This is the Kanto Fireworks Calendar covering the greater Tokyo area and surrounding prefectures. Be sure to check out the Kansai Fireworks Calendar here. We will be adding extra information to this calendar as the festival season progresses here in Japan. Also check out our Japan Guide Page for general event and cultural for Japan.
Every year hundreds of thousands of people gather wearing 浴衣 – Yukata – summer kimonos and try to keep themselves cool with their 扇子 – Sensu – fans during the warm humid summer. Many of these fireworks displays have long histories stretching back hundreds of years so this is a great way to experience Japanese culture at it’s most exciting.
Please leave your comments, questions and fireworks tales on the comments below. Enjoy!
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4th July (Saturday)
(Yamanashi)
富士山 河口湖 山開きまつり花火大会 Mount Fuji -Kawaguchi Lake – Yamaaki Fireworks Display
Time: 20:00 – 20:30
Location: 10 mins walk from Kawaguchiko station, Fuji Kyuko line
2000 fireworks / 30,000 spectators / MAP / /TEL: 0555-72-2460
11th July (Saturday)
(Kanagawa)
2009 久里浜ペリー祭 2009 Kurihama Perii Festival
Time: 19:20 – 20:10
Location: Kurihama bay -15 mins walk from JR Kurihama station or 15 mins walk from Keikyu Kurihama station
3500 fireworks / 90,000 spectators / TEL: 046-822-2500 / http://www.kurihama.com/info MAP
18th July (Saturday)
(Tokyo)
調布市花火大会 Chofu City Fireworks Display
Time: 19:20 – 20:30
Location: 15mins walk from Chofu station
12,000 fireworks / 250,000 spectators TEL: 042-481-7311 MAP
(Saitama）
小江戸川越花火大会 Ko Edo Kawagoe Fireworks Display
Time: 19:30 – 21:00
Location: 20 mins walk from Kasahata station
4000 fireworks / 140,000 spectators TEL: 049-222-5556 MAP
(Saitama)
たまむら花火大会 Tamamura Fireworks Display
Time: 19:50 – 20:50
Location: 20 mins by bus from JR Takasaki Line, Shinmachi station
10,000 fireworks / 50,000 spectators / 0270-65-7144 MAP
(Shizuoka)
海の祭典 納涼花火大会 Umi No Saiten Nouryou Fireworks Display
Time: 20:00 – 20:30
Location: 10 min bus from Izushimoda station on Izukyukou line
2000 fireworks / 15,000 spectators / MAP / http://www.izu-shirahama.jp/event_guide.html#hanabi
19th July (Sunday)
(Saitama)
ドイツ村花火大会 Doitsu Mura Fireworks Display
Time: 20:30 – 20:50
Location: 15 min taxi ride from Ooko station (大湖駅)
5000 fireworks / 8000 spectators / MAP / http://www.doitsumura.com/index2.html
(Kanagawa)
灯籠流し＆花火大会 Floating Paper Laterns On The River and Fireworks Display
Time: Events start at 19:00 with fireworks at the end
Location: 片瀬江ノ島駅 2 min walk from Katase Enoshima station
500 fireworks / 13,000 spectators / MAP
23rd July (Thursday)
(Tokyo)
足立の花火 Adachi Fireworks Display
Time: 19:30 – 20:30
Location: 15 min walk from Kitasenju station（北千住駅）
12,000 fireworks / more than 500,000 people expected to watch from the river /http:/adachikanko.jp/fireworks/ MAP
25th July (Saturday)
(Tochigi)
真岡市夏祭り大花火大会 Moka City Festival and Fireworks Display
Time: 19:20 – 21:00
Location: 15 min walk from Moka station (真岡駅)
20,000 fireworks / 280,000 spectators / http://www.city.moka.tochigi.jp/kankou/maturi/ MAP
(Tokyo)
隅田川花火大会 Sumidagawa Fireworks Display
Time: 19:00 – 20:30 (area 1) / 19:30 – 20:30 (area 2)
Location: On the Sumida river, 15 min walk from Asakusa station (浅草駅) or five min walk from Kuramae station (蔵前駅）
21,500 fireworks / 900,000 spectators / http://sumidagawa-hanabi.com/index_eg.html MAP
(Shizuoka)
安倍川花火大会 Abekawa Fireworks Display
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Location: 10 min taxi or bus ride from Shizuoka station (静岡駅)
15,000 fireworks / 600,000 spectators / MAP
(Tokyo)
立川祭り国営昭和記念公園花火大会 Tachikawa Festival and Showakinen Park Fireworks Display
Time: 19:20 – 20:30
Location: 15 min walk from Tachikawa station (立川駅)
5000 fireworks / 600,000 spectators / MAP
25th and 26th July (Sunday)
(Shizuoka)
沼津夏祭り狩野川花火大会 Numazu Sumer Festival and Kanogawa Fireworks Display
Time: 19:30 – 20:45
Location: 10 min walk from Numazu station (沼津駅)
9000 fireworks / 360,000 spectators / MAP
29th July (Wednesday)
(Chiba)
船橋港親水公園花火大会 Funabashi Koshinsui Park Fireworks Festival
Time: 19:30 – 20:30
Location: 10 min walk from JR Minami Funabashi Station (南船橋駅) or 10 min walk from Keisei Daijingu-shita station (京成大神宮下駅)
6000 fireworks / 70,000 spectators / MAP
30th July (Thursday)
(Saitama)
さいたま市花火大会 Saitama City Fireworks Display
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Location: 15 min walk from Omiya Koen station (大宮公園駅) or Owada station (大和田駅)
5000 fireworks / 130,000 spectators / MAP
AUGUST
8th August (Saturday)
(Tokyo)
東京湾大華火祭りTokyo Bay Fireworks Festival
Time: 19:00 – 20:20
Location: 15mins walk from Kachidoki station on Oedo Line(大江戸線勝どき駅) 20mins walk from Tsukishima Station on the Yurakucho line(有楽町線月島駅)
12000 fireworks / 170,000 spectators / MAP
(Kanagawa)
あつぎ鮎大花火大会 Atsugi Ayu Fireworks Festival
Time: 19:00 – 20:40
Location: 15mins walk from Honatsugi station north exit on the Odakyu line （本厚木駅北口小田急線）
5000 fireworks / 580,000 spectators / MAP
11th August (Tuesday)
(Tokyo)
せいせき多摩川花火大会 Seiseki Tamagawa Fireworks Festival
Time: 19:30 – 20:30
Location: 10mins walk from Seiseki-Sakuragaoka station on Keio Line(京王線聖蹟桜ヶ丘駅）15mins walk from Nakagawara Station on Keio line(京王線中河原駅)
5000 fireworks / 230,000 spectators / MAP
29th August (Saturday)
(Kanagawa)
相模原納涼花火大会 Sagamihara Fireworks Festival
Time: 19:00 onwards
Location: 30 min bus ride from Fuchinobe station on the JR Yokohama line (JR横浜線淵野辺駅) Car is probably best transport.
8000 fireworks / 290,000 spectators / MAP
