The 40th Sumidagawa Fireworks FestivalA 10-minute walk from Asakusa Station on the Toei-Asakusa Line.
Some 22,000 “flowers of fire” brightly coloring the Sumida River
Established in 1733, during the Edo period, this fireworks festival boasts such history and tradition that it is even broadcast live on television, making the “Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival” famous throughout Japan. This year there will be an additional 2,000 fireworks, with some 22,000 fireworks altogether to be launched in a diversity of colorful displays. Enjoy the show from the banks of the Sumida River, or alternatively watch the “flowers of fire” blooming in the gaps between city buildings for another fun experience.
- ■Date and time: July 29 (Sat.), 2017 19:05 – 20:30 (In the event of bad weather, the festival will be postponed to July 30 (Sun.))
- ■Number of fireworks: approx. 22,000
- ■Inquiries: Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival Organizing Committee Secretariat
- TEL.03-5246-1111
The 39th Adachi Fireworks FestivalA 25-minute walk from Adachi-odai Station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner.
A dazzling celebration featuring 12,000 fireworks in one hour
Among Tokyo’s summer fireworks festivals, the “Adachi Fireworks Festival” is held the earliest. Appropriately for the season’s curtain-raiser, the festival is a high-density, concentrated event launching approx. 12,000 fireworks in one hour. Being able to sit along the Arakawa river terrace, relaxing as you gaze up at the sky while enjoying the show, is another reason this fireworks festival is so popular.
- ■Date and time: July 22, 2017 (Sat.) 19:30 – 20:30 (cancelled in the event of bad weather)
- ■Number of fireworks: approx. 12,000
- ■Inquiries: Call Adachi (8:00 – 20:00)
- TEL.03-3880-0039
Edogawa Fireworks Festival
A 15-minute walk from Shinozaki Station on the Toei-Shinjuku Line.
The 33rd Ichikawa Fireworks Festival
A 30-minute walk from Motoyawata Station on the Toei-Shinjuku Line.
The tremendous impact of 1,000 fireworks launched in the first five seconds
The Edogawa Fireworks Festival and the 33rd Ichikawa Fireworks Festival are held simultaneously above the Edogawa river terrace. The event begins with a powerful “duel” in which 1,000 fireworks will be launched in 5 seconds. Displays featuring 8 aesthetically different themes are accompanied by background music matching each theme in meticulously orchestrated performances, enthralling the audience.
- ■Date and time: August 5 (Sat.), 2017 19:15 – 20:30
(In the event of bad weather, the festivals will be postponed to August 6 (Sun.))
- ■Number of fireworks: approx. 14,000
- ■Inquiries:
Edogawa Fireworks Festival Organizing Committee Secretariat
(located within the Edogawa City Industry Promotion Department)
- TEL.03-5662-0523
- Ichikawa Fireworks Festival Organizing Committee Secretariat
(located within the Ichikawa City Tourism and Exchange Promotion Department)
- TEL.047-711-1142
Itabashi Fireworks FestivalA 20-minute walk from Takashimadaira Station, Nishidai Station, and Hasune Station on the Toei-Mita Line
Be awestruck by the “Five-Shaku Fireworks Ball”—Tokyo’s largest
Held jointly with Toda City (located on the opposite side of the river, in Saitama Prefecture) above the Arakawa river terrace, the Itabashi Fireworks Festival is celebrating its 58th year. Featuring some of the highest displays seen in Japan using fireworks requiring 10 pyrotechnicians to stage as well as the “Great Niagara Falls” display measuring a massive 700 m in length—one of the longest in the Kanto region—this festival is packed with awesome power. The sight of Tokyo’s largest fireworks ball, the “Five-Shaku”, bursting into a shower of light can only be described in one word—“masterpiece”.
- ■Date and time: August 5 (Sat.), 2017 19:00 – 20:30 (In the event of bad weather, the festival will be postponed to August 6 (Sun.))
- ■Number of fireworks: approx. 12,000 (combined total for Itabashi City and Toda City)
- ■Inquiries: Itabashi-ku Tourism Association
- TEL.03-3579-2255
2017 Jingugaien Fireworks FestivalA 5- to 10-minute walk from Kokuritsukyogijo-mae and Aoyama-ichome Station on the Toei-Oedo Line.
Enjoy live stage performances at the only fireworks festival held inside the Yamanote Line (central Tokyo)
The Jingugaien Fireworks Festival features a brightly colored rapid-fire series of bursts known as “star-mines” and various other fireworks displays illuminating the sky against a backdrop of urban skyscrapers. Another attraction unique to this fireworks festival is performances by popular artists combined with spectacular fireworks displays, watched from stadiums that provide outstanding viewing environments.
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- ■Date and time: August 20 (Sun.), 2017 19:30 – 20:30 (In the event of bad weather, the festival will be postponed until August 21 (Mon.))
- ■Number of fireworks: approx. 12,000
- ■Inquiries: Jingugaien Fireworks Festival Secretariat (located within the Advertising Bureau of The Nikkan Sports News)
- TEL.03-3547-0920
