Adachi Fireworks Festival
Tokyo's fireworks festivals begin with Adachi!
This is the first fireworks festival of the year held in Tokyo. With around 13,000 fireworks launched in an hour, spectators can feel the show's high-density, condensed energy. The “Double Niagara,” which was hugely popular at last year's festival, will be featured again this year, and a collaboration between fireworks and laser beams will brightly color the night sky.
25-min.walk from Adachi-odai Station and Ogi-ohashi Station on the Nippori-toneri Liner
Date and time July 20 (Sat.) 19:30–20:30 *Canceled in the event of bad weather
Number of fireworks about 13,000
Inquiries CALL ADACHI TEL. 03-3880-0039 (8:00–20:00)
Sumida River Fireworks Festival
A magnificent competition among pyrotechnists
Established in 1733, this is the oldest fireworks festival in Japan. It also boasts the largest number of fireworks for any fireworks festival in Japan, launching as many as 20,000 large-flowered blooms of dazzling color into Tokyo's night sky. At the First Venue (from downstream of Sakurabashi Bridge to upstream of Kototoibashi Bridge), spectators can enjoy the competition among local contractors and skilled pyrotechnists from around Japan.
5-min.walk from Kuramae Station on the Toei Oedo Line
10-min.walk from Kuramae Station, Asakusa Station and Honjo-azumabashi Station on the Toei Asakusa Line
Date and time July 27 (Sat.) 19:00–20:30 *Second venue show begins at 19:30 *Postponed to July 28 in the event of bad weather
Number of fireworks about 20,000
Inquiries Sumida River Fireworks Festival Executive Committee Secretariat TEL. 03-5246-1111
Edogawa Fireworks Festival
Eight stories painted across the night sky
This festival opens with the Iza Kaimaku! Shinsei EDOGAWA Hanabi (“Now the Curtain is Rising on the New EDOGAWA Fireworks”), in which some 1,000 fireworks are launched all at once in the space of 5 seconds. The show continues with elaborate fireworks displays choreographed to music on 8 different themes such as “Far-away Mt. Fuji: beyond the rough seas” and “Space Adventures.” A magnificent show unfolds across the expansive stage of the summer night sky.
15-min.walk from Shinozaki Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line
Date and time August 3 (Sat.) 19:15–20:30 *Postponed to August 4 in the event of bad weather
Number of fireworks about 14,000
Inquiries Edogawa Fireworks Festival Executive Committee Secretariat (within the Edogawa City Office Industry Promotion Section) TEL. 03-5662-0523
Itabashi Fireworks Festival
Thunderous sound and fireworks spread as far as the eye can see
This year the Itabashi Fireworks Festival will again be held simultaneously with the Todabashi Fireworks display, on opposite banks of the Arakawa River. Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, the festival is to feature a "Launch of 60 shaku-dama shell fireworks" and a "Competition between laser beams and fireworks," with four enormous shaku-5-sun-tama (radius of 45 cm) fireworks balls—the largest shell fireworks in Tokyo—also being launched. Other highlights to be included are a 700-m long "Large Niagara Falls" (the longest in the Kanto region) and the wide-scale starmine, "Niagara in the Sky."
20-min.walk from Hasune Station, Nishidai Station and Takashimadaira Station on the Toei Mita Line
Date and time August 3 (Sat.) 19:00–20:30 *Postponed to August 4 in the event of bad weather
Number of fireworks about 12,000 *About 12,000 combined with the Toda City side
Inquiries Itabashi-ku Tourism Association TEL. 03-3579-2255
Jingugaien Fireworks Festival
Fireworks in the heart of the city and spectacular live entertainment
This festival features some 10,000 bursts of large-flowered fireworks brightening the night sky of the heart of Tokyo. At the Meiji Jingu Stadium—the main pay-to-view venue—spectators can enjoy both the fireworks display and live performances by a rich lineup of musical artists. For other pay-to-view venues where you can sit back and enjoy the fireworks in comfort, we recommend the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium and the Meiji Jingu No. 2 Stadium.
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5- to 10-min.walk from Kokuritsu-kyogijo Station and Aoyama-itchome Station on the Toei Oedo Line
Date and time August 10 (Sat.) 19:30–20:30 *Postponed to August 11 in the event of bad weather
Number of fireworks about 10,000
Inquiries Jingugaien Fireworks Festival Secretariat TEL. 03-3547-0920 (Weekdays 10:00–18:00)
