• Hinosawa Tsukiyomi Shrine Festival
• Soft Mini Volleyball Game (Mid Feb)
• Ibaraki Flower Festa 2013 (Feb 16,17)
• Mount Tsukuba Plum Blossom Festival (Mid Feb to Mid Mar)

March

• Kokage Shrine Silkworm Festival (Mar 28)
• Challenge Art Festival

April

• Ozagawari (Apr 1)
• Hojo Pond Cherry Blossom Festival (2 weeks from April 1)
• Katakuri no Hana (Fawn Lily) Festival (Apr 1 - 20)
• Tsukuba Mayor's Cup (U-18 Soccer) (Beginning of April)
• Kanamura Wakeikazuchi Shrine Festival (second Sat/Sun in April)
• Science and Technology Week (Week of Apr 18)
• Mt. Tsukuba Tsutsuji (Azalea) Festival (Apr 21 - May 20)
• Earth Day Tsukuba

May

• Mount Kowatari Flower Festival (Mid May)
• Tsukuba Gakuen Walk Rally (Mid May)
• Tsukuba Festival / International Exchange Fair (second Sat/Sun in May)
• Welcome Flower City Tsukuba
• Tsukuba Mayor's Cup (High School Baseball) (Late May)
• Tsukuba International Sports Competition

June

• Tsukuba International Walk (Jun 2,3)
• Pick-Your-Own Blueberries (Mid June - Mid August)
• Ibaraki Open - Tsukuba Mayor's Cup (Tennis tournament) (Late June)

July

• Tsukuba Chibikko Hakase 2013 (Jul 21 - Aug 31)
• Ichinoya Garlic Festival (Mid Jul)
• The 62nd Shakai wo Akaruku suru Undo
• Mt. Tsukuba Tanabata Festival (Late July)

August

• Mount Tsukuba Toad Festival (first Sun in Aug)
• Omido Lantern Festival at Mt. Tsukuba Temple
• Tsukuba Mayor's Cup (U-15 Soccer) (Late Aug)
• Matsuri Tsukuba (Late Aug)
• Art Town Tsukuba (Late Aug)
• Hirasawa Kanga Ruins Light-up (Late August)

September

• Amaboki Lantern Festival at Itsukushima Shrine (Sat near Sep 9)
• Oguki Yasaka Shrine Lantern Festival
• Hakke Ruisui Lantern Festival (Sep 15)
• Tsukuba International Music Festival (End of Sep to Mid Nov)
• Sunflower Festival (Late Sep)
• Sweet Potato Digging (Late Sept - October)

October

• I Love Ibaraki Festival
• Tsukuba Monogatari
• Tsukuba Sanroku Autumn Festival (Late Oct - November)
• Tsukuba Industrial Fair and Agricultural Fair (Late October)

November

• Ozagawari at Mt. Tsukuba Shrine (Nov 1)
• Chrysanthemum Festival at Matsumi Park (Early Nov)
• Culture Festivals (Early Nov)
• Tsukuba International Speech Contest (Early Nov)
• Kanamura Wakeikazuchi Shrine Festival (Nov 23)
• Tsukuba Marathon (last Sun in Nov)
• Christmas Illumination and Concert
• Tsukuba World Futsal (Mid November)

December

• One Hundred Christmas Trees
• Hinosawa Tsukiyomi Shrine Festival (Dec 16)
• Doro Ichi (Dec 28)

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