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Plan Japan's festival season by date or map.
Browse major fireworks and regional festivals. Recheck weather, access, tickets, and schedule changes with the official organizer before travel.
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October 2026
Apr 28, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026
Hokkaido
Lake Toya Long-Run Fireworks
Toyako · Lake Toya Onsen waterfront
Fireworks over the lake every night from late April to the end of October, from about 8:45 p.m.
Aug 30, 2026 - Jan 31, 2027
Tokyo
9th Edomachi Taito Geiraku Festival
Taito City · Asakusa Public Hall, Ueno Park Outdoor Stage, Taito 1-chome Community Hall, and others
A relaxed celebration of the performing arts and culture handed down through generations in the stylish Edo-era town of Taito, running from August 30, 2026 to January 31, 2027. Theater performances, yose rakugo storytelling, workshops, and other programs take place across venues such as Asakusa Public Hall and Ueno Park.
Sep 5, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026
Nagano
All Japan New Fireworks Challenge Cup 2026
Suwa City · Over Lake Suwa in front of Lakeside Park, Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture
Held on select dates from September 5 to October 31, 2026, featuring a tournament-style competition of 20 pyrotechnicians from across Japan with qualifying rounds in September and the finals in October over Lake Suwa.
Sep 13, 2026 - Nov 23, 2026
Shizuoka
Autumn Atami Marine Fireworks Festival
Atami City · Atami Bay (Atami Port 7.5m Quay to Sea Fishing Facility)
Held on select dates from September 13 to November 23, 2026, delivering powerful stadium-like acoustics and beautiful water reflections across Atami Bay.
Oct 19-23, 2026
Hyogo
Minato Hanabi 2026: 5 Days Coloring Kobe
Chuo Ward, Kobe · Meriken Park
Held over five days from October 19 to October 23, 2026, presenting two daily shows—music-synchronized fireworks and silent fireworks—along the Kobe waterfront.
Oct 24, 2026
Fukuoka
Kukinoumi Fireworks Festival
Wakamatsu Ward, Kitakyushu · Dokai Bay and Around Wakato Bridge
Held on October 24, 2026, launching about 4,500 fireworks over Dokai Bay near Wakato Bridge synchronized to the rhythm of jazz music.
Oct 24, 2026
Niigata
Nagaoka Fireworks Halloween Fantasy
Nagaoka City · Echigo Hillside National Government Park
Held in collaboration with Halloween Magic on October 24, 2026, featuring a 30-minute show of six music-synchronized starmine fireworks displays at Echigo Hillside National Government Park.
Oct 24, 2026
Osaka Prefecture
18th Takeuchi Kaido Lantern Road Festival
Taishi Town, Minamikawachi District · From Kasuga-Nishi Intersection to Michi-no-Eki "Chikatsu Asuka no Sato Taishi", Taishi Town
A community-made festival on October 24, 2026 that lights up the Takeuchi Kaido, Japan's oldest government road and Osaka's first Japan Heritage site, with some 2,500 lamps. Student brass band performances and gallery displays join a simultaneous "Marche de Taishi Night Market" with food trucks and game stalls.
Oct 24, 2026
Tokyo
Tokyo Bay Grand Fireworks Festival
Chuo City · Offshore of Harumi Pier, Tokyo Bay
Revived after about 11 years for the 80th anniversaries of Chuo and Minato wards; roughly 12,000 shells over Tokyo Bay.
Oct 24, 2026
Shizuoka
75th City Anniversary Yaizu Marine Fireworks Festival (51st)
Yaizu City · Yaizu Port New Port
Held on October 24, 2026, showcasing modern pyrotechnic artistry with 2-shakudama giant shells and starmine displays over the spacious grounds of Yaizu New Port.
Oct 25, 2026
Aichi
Benten Chigo Children's Procession
Minamichita Town, Chita District · Iwayaji Temple (Sohonzan of Owari Koyasan Shu)
A chigo (children's) procession held October 25, 2026 at Iwayaji Temple, praying that Benzaiten's blessing reaches the children and that their studies and artistic pursuits improve. Boys dress in eboshi caps and girls in robes with hagoromo evoking Benzaiten, each carrying a ladle inspired by the temple's Benten legend; advance reservation via the temple website is required.
Oct 31, 2026 - Nov 1, 2026
Aichi
70th Ee Ja Nai Ka Toyohashi Matsuri
Toyohashi · Toyohashi Station to Toyohashi Park area
The largest citizen festival in the eastern Mikawa region, held October 31-November 1, 2026 around Toyohashi Station and Toyohashi Park. Highlights include mass so-odori dancing, DANCE ZANMAI, the TOYOHASHI BIG PARADE, children's attractions and local culture and produce fairs.
Oct 31, 2026
Hyogo
Itami Fireworks Festival (46th)
Itami City · Kozu Bridge Riverside Grounds
Held on October 31, 2026, offering spectators up-close views of spectacular fireworks bursting directly overhead along the Kozu Bridge riverbed.
Oct 31, 2026
Hyogo
Night Fantasy Illusion 2026
Takasago City · Hyogo Prefectural Takasago Seaside Park
Held on Halloween, October 31, 2026, delivering Hyogo's only illusion show that fuses fireworks, music, and lasers at Takasago Seaside Park.
Oct 31, 2026
Osaka
Osaka Art Fireworks 2026
Izumisano City · Rinku Park Special Venue
Held on October 31, 2026, presenting a 50-minute non-stop artistic fireworks show synchronized to music within 1/30th of a second against Osaka Bay.
November 2026
Nov 2-4, 2026
Saga
Karatsu Kunchi
Karatsu · Karatsu Shrine and the old castle town streets
November 2-4 every year; fourteen giant lacquered hikiyama floats parade, including the November 3 beach pull.
Nov 2-3, 2026
Kagoshima
Ohara Matsuri
Kagoshima · Tenmonkan district
Southern Kyushu's largest dance festival; some 20,000 dancers fill the Tenmonkan streets on November 2-3.
Nov 7, 2026
Hyogo
Inagawa Fireworks Festival 2026
Kawanishi City · Inagawa Riverbed
Held on November 7, 2026, jointly organized by Kawanishi and Ikeda cities to launch about 4,000 fireworks along the Inagawa riverbed.
Nov 7, 2026
Aichi
Toyohashi Festival of Flame (31st)
Toyohashi City · Kamome Plaza Youth Soccer Ground
Held on November 7, 2026, featuring Higashi-Mikawa's traditional handheld tube fireworks shooting towering pillars of sparks alongside set-piece and aerial fireworks.
Nov 7, 2026
Ibaraki
Tsuchiura All-Japan Fireworks Competition
Tsuchiura · Sakuragawa riverbank near Gakuen Ohashi Bridge
One of Japan's three great fireworks competitions, held on the first Saturday of November.
Nov 8, 2026
Hyogo
Awaji Island Festival Fireworks Festival (79th)
Sumoto City · Inside Ohama Park
Held in autumn on November 8, 2026, launching colorful fireworks over Ohama Coast alongside traditional festival food stalls.
Nov 14-15, 2026
Aichi
Kira Matsuri 2026
Nishio · Yosuka Park (former Komaki Ground)
A two-day festival of industry and culture for the Kira and Hazu area, held November 14-15, 2026 at Yosuka Park. The program features gourmet food stalls and open-air markets, product fairs, a children's playground and stage shows by comedians and musicians, fun for adults and kids alike.
Nov 21, 2026
Osaka
The Day Expo's Night Sky Becomes Art 2026 (5th)
Suita City · Expo Commemoration Park East Plaza
Held on November 21, 2026, featuring 15,000 fireworks synchronized to music down to 1/100th of a second along with 3D drone art and immersive lighting.
Nov 21, 2026
Aichi
Hanabi Koshien: National Pyrotechnicians No. 1 Championship (6th)
Gamagori City · Laguna Beach
Held on November 21, 2026, gathering over 20 pyrotechnicians from across Japan to launch 10,000 competition and musical entertainment fireworks at Laguna Beach.
Nov 23, 2026
Nagano
Nagano Ebisuko Fireworks Festival
Nagano · Sai River green space near Nagano Olympic Stadium
Held on November 23 every year; a rare late-autumn display known for crisp air and clear bursts.
Nov 23, 2026
Osaka Prefecture
Sumiyoshi Taisha Niinamesai (Harvest Thanksgiving Festival)
Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City · Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine
Niinamesai is an important rite in which newly harvested grain is offered to the gods in gratitude for the year's harvest, observed as a grand festival at shrines across Japan. At Sumiyoshi Taisha it is solemnly celebrated on November 23, 2026, with the first ears of rice presented to report the harvest to the deities.
Nov 28-29, 2026
Fukuoka
Momiji Hachimangu Autumn Leaves Festival
Sawara Ward, Fukuoka · Momiji Hachimangu Shrine
An autumn festival held November 28-29, 2026 on the vividly colored grounds of Momiji Hachimangu Shrine. Visitors can receive limited-edition goshuin stamps, browse nearly 20 street stalls, enjoy Japanese umbrella lantern lighting, and watch traditional Tsukushi Mai dance and Momi Taiko drum dedicatory performances.
December 2026
Dec 2-3, 2026
Saitama
Chichibu Night Festival
Chichibu · Chichibu Shrine and central Chichibu
Ornate festival floats parade on December 2-3; the December 3 climax pairs floats with winter fireworks.
Dec 6, 2026 - Feb 21, 2027
Shizuoka
Atami Marine Fireworks Festival
Atami City · Atami Bay (Atami Port 7.5m Quay to Sea Fishing Facility)
Held on select dates from December 6, 2026 to February 21, 2027, featuring dynamic stadium-like acoustics echoing across Atami Bay and stunning fireworks reflected on the water.
Dec 31, 2026
Osaka Prefecture
Sumiyoshi Taisha Year-End Purification (Oharae-shiki) and New Year's Eve Festival (Jyoyasai)
Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City · Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine
A rite of purification on December 31, 2026, in which participants cleanse themselves of the year's transgressions with kirinusa and pray for the warding off of plague and misfortune. The New Year's Eve festival follows, giving thanks for the passing year as it ends and praying for a happy new year.
January 2027
Jan 1, 2027
Osaka Prefecture
Sumiyoshi Taisha Wakamizu Ritual and Gantansai (New Year's Day Festival)
Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City · Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine
On January 1, 2027, the head priest draws sacred "wakamizu" (first water) from the shrine well in bamboo tubes to offer to the gods, a water believed to purify and rejuvenate. At the moment of the first sunrise, the Gantansai festival then prays for the nation's prosperity and abundant harvests, performed at the main hall and every sub-shrine in the precincts.
Jan 9-10, 2027
Osaka Prefecture
Sumiyoshi Taisha Ebessan (Ichinoebisu Daikokusha Annual Festival)
Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City · Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine
Deeply revered by business owners as "Sumiyoshi's Ebessan," this annual festival features a sacred burning of wooden prayer tablets inscribed with wishes. On January 9-10, 2027, the grounds bustle with crowds seeking lucky bamboo rakes (fukuzasa) and kicho charms.
Jan 14-15, 2027
Nagano
Otaya Festival
Nagawa, Chiisagata District · Furumachi Toyouke Daijingu Shrine
This annual shrine festival, held January 14-15, is best known for its ornate dashi floats, designated an intangible folk cultural property of Nagano Prefecture, which are dedicated at five locations. A fireworks display also lights up the midwinter night sky on the evening of the 14th.
Jan 15, 2027
Osaka Prefecture
Sumiyoshi Taisha Tondo Festival (Old Charm Burning Rite)
Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City · Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine
The Sumiyoshi Tondo festival burns New Year's sacred ropes and decorations in a sacred fire on January 15, 2027. Exposure to the smoke is said to protect against illness for the year ahead, and the rite draws great numbers of worshippers.
February 2027
Feb 3, 2027
Osaka Prefecture
Sumiyoshi Taisha Setsubun Festival
Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City · Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine
Marking the turning point from winter to spring, this festival at Sumiyoshi Taisha on February 3, 2027 holds a ceremony welcoming the new spring and prays for the removal of calamity and the arrival of fortune. In the Shinden hall, the Tsuina Hoshashiki archery rite solemnly shoots arrows at a large target representing demons before many worshippers.