FIREWORKS FEummer Sin JapanT is the seasonI of fireworks.VALS Did you know? All of SUMMERocated in northeastern Japan, the Tohoku region comes FEST IVALS the「3 Great Fireworks Festivals of Japan」are in Eastern Japan! In alive in summer, where people all over the country addition to the stunning displays that light up the evening sky, come to experience the unique natsu matsuri (summer most festivals have a wonderful atmosphere with food and game festivals) in the region. For travelers looking for new Sstalls, making for a fun and enjoyable time. Put on a yukata to further thingsL to experience in Japan, why not take a trip to check out all enjoy the festivities! For all these fireworks shows, both ticketed seats the different festivals? They are all held in early August, so if you (paid seating) and free seats (bring your own mats to sit along the plan well, you can visit them all! riverside / roadside etc) are available, so choose how you would like to enjoy the fireworks!

Aomori SENDAI TANABATA Shin-Aomori 4 FIREWORKS FESTIVAL MIYAGI 2 1 Hachinohe 5 PREFECTURE 05 August annually, 7:00pm ～ 8:30pm Higashi-Noshiro Kuji Access JR walk 30min 3 Morioka Akita The Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival is held on 05 August every year, the 4 AOMORI NEBUTA FESTIVAL evening before the Sendai Tanabata Festival (06-08 August), Japan's most Festival period: 02~07 August annually famous Tanabata (Star Festival)! Enjoy the Tanabata decorations during the Hanamaki Kamaishi 5min day, and the fireworks at night. 1 Access JR walk Sakata 2 The Aomori Nebuta Festival's main attraction is the large and colorful floats, which are hand-painted with Ichinoseki historical and mythical figures and creatures. The floats are illuminated from the inside and paraded around the Tsuruoka Shinjo Kesennuma 5 city, and are visited by over 3 million people each year. 5 6 6 Sendai Yamagata Sado Is. Sendai HIROSAKI NAGAOKA Airport Niigata 5 NEPUTA FESTIVAL Niitsu 2 FIREWORKS FESTIVAL Kitakata Festival period: 01~07 August annually 02~03 August annually, 7:20pm ～ 9:15pm 1 JR walk 5~20min Koriyama Access Aizu-Wakamatsu NIIGATA Access JR Nagaoka Shinkansen Station walk 30min 6 Joetsumyoko 1 PREFECTURE Tokamachi Many regions in have their own version of the Nebuta Echigo-Yuzawa Festival. If you have time, check out the festivities in both Aomori and Hirosaki, Held over 2 nights, the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival is the highlight of the 3-day Nagaoka Festival Minami AKAGAWA YAMAGATA Otari Iiyama Minakami and you will see that the types and shapes of the floats are different! (01~03 August). Be enthralled by the large-scale, spectacular fireworks display lighting up the night PREFECTURE 2 sky over the Shinano River. This fireworks festival is also one of the「3 Great Fireworks Festivals of FIREWORKS FESTIVAL Nagano Nikko Utsunomiya Japan」, so you can expect many stunning pyrotechnic displays. 6 Komoro 15 August 2020, 7:15pm ～ Takasaki Mito Narita 15min 7 Airport AKITA Access JR Tsuruoka Station walk Matsumoto Terminal Yokokawa Omiya 2 • 3 Ueno KANTO FESTIVAL OMAGARI Not just a regular fireworks display, the Akagawa Fireworks Festival is also a 3 AKITA National Fireworks Design Competition, so you can expect to be mesmerized 3 Festival period: 03~06 August annually FIREWORKS FESTIVAL PREFECTURE Kofu by the breathtaking and colorful pyrotechnic displays! About 12,000 fireworks Otsuki 8 15min light up the sky in one of Tohoku's most highly anticipated fireworks shows. Tokyo Narita Access JR walk 2 Airport 30 August 2020, Daytime：5:15pm ～ , Evening：6:50pm ～ Haneda Terminal 1 Airport Atami One of the three great festivals of the Tohoku region, the Akita Kanto Festival’s JR Omagari Shinkansen Station walk 25min Access Ito highlight is in the evenings, when you can marvel at the energetic and IBARAKI highly-skilled performers balance large kanto (bamboo pole lanterns) with all One of Japan's most highly anticipated fireworks festivals and considered by PREFECTURE parts of their bodies (forehead, hip, palms, shoulders etc). The kanto can have Izukyu-Shimoda many to be the best fireworks display in Japan, the Omagari Fireworks Festival TSUCHIURA ALL JAPAN 3 up to 46 paper lanterns attached, weigh up to 50kg and be up to 12m long! is both one of the「3 Great Fireworks Festivals of Japan」and「3 Great FIREWORKS COMPETITION Fireworks Competitions of Japan」. This fireworks festival has both day and 7 night categories, unlike many other fireworks shows which have only nighttime 07 November 2020 (first Saturday of November), 6:00pm ～ 8:30pm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 displays. August 2 Access JR Tsuchiura Station walk 25min 1 AOMORI NEBUTA August 2~7 annually 2 HIROSAKI NEPUTA August 1~7 annually Tsuchiura is only 50-min away from Tokyo, so you can easily travel by train. Like the Omagari Fireworks Festival, the Tsuchiura All Japan Fireworks Competition 3 AKITA KANTO August 3~6 annually LAKE SUWA is both one of the「3 Great Fireworks Festivals of Japan」and one of the「3 4 MORIOKA SANSA ODORI August 1~4 annually Great Fireworks Competitions of Japan」, so you can expect high quality FIREWORKS FESTIVAL NAGANO displays from the best teams in Japan. August 5~7 annually 3 PREFECTURE 5 YAMAGATA HANAGASA 15 August annually, 7:00pm ～ 6 SENDAI TANABATA August 6~8 annually Access JR Kami-suwa Station walk 10min 7 Lake Suwa’s dazzling fireworks display is the largest in Japan with over 40,000 fireworks set off over the lake. Enjoy the beautiful reflections of the fireworks on the surface of the lake. Surrounded by mountains, spectators can feel the reverberations from the fireworks, which create an amazing "4D" experience. The Morioka Sansa Odori Festival holds the 3 The highlight is the grand finale - “Niagara” style fireworks with 2km of 4MORIOKA SANSA ODORI Guiness World Record for being the largest cascading sparkles! taiko drum festival in the world, with over Festival period: 01~04 August annually 10,000 dancers and taiko drummers parading through the city, and attracting more than 1.4 20min Access JR walk million people in crowds each year. Part of the 5 fun is being able to join in the sansa dance; 8 anyone of any age / gender / nationality is AOMORI welcome to join! AOMORI NEBUTA PREFECTURE SUMIDA RIVER YAMAGATA SENDAI FIREWORKS FESTIVAL 8 FIREWORKS FESTIVAL HANAGASA 6 TANABATA FESTIVAL 25 July 2020 (last Saturday of July), 7:30pm 8:30pm TOKYO 5 6 4 07 August annually, 7:15pm ～ 9:00pm ～ Festival period: 05~07 August annually Festival period: 06~08 August annually min JR Ryogoku Station or JR Aomori Station walk 10 10min JR walk 10min JR Sendai Station walk 0min Access Access JR Asakusabashi Station walk Access Access

Held for three nights in summer, the Yamagata Hanagasa Festival is known for decorations are located at shopping arcades around Sendai Station The Aomori Nebuta Festival is famed for its large and colorful handmade floats, Located within Tokyo City, this fireworks festival held over the Sumida River is a its flower hat dance, in which thousands of dancers parade down the city's hand-painted with historical and mythical figures and creatures. Closing the must-see if you are in the city during the period. There are many viewing spots The Sendai Tanabata Festival is one of Japan's largest and most famous main street. Everyone is welcome to join in the Hanagasa Circle Dance and Aomori Nebuta Festival every year is the Aomori Nebuta Fireworks Festival, to enjoy the fireworks displays for free, but be sure to come early as the crowds tanabata celebrations. Millions of visitors come to see the giant, exquisite, participate in the dance! which are set off as the year’s award-winning floats are paraded on boats. can reach nearly 1 million! hand-made fukinagashi (streamer) decorations, which are a gorgeous, visual delight!