Best Fireworks Festival In Japan
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Nagaoka Firework is one of the three biggest fireworks in Japan. The power is overwhelming at all. The fireworks spreading as far as the eyes can see.
Name
Nagaoka Firework Festival
Address
Okamura-machi, Nagaoka-shi, NiigataGoogle Map
How to get there
30 min walk from JR Nagaoka Station. 60 min by car from Niigata city. Take bus from the extra parking area.
They have held it every August for more than 30 years in Otsu, Shiga Pref. Skyrockets is of course powerful, and the directions that makes the most of its location above the lake is worth seeing.
Name
Lake Biwa Firework Festival
Address
1-1 Chagasaki, Otsu-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
How to get there
On foot, 15 min from JR Ōtsu Station, 10 min from JR Ōtsukyo Station, or 5 min from JR Hamaōtsu Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
Kihoku Tōrō Matsuri is a summer festival in Kihoku town. The biggest highlights of firework are Saiun Kujaku and Saishoku Senrin, which you can see only here. In 2018, it was postponed for the typhoon, and held on September 8th.
Name
Kihoku Tōrō Festival
Address
Nagashima Kihoku-cho, Kitamuro-gun, MieGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min walk from JR Kii Nagashima Starion. By car or taxi, 60 min from Tsu Station.
Parking
Free parking area is available
I introduce this summer's most moving fireworks display in Koga! It's finale was emblazoned by 'Saishoku Senrin' a kind of Japanese skyrocket. It was shot off in the sky far above the Koga town, and the thousands of small flowers blooming in the night sky are awesome! Please come to see them on this spot next year!
Name
Koga Fireworks Festival
Address
10-1 Nishi-machi, Koga-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
How to get there
Walk: 20min from JR Koga Station, or 5min from Shin-koga Station of Tobu Railway. Car: 20min from Tatebayashi IC of Tohoku Speedway.
Parking
Parking area is available
You can see the best night view of Kagawa Prefecture and the fireworks above the Seto Inland Sea at the same time from Shishi-no Reigan Observatory. It can command the evening glow before the fireworks, and after that, the great night view of Takamatsu. It's gorgeous spot, isn't it?◎5 min walk from Yashima Mountain Top Parking Area. The parking area requires 300 yen. The Yashima Dive Way was toll road but now it's free. You should except for the traffic jam after the firework.
Name
Takamatsu Summer Festival
Address
4 Sunport, Takamatsu-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
You can see Fireworks around Takamatsu Station, ferry terminal, Yashima Mountain Observatory, and so on.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
It's very impressive from the opening! I couldn't take my eyes off from the fireworks to the finale.
Name
Edogawa Firework Festival
Address
Prefectural Shinozaki Park 1-25 Kami-shinozaki, Edogawa-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min walk from Shinozaki Station
Ōmagari Firework Festival in Akita is one of the three biggest firework festivals in Japan. All spectators get so excited, and the festival becomes like a live music concert. The fireworks shot off as long as 700 meters have enough height and is really worth seeing. Let's visit all of the three biggest firework festivals in Japan!
Name
Omagari National Fireworks Competition
Address
2 Omagari Funaba-cho, Daisen-shi, AkitaGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min walk from JR Omagari Station
Parking
Free parking area is available
Miyajima of Hiroshima Prefecture, has large fireworks display every summer. The scene of fireworks behind the torii gives us goose bumps. I really want you all to see it actually ones in your lives.
Name
Itsukushima Shrine
Address
1-1 Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi-shi, HiroshimaGoogle Map
Tel
0829-44-2020
Hours
6:30-18:00
How to get there
Go to Miyajima-guchi Station of JR or Hiroden (streetcar), then walk to ferry terminal. There're two ferry terminals of Matsudai Kisen or JR, both of them go to Miyajima for 10 or 15 min. To Itsukushima Shrine, 10 min walk from Miyajima Port.
Because of the surrounding mountains, the sound of skyrockets reverberate impressively and the presence is moving. The skyocket named Niagara is well known.
Name
Atami Kaijyo Hanabi Event
Address
Higashikaigan-cho, Atami-shi, ShizuokaGoogle Map
After enjoy 'PORTO EUROPE' with a townscape of Europe, and Kuroshio Market, you can see the fireworks for the finishing of a day.
Name
Wakayama Marina City
Address
1527 Kemi, Wakayama-shi, WakayamaGoogle Map
Hours
10:00-
How to get there
10 min by car, or 15 min by bus from JR Nankai Station
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Wakakusa-yama Yaki is held on forth Saturday of January every year. Yama-yaki (mountain burning) and fireworks don't start at the same time, but both of them are worth seeing so much. You should go next year!
Name
Mt. Wakakusa
Address
496 Zoushi-cho, Nara-shi, NaraGoogle Map
How to get there
To go to the mountain top, 40min from both of Horai IC and Tenri IC by car. Or, 13min from Nara Station to Kasuga Taisha Honden by bus, then walk 45min.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Oni Hanabi (Demon's Firework) is a limited event on Thursdays and Fridays at Noboribetsu Onsen hot spring town. The demons appear from the darkness and dance for exorcism as a back ground of Jigokudani (Hell Valley). At the climax of the how, they spark the very strong fire works in hands! Together with the hot spring. it could be a great experience of your summer.◎This show is taken place on only Thursdays and Fridays, and not on weekends! If you have car, Jigokudani parking area is available. For people use public transportation, there's bus from Noboribetsu to Noboribetsu Onsen, but staying at Noboribetsu Onsen would be better.
Name
Jigokudani Observatory
Address
Noboribetsu Onsen, Noboribetsu-shi, HokkaidoGoogle Map
How to get there
By bus, 15 min from JR Noboribetsu Station, or 60 min from Shin Chitose Airport to Noboribetsu Onsen, then 10 min walk. By car, 60 min from Shin Chitose Airport. Toll parking area is available.
It's a great firework festival opened in the side of Kinugawa Lake in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, which gathers over 100 thousand people every year. Because almost all of the great firework makers in Japan show their fireworks, you must be satisfied this summer festival so much.◎Access: 15 min walk from Mitsukaido Station of Kanto Railway Joso Line. They prepare toll observation seats you can buy on the very day of the firework festival.
Name
Joso Kinugawa Firework Festival
Address
Hashimoto Sports Park, Joso-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min walk from Mitsukaido Station. 80 min by car from Mito city. Free parking area is available.
A summer event in Kumagaya. The biggest size of firework is No.10 (a firework ball 30 centimeters in diameter), and the number of firework is about 10 thousand. It's a biggest festival in Kanto Region, so about 450 thousand audiences come to see it from inside and outside the city every year.◎Access: 5min walk from South Gate of Kumagaya Station. You should use the public transport.
Name
Kumagaya Firework Festival
Address
Arakawa Riverside Kawara-cho, Kumagaya-shi, SaitamaGoogle Map
How to get there
5 min walk from the South gate of JR Kumagaya Station. By car, 30 min from Higashi Matsuyama IC.
The biggest firework 'Yonshaku-dama (firework ball 120 centimeters in diameter)', and 15 thousand fireworks explode in the sky of Konosu City.
Name
Konosu Firework Festival
Address
1073-2 Nukata, Konosu-shi, SaitamaGoogle Map
How to get there
6 min by bus from JR Konosu Station to Tamamiya Elementary School, then walk 5 min. 40 min by car from Higashi Matsuyama IC.
Starmine means consecutive rapid-fired fireworks. I enjoyed 'hot summer night' for the fireworks and the excitement of the audience. I want to come again next year, too.◎Location: Tone-gawa Riverside, Owatari Bridge. Parking area: free for 6200 cars. Access: 15min by bus from JR Maebashi Station to Iwagami Elementary School, then 10min walk. By car, from Kan'etsu Speedway Maebashi IC, 15min via 17th National Road and 105 Prefectural Road.
Name
Maebashi Firework Festival
Address
Soja Soja-machi, Maebashi-shi, GunmaGoogle Map
How to get there
By bus, 15min from JR Maebashi Station to Iwagami Elementary School, then walk 10min. By car, 15min from Kan'etsu Speedway Maebashi IC.
The expansive rice fields were filled up with the excitement of fireworks and audience. I want to visit again neat time.◎25min by bus from JR Shinmachi Station to Tamanura City Hall, then walk 20min. Or 35min by bus from JR Takasaki Station to Tamanura City Hall, then walk 20min. Starmine: consecutive rapid-fired fireworks Shakudama: a firework ball which is 30 centimeters in diameter
Name
Tamamura Firework Festival
Address
Kamifukushima Tamanura-machi, Sawa-gun, GunmaGoogle Map
How to get there
25min by bus from Tamanura City Hall, then walk 20min.
In 2018, Nagaragawa Chūnichi Firework Festival was postponed for a month because of typhoon. In addition, the other firework festivals in this area were canceled, so many people visited this year.
Name
Nagaragawa Chūnichi Firework Festival
Address
Between Nagara Bridge and Kinka Bridge. the side of Nagara River, Gifu-shi, GifuGoogle Map
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
Shuttle bus is available from JR Gifu Station. By car or taxi, 8 min from Gifu Station.
Parking
Free parking area is available
I should say it's worthy to be the birthplace of cylinder firework on hand, both the number of fireworks and how they show fireworks are on a high level. You can see eye to eye with the firework-holders, and take pictures of their expressions.◎Toyohashi Gion Festival on July 20th in 2018. This year, the tripod is prohibited, but we can use monopod.
Name
Yoshida Shrine
Address
2 Sekiya-cho, Toyohashi-shi, AichiGoogle Map
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
5 min walk from Shiyakusho-mae Station
Parking
Parking area is available
Fireworks are set off everyday on the frozen Akan Lake. No entrance fees. It's very beautiful and we can enjoy different atmosphere from summer. If you travel in the east Hokkaido, please visit here, too.
Name
Lake Akan
Address
Akanko Onsen Akan-cho, Kushiro-shi, HokkaidoGoogle Map
How to get there
By car or bus, 70 min from Kushiro Airport, 70 min from JR Kushiro Station, 240 min from Sapporo city.
Parking
Parking area is available
