Events - Event Schedule 2011-2012 March
The event schedule of 2011-2012 until March 2011 is as follows.
| Date | Event | Place | Contact |
| Apr 14-21 | Nighttime Cherry Blossom Viewing | Matsumoto Castle | Matsumoto Castle
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| Apr 25 | Utsukushigahara Plateau Mountain Opening Festival | Utsukushigahara Kogen(Plateau)Mountain | Matsumoto City Tourism and Hot Spring Division |
| Apr 27 | Kamikochi Opening Festival | Kamikochi | Matsumoto City Alps Tourism Administration |
May 1 | Harquebuses Shooting Event at Matsumoto Castle (Demonstration of Traditional Japanese Guns) | Matsumoto Castle Garden | Matsumoto Castle Office |
| May 3 | Matsumoto Children's Festival | Alps Park | Matsumoto City Youth Division |
| May 4-5 | Ofune Festival | Satoyamabe | Matsumoto City Tourism and Hot Spring Division |
| May 21 | Mizu Walk Azumino Festival | Azusa area waterside path | Shimin Times |
May 29 | Nomugi-Toge pass festival | Nomugi-Toge pass | Matsumoto City Nagawa Branch Tourism Division |
| May 28-29 | Craft Fair Matsumoto | Agatanomori park | NPO Matsumoto Craft Association |
| June 5-June 5 | Shinshu Yume Kaidou (Road of Dreams) Festival | Sky Park Yamabiko Dome | Nagano Broadcast Central and South Office |
| Jun 21-July 11 | Flower Clock Park's annual Flower Contest | Flower Clock Park | Matsumoto City Parks and Green Division |
| Jun 4-Jun 5 | Weston Festival (A festival in honor of British Alpinist, Walter Weston) | Kamikochi | Nihon Sangaku Kai Shinano Office |
| Jun 11 | Kamikochi Music Festival | Kamikochi Konashi Daira camping place | Kamikochi Tourism Accommodations Association |
| May 28-29 | Matsumoto Temari (Silk-wound ball) clock festival | The M-wing building (Matsumoto Central Municipal Hall) | Matsumoto Temari (Silk-wounds ball) clock festival Committee |
| Jun 26 | Tour de Utsukushigahara Heights -- hill climb bike race | Asama Onsen area to Utsukushigahara Heights | Asama Hot spring Tourism Association |
| Jun 19 | Heavenly Marathon in Norikura | Mt. Norikura Echo Line | Shinshu Norikura heights Tenku Marathon Committee |
| Jun 25-26 | Frog Fest | Nawate Street | Frog Fest Committee |
| July 14 | Yasaka-sama Festival | Fukashi, Okanomiya, Shiogama Shrine | Matsumoto City Tourism and Hot Spring Division |
| Jul 23-24 | Nature's Playground -- experience the Nature of Matsumoto (Naturing Festa) | Flower Clock Park, Metoba River, Alps Park, etc. | Naturing Festa Committee |
| Jul 24-25 | Tenjin Festival | Fukashi Shirine, Matsumoto Downtown | Matsumoto City Tourism and Hot Spring Division |
| Jul 30- 31 | Matsumoto Castle Taiko (Japanese Drum) Festival | Matsumoto Castle Park | Matsumoto City Tourism and Hot spring Division |
| Jul 30 | Matsumoto Azusagawa-Hata area Suirin Fireworks Festival | Azusagawa Sisuien & Hata Sensuda Undo Park | Fireworks Festival Committee |
| Aug 6 | Matsumoto Bon-Bon dance Festival | Downtown | Matsumoto Chamber of Commerce |
| Aug 8 | Matsumoto Castle Takigi-Noh | Matsumoto Castle | Matsumoto Castle Office |
| Aug 8-29 | Saito Kinen Festival with special Matsumoto related performances | Nagano Prefectural Matsumoto Culture Hall | Matsumoto City International Music Festival Division |
| Aug 14-16 | Castle Bon Dance Festival | Matsumoto Castle Garden | Matsumoto City Lifelong Study Division |
| Aug 20-21 | Karasawa Music Festival | Karasawa Cirque("kaar") | Karasawa Mountain Hut |
| Aug 28 | All Japan Norikura Mountain Cycling Race | Norikura Highland | Japan Cycling Association 03-3583-5628 |
| Sep 24 | Dosojin Festival | Utsukushigahara Hot Spring | Utsukushigahara Hot Spring |
| Sep 8-Sep 14 | Moon Viewing Party | Matsumoto Castle Garden | Matsumoto Castle Office |
| Sep 24-25 | Tryjin Festival | Asama Hot Spring | Tryjin Festival Committee |
| Oct 1-3 | Yohashira Shrine Festival | Yohashira Shrine and Nawate Street | Yohashira Shrine |
| Oct 3 | Asama Hot Spring Fire Festival | Asama Hot Spring | Asama Hot Spring |
| Oct 8 | Myojin Pond Float Festival | Kamikochi | Azumino City Hotaka Shrine |
| Oct 8-10 | Shinshu Matsumoto Soba Festival | Matsumoto Castle Garden | Shimin Times |
| Oct 10 | Castle Festival Tea Ceremony Party | Matsumoto Castle | Matsumoto Castle Office |
| Sep 10 | Patagonia Presents "Banff Mountain Film Festival in Japan Matsumoto" | Norikura Highlands | Sky High Mountain Works 0797-34-3299 |
| Oct 16 | Harquebuses Shooting Event at Matsumoto Castle (Demonstration of Traditional Japanese Guns) | Matsumoto Castle Garden | Matsumoto Castle Office |
| Oct 24-Nov 6 | The Castle Festival "Chrysanthemum Fair" | Matsumoto Castle Garden | Matsumoto Castle Office |
| Nov 3 | Matsumoto Citizen's Festival | Downtown | Matsumoto Chamber of Commerce |
| Nov 15 | Kamikochi Mountain Autumn Closing Festival | Kamikochi | Matsumoto City Azumi Branch Tourism Division |
| Mid Dec-Late Dec | Ski Resort Opening Events | Ski Resorts in Matsumoto | Matsumoto City Alps Tourism Administration Matsumoto City Nagawa Branch Tourism Division |
| Jan 3 | Matsumoto Castle "Gate Opening" Ceremony and Events | Matsumoto Castle | Matsumoto Castle Office |
| Early Jan | Ameichi "Candy Festival" | Downtown | Matsumoto City Commerce and Industry Division |
| Early Mar | Fukujuso (Far East Amur Adonis) Flower Festival | Shiga Akanuta Adonis Flowers Area | Matsumoto City Shiga Branch Economic Division |