Well, if any of you are planning for a trip to Japan you may want to
plan it so that when you visit Aizu you are there when they are having
a festival...
Aizu higan shishi
21 March
Aizu wakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture
Lion dances are performed around the city marking the end of the long
winter and the Buddhist services of the equinoctial week.
Source....
http://japanvisitor.com/jc/mar_fest.html