During July and August,many fireworks events are planned throughout Japan.
It is just so fantastic to see the contest of the fireworks of various sizes.
July 5 (Sat), 2025
Benten-jima Fireworks Festival
| Place | Benten-jima Kaihin par MAP |
| Time | 7:30pm ~ 8:30pm ※Rain or shine |
Fireworks display at a location overlooking the shore of Lake Hamana. A music stage event is scheduled for 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm during the noon session.
July 26 (Sat), 2025
Enshu Arai Tezutsu hanabi (Hand-held fireworks) Festival
| Place | Arai Junior high school MAP |
| Time | 7:30pm〜 ※Rain or shine |
It has a history of more than 260 years as dedicatory fireworks of Suwa Shrine. It is a heroic festival, also known as the "Festival of the Sea Route". The occasion known as "Sarutabiko(or Sarutahiko) Fireworks", in which several hundred Tezutsu fireworks are launched, is captivating.
July 26 (Sat), 2025
Fireworks Festival of Fukuroi Enshu
| Place | Fukuroi city Haranoyagawa Shinsui Park MAP |
| Time | 7:20pm〜9pm |
"The National Pyrotechnician Competition", is a program in which selected pyrotechnicians from around the country compete against each other. This show is one of the largest and most gorgeous, featuring fireworks such as midair "Niagara" and "Star mines".
August 2 (Sat), 2025
Kashima Fireworks Festival
| Place | Tenryuugawa KASHIMA bridge MAP MAP |
| Time | 7pm〜9pm ※In case of rain, the event will be postponed to September 6. |
While the fireworks display is of course spectacular, the sounds of fireworks bursting and echoing from the mountains, along with the lined street stalls, make for a particularly exciting Japanese fireworks festival.
August 2 (Sat), 2025
Lake Sanaru Fireworks Festival
| Place | Lake Sanaru MAP |
| Time | 7:30pm〜8:30pm ※If it rains on that day, it will be postponed until the 3th. |
August 3 (Sun), 2025
Mikkabi Fireworks Festival
| Place | Inohana lake MAP |
| Time | 7:30pm〜 ※Cancellation in the event of stormy weather. |
The on-lake star mine fireworks, which decorate and mark the end of the fireworks festival, spread across the surface of the lake in a half-sphere, combining with their reflections on the surface of the lake to make large fireworks that are the highlight of the show.
August 9 (Sat), 2025
Jiware Fireworks Festival
| Place | Tenryu River riverbed MAP |
| Time | 7:30pm〜8pm ※If it rains on that day, it will be postponed until the 24th. |
The grand finale's ground-splitting fireworks consist of consecutive detonation of approximately 100 fireworks shells arranged vertically on the ground. These fireworks represent the ground cracking and magma explosion, allowing spectators to feel the shockwaves emitted by the fireworks. It is a rare nationwide fireworks display that you can watch and sense.
August 13 (Wed) ~ 17 (Sun), 2025
Kanzanji Onsen Fireworks Night
| Place | Kanzanji Uchiurawan Baystreet MAP |
| Time | 8pm~ |
120 fireworks will be launched every night for 5 days.
August 14 (Thu), 2025
Nakano-cho Fireworks Festival
| Place | Hamamatsu-shi, Chūō-ku Nakano-cho, Tenryu dry riverbed MAP |
| Time | 7:30pm〜8:45pm ※If it rains on that day, it will be postponed until the 16th. |
September 13 (Sat), 2025
Misakubo Festival Fireworks
| Place | Riverbed in front of Misakubo Sogo Gymnasium MAP |
| Time | 7:30pm〜8:10pm ※If it rains on that day, it will be postponed until the 14th. |
Description of the Types of Fireworks!
Skyrocket Fireworks
Many fireworks are combined together to make a single firework that is launched into the sky which gorgeously colors the summer night sky and creates a fantastic scene.
Additionally, Japanese fireworks are unique in that they are round no matter what angle they are viewed from, allowing many people to enjoy the show at once.
Additionally, Japanese fireworks are unique in that they are round no matter what angle they are viewed from, allowing many people to enjoy the show at once.
On-lake Fireworks
Instead of launching fireworks into the air, on-lake fireworks are floated on the surface of the lake using a raft, and remotely ignited. While fireworks usually explode in a spherical shape, on-lake fireworks only explode in a half-sphere. However, because of their reflection in the surface of the lake, the explosion looks spherical, as if they were exploding in the sky.
Tezutsu ("Hand-held fireworks") Fireworks
Tezutsu fireworks refer to a type of hand-crafted firework in which fireworks are first stuffed in a bamboo cylinder wrapped with rope, and then ignited while the cylinder is held by a person. The few seconds while the fireworks ignite, in which the fireworks produce an orange pillar of fire with great roaring noises, are of course spectacular, but also exciting are the pyrotechnicians holding the bamboo cylinder in imposing stances.
Star mines
Fireworks, to be launched into the air, are lined up and quickly ignited in rapid succession using a fuse to connect the fireworks. The large number of fireworks launched within a short timeframe is a spectacular sight full of sense of speed. Many firework festivals cap their finales with star mines.
Niagara
By igniting a row of hanging tubes filled with gunpowder spanning several meters to several tens of meters, gunpowder runs downward in unison. The gunpowder then ignites, creating a blazing spectacle that makes it seem as if the Niagara Falls is in front of you.
2025.6.27 update
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