Shizuoka’s Shimizu has a Tanabata festival that is locally famous. Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture has a good hanabi Taikai, famous for its fish shaped fireworks. But, these are only local festivals, but fun and interesting. In the spring, Shizuoka has Shizuoka Matsuri, to celebrate Tokugawa Ieyasu’s death on April 17, where there is a parade of people dressed in Edo jidai clothes and “tools”.