(2nd Update) Japan Summer and Fireworks Festival 2019

Summer in Japan has many events especially the traditional shows and fireworks. People wear yukata to attend the festivals and also enjoy the beautiful flowers such as lavender, lilies, sunflowers and etc. Here is the summer events / festivals in Japan. I will keep you updated. 

Date	Festival / Event	Venue	Time	Link
14-15 Jun	Gujo Odori in Aoyama (Tokyo)	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium - Tokyo	14 June 16:30 - 20:30 pm / 15 June 13:00 pm - 20:00 pm	Link
14-16 Jun	Maki Summer Festival (15 Jun Fireworks)	Maki around, Niigata	Fireworks: 20:00-21:00	Link
22-23 Jun	Himeji Yukata Festival	Himeji Park, Hyogo	16:30-21:30	Link
29-30 Jun	Lake Shikotsu Fireworks Festival	Lake Shikotsu, Hokkaido		Link
30 Jun - 2 Jul	Aizen Festival	Aizendo, Osaka		Link
1-15 Jul	Hakata Gion Yamakasa	Hakata District, Fukuoka		Link
1-31 Jul	Gion Festival	Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto		Link
3-7 Jul	Toide Tanabata Matsuri	The Toidemachi area, Main venue: In front of the Toide Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Toyama		Link
4-7 Jul	Maebashi Tanabata Festival	Central Area of Maebashi City,   Gunma		Link
4-8 Jul	Shitamachi Tanabata	Kappabashi Kitchen Town, Tokyo		Link
5-7 Jul	Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival	JR Hiratsuka Station North Exit, Kanagawa		Link
5-7 Jul	Narita Gion Festival	Naritasan Shinshoji, Chiba		Link
6-8 Jul	Tanabata Evening at Shitennoji Temple	Shitennoji, Osaka	LED Lighting: 19:00-24:00 (8 Jul until 20:00)	Link
06-Jul	Hokkaido Makomanai Music Fireworks Festival	Makomanai Park, near Toyohiragawa Minami 13-jo, Moerenuma park - Hokkaido	Stadium Opening: 17:00~                                Fireworks: 19:50~	Link
10-Jul	Kamakura Fireworks Festival	Kamakura Kaihin Park	19:20-20:10	Link
12-15 Jul	Hachinohe Tanabata Festival	Hachinohe City, Aomori	17:30-19:00	Link
13-Jul	Famous Ghibli's Songs & Fireworks	Huis Ten Bosch, Nagasaki	20:00-21:00	Link
13-14 Jul	Isesaki Tanabata Festival	Honmachi Street and Other, Gunma	13:00-21:30	Link
13-14 Jul	Ota Summer Festival	Around Ota Station on Tobu Railway Isesaki Line, Gunma		Link
13-14 Jul	Onishi Summer Festival	Onishi, Fujioka-shi, Gunma		Link
13-16 Jul	Mitama Matsuri (Firework 15 Jul)	Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo		Link
13-Jul	Tamamura Fireworks	West of the Joyo Elementary School , Gunma	19:30 onwards	Link
13-Jul	The 37th Nakafurnoa Lavender Festival & Firework Display	Nakafurano - Hokkaido	Fireworks: 20:00-21:00	Link
13-Jul	Ise Shrine Dedication Fireworks Festival	Miyagawa Tsutsumi Park - Mie	19:15-21:00	Link
13-Jul	Echizen Summer Festival	Echizen Fishing port square, Fukui	18:30-21:00	Link
13-14 Jul	Kiyotake Kyodo Matsuri	Okanoshita Park, Miyazaki		Link
13, 20 , 27 Jul	Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Symphony of Fireworks 2019	Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise	20:30-20:40	Link
13-14 Jul	Yokohama Sparkling Twilight	Chinatown / Kannai / Yamashita Park, Yokohama	11:30-20:30	Link
14-Jul	Hakodate Port Fireworks	Hakodate Port, Hokkaido	19:45-20:45	Link
14-Jul	Lavender Festival (Shikisai Festival)	Kamifurano, Hokkaido	Fireworks Display: 8 p.m. onward	Link
14-Jul	Sanoyoi Fire Carnival	Greenland amusement park, Kumamoto	Fireworks: 20:30	Link
14-15 Jul	Shiogama Minato Matsuri	Shiogama City (Shiwahiko Shrine, Shiogama Shrine, downtown area, Shiogama Port area) etc. - Miyagi	14th Jul Fireworks: 20:00-20:50	Link
14-Jul	Starlight Illusion	Wakayama Marina City, Wakayama	20:00～	Link
15-Jul	Nagoya Port Fireworks Festival	Nagoya Port	19:30-20:20	Link
19-23 Jul	Kumagaya Uchiwa Matsuri	Kumagaya, Saitama		Link
19 Jul - 16 Aug	Sapporo Summer Festival	Odori Park, Hokkaido		Link
20-27 Jul  (20, 24, 27)	Yamaguchi Gion Matsuri	Yasaka Shrine, Yamaguchi		Link
20-Jul	Kurashiki Tenryo Summer Festival	Kurashiki Station, Okayama	9:30-21:30	Link
20-Jul	Chitose Doshin Firework Festival	Chitose-shi Salmon Park, Hokkaido	19:45	Link
20 Jul - 2 Aug	Misasa Onsen Fireworks Festival	Misasa Onsen, Tottori	20:25	Link
20 Jul - 31 Aug	Ryukyumura Summer Festa	Ryukyu Mura - Okinawa		Link
20-Jul	Chiran Neputa Matsuri	Chiran town shopping street, Kagoshima	Gion Festival: 15:00-17:30 Nebuta 19:00-21:00	Link
21-Jul	Kitami Bonchi Festival	Kitami City (Tokoro Riverside), Hokkaido	Fireworks: 19:40-20:40	Link
21-Jul	Suigosai Summer Festival	Togokohan Park, Tottori	Fireworks: 20:30	Link
22-Jul	Adachi Firework Festival	Arakawa riverside, Tokyo	19:30-20:30	Link
23-Jul	Katsushika Noryo Fireworks Festival	Shibamata Ballpark (Edogawa Riverside), Tokyo	19:20-20:20	Link
24-27 Jul	Kagurazaka Matsuri	Kagurazaka Dori - Tokyo		Link
	Hozuki Market  (24-25 Jul)		17:30-22:00
	Awa Odori Taikai (26-27 Jul)		19:00-21:00
24-Jul	Tenjin Shrine Summer Festival	Tenjin Shrine, Wakayama	19:30-21:00	Link
25-Jul	Tenjin Festival	Osaka Tenmangu		Link
25-Jul	Shin Yokohama Fireworks Festival	Shin-Yokohama, Yokohama	19:30-20:00	Link
26-Jul	Doshin UHB Fireworks Festival	Toyohiragawa river between Horohirobashi and Minami -ohashi, Hokkaido	19:40-20:30	Link
26-Jul	Kitahata Furusato Summer Festival	Kitahata Junior High School, Saga	18:30-21:30	Link
26-28 Jul	Otaru Ushio Festival	Otaru Port No. 3, Hokkaido	26 Jul 20:00-20:30 28 Jul 20:00-20:40	Link
26-28 Jul	Mobara Tanabata Festival	Mobara Station, Chiba		Link
26-28 Jul	Tobata Gion Yamagasa Festival	Tobata, Kitakyushu		Link
26-28 Jul	Monbetsu Port Festival	Monbetsu Port, Hokkaido		Link
26-28 Jul	Beppu Sea of fire Festival	Beppu station road, Kaimonji park, Beppu Spa beach other, Oita		Link
26-28 Jul	Muroran Port Festival	Muroran Port, Hokkaido		Link
27-28 Jul	Ogose Festival	Near Ogose Station, Saitama		Link
27-28 Jul	Hita Gion Festival	Yasan Shrine, Oita		Link
27-Jul	Hiroshima Port Firework	Hiroshima Port	20:00-21:00	Link
27-Jul	Onomichi Sumiyoshi Fireworks Festival	Onomichi Suido Channel (near Sumiyoshi Shrine), Hiroshima	19:30-21:00	Link
27-Jul	Tomioka Summer Festival	5 minutes on foot from the Joshu-Tomioka Station on the Joshin Dentetsu, Gunma		Link
27-Jul	Fukushima Fireworks	Shinobugaoka Ryokuchi Park, Fukushima	19:30-20:30	Link
27-Jul	Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival	Kuwana, Mie	19:30-21:00	Link
27-28 Jul	Oyama Summer Festival	Oyama, Tochigi	Fireworks: 28 Jul: 19:10-20:45	Link
27-Jul	Tomari Summer Festival	Near the Tomari Fishing Port , Tottori	Fireworks: 20:30	Link
27-Jul	Shigaraki Fire Festival	Toki Shrine in Shigaraki, Shiga	10:30-22:00	Link
27-Jul	Kihoku Lantern Festival	Fureai Square Mandoro, Mie	15:00-21:00	Link
27-Jul	Sumida River Fireworks Festival	Sumida river near Asakusa Station	19:00-20:25	Link
27-28 Jul	Nago Summer Festival	Nago fishing port, Okinawa	Fireworks: 20:00-20:15	Link
27-28 Jul	Yonago Gaina Festival	Yonago Station, Tottori		Link
27-28 Jul	Nagasaki Port Festival	Nagasaki Seaside Park, Nagasaki	9:00-22:00	Link
27-28 Jul	Minato Maizuru Chatta Festival	Higashi Maizaru Station, Kyoto	Fireworks: 28 Jul	Link
28-Jul	Wakayama Port Fireworks	Wakayama Port, Wakayama	20:00-21:00	Link
28-Jul	Minato Matsuri Firework Display	Wakayamako, Wakayama	20:00-21:00	Link
30-Jul	Shirahama Fireworks Festival	Shirahama, Wakayama	20:00-20:40	Link
30 Jul - 1 Aug	Sumiyoshi Matsuri	Sumiyoshi Taisha, Osaka	July 30: 20:00 - July 31: 17:00- Aug 1: around 14:00 -	Link

Date	Festival / Event	Venue	Time	Link
01-Aug	Ogoto Onsen Fireworks Festival	Ogoto Onsen Port, Shiga	20:00 - 20:30	Link
01-Aug	Hikone & Kita-Biwako Great Firework Festival	Matsubara Swimming Beach, Shiga	19:45-20:30	Link
01-Aug	Koto Fireworks Festival	Arakawa Sunamachi Riverside Park	19:30-20:30	Link
1-3 Aug	The Nagaoka Fireworks Festival	Shinano River, Niigata		Link
1-3 Aug	Asahikawa Summer Festival	Ribeline Line Asahikawa Park,   Peace Commercial Shopping Park, Showa Dori, Hokkaido		Link
1-4 Aug	Amami Festival	Amami Cultural Center , Gotenhama park, Kagoshima		Link
1-4 Aug	Sansa Odori Festival	Morioka Chuodori, Iwate	18:00-21:00	Link
1-5 Aug	Hakodate Port Festival	Hakodate Bay Area, Hokkaido	Fireworks (1 Aug):19:45-21:00 Parade (2,3 Aug): 16:00-21:30	Link
1-7 Aug	Hirosaki Neputa Festival	Dotemachi Street Course and Around Hirosaki Station Course	1-4 Aug : Dotemachi Course 19:00～	Link
			5-6 Aug: Station Front Course 19:00～
			7 Aug: Dotemachi Nanukabi Course 10:00～
1-31 Aug	Fantastic Summer Garden/U-jo (Crow Castle) Togenkyo	Okayama Korakuen Garden・Okayama Castle	18:00-21:30	Link
02-Aug	Lake Saiko’s Fireworks Festival (Mt.Fuji)	Saiko Maehama, Yamanashi	Lantern  19: 00 ~	Link
			Fireworks  19: 30 ~
2-3 Aug	Nagaoka Fireworks Festival	Nagaoka city, Chousei Bridge downstream, Shinano River	19:15 – 21:15	Link
02-Aug	Haruna Festival and Fireworks	Lake Haruna, Gunma	18:30-21:30	Link
02-Aug	Minato Mirai Smart Festival 2019	Rinko Park, Yokohama	18:30-20:00	Link
2-7 Aug	The Nebuta Festival	Aomori City Hall		Link
2-4 Aug	Fukushima Waraji Matsuri	Route 13 (Shinobu-dori)		Link
		Central Fukushima City
2-4 Aug	Hachioji Festival	Hachioji Station North Exit - Tokyo	Fireworks: 28 July	Link
2-4 Aug	Shimizu Minato Matsuri	Shimizu station		Link
2-4 Aug	Ichinoseki Summer Festival	Ichinoseki Omachi · Jishumachi mall, Iwate		Link
03-Aug	Makuhari Beach Fireworks Festival	Makuhari Seaside Park, Chiba	19:30-20:30	Link
03-Aug	Mt. Akagi-yama Summer Festival	Akagi Park, Lakeside of Ono, Mt. Akagi-yama, Gunma	10:00-17:20	Link
03-Aug	Miyazaki Summer Evening Fireworks	Miyazaki City - Oyodo River	Fireworks: 19:50:00	Link
3, 10, 17 Aug	Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Symphony of Fireworks 2019	Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise	20:30-20:40	Link
3-4 Aug	Mito Komon Festival	The Lake Senba, Uwaichi - Ibaraki		Link
3-5 Aug	Numata Matsuri	Numata city area, Gunma		Link
3-6 Aug	Akita Kanto Festival	Kanto Odori, Akita	18:15-22:00	Link
03-Aug	Itabashi Fireworks Festival	Itabashi, Tokyo	19:00-20:30	Link
03-Aug	Kobe Port Fireworks Festival	Meriken Park, Kobe	19:30-20:30	Link
03-Aug	Edogawa Fireworks Festival	In front of Shinozaki Metropolitan Park by the Edogawa Riverside, Tokyo	19:15-20:30	Link
03-04 Aug	Takasaki Festival	Central Area of Takasaki City, Gunma	Fireworks: 3 Aug 19:30-20:20	Link
03-04 Aug	Matsue Suigo Festival	Matsue Station, Shimane		Link
03-Aug	Ashikaga Summer Festival	Ashikaga Station, Tochigi	Fireworks: 19:00 - 20:45	Link
3-4 Aug	Okayama Momotaro Festival	Okayama City Center		Link
3-4 Aug	Sasebo Seaside Festival	JR Sasebo Station, Nagasaki	11:00-22:00	Link
3-4 Aug	Kurayoshi Utsubuki Festival	Kurayoshi, Tottori		Link
3-5 Aug	Numata Festival	Central Area of Numata City, Gunma		Link
05-Aug	Chikugogawa Fireworks Festival	Chikugogawa riverside, Kurume City, Fukuoka	19: 40-21:10	Link
05-Aug	Nagahama & Kita-Biwako Great Fireworks	Nagahama Port, Shiga	19:30-20:30	Link
05-Aug	Sendai Tanabata Fireworks   Festival	The bank of the Hirosegawa River, Sendai	19:00-20:30	Link
5-7 Aug	Hanagasa Festival	Toka Machi, Honmachi, and Nanuka Machi Dori sections of town to Bunsho Kan Mae, Yamagata		Link
6-8 Aug	Sendai Tanabata Festival	Shimin Hiroba Square, Kotodai   Park and along Juzenji Dori street, Sendai	6-7 Aug  10:00 - 22:00,      8 Aug 10:00 - 21:00	Link
08-Aug	Lake Biwa Great Fireworks Festival	Vicinity of Otsu Port, Shiga	19:30-20:30	Link
10-Aug	Meiji Jingu Gaien Fireworks   Festival	Meiji Jingu Gaien, Shinjuku, Tokyo	19:30-20:30	Link
10-Aug	Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks Festival	Yodogawa River, Osaka	19:40-	Link
10-Aug	Kumagaya Fireworks Display	Arakawa riverside (downstream the large Arakawa Bridge), Saitama	19:00-21:00	Link
10-Aug	Maebashi Fireworks	Riverbed near Owatari Bridge on Tone River, Gunma	19:00 onwards	Link
10-Aug	Jingugaien Fireworks Festival	Jingu Stadium, Tokyo	19:30-20:30	Link
10-Aug	Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks Festival	Yodogawa River, Osaka	19:40-20:40	Link
10-Aug	Famous Ghibli's Songs & Fireworks	Huis Ten Bosch, Nagasaki	20:00-21:00	Link
11-Aug	Yukuhashi Bon-Odori Ekimae Night Marche	JR Kyushu Yukuhashi Station West Exit / East Exit, Fukuoka	15:00 - 21:00	Link
11-Aug	Kameoka Hozugawa River Firework Display	Kameoka, Kyoto	19:30-20:30	Link
12-15 Aug	Tokushima Awa Odori Festival	Tokushima Station	18:00-23:00	Link
13-Aug	Kanmon Straits Fireworks Festival	Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi	19:40	Link
13-14 Aug	Isesaki Festival	Honmachi Street and Other Places, Gunma		Link
13-15 Aug	Tottori Shanshan Festival	JR Tottori Station, Tottori	13rd 17:00-20:00 14th 16:00-21:00 15th 19:00-21:00	Link
14-15 Aug	Ojima Neputa Festival	Main Street of Ojima Shopping Street, Gunma	14:00-22:00	Link
15-Aug	Hitoyoshi Fireworks Festival	JR Hitoyoshi Station, Kumamoto	19:30-21:00	Link
15-Aug	Kisarazu Port Festival Fireworks Display	Kisarazu Port Inner Harbor, Chiba	19:10-20:30	Link
15-Aug	Yoshinogawa Festival and Fireworks	Okawabashi Bridge, Yoshinogawa River, Nara	14:00 - 21:00 Fireworks: 20:00 - 21:00	Link
15-Aug	Lake Suwa Fireworks Festival	Suwa City Kohan Park, Nagano	19:00	Link
16-Aug	Gounokawa Matsuri	Gotsu station, Shimane		Link
16-17 Aug	The 12th Minato Mirai Bon Odori Dance Festival	Rinko Park, Yokohama	16:30-20:30	Link
17-Aug	Kumano Fireworks Festival	Kumanoshi Station, Mie	19:10-21:30	Link
24-25 Aug	Noboribetsu Jigoku Matsuri	Gokuraku Street & Hell Valley, Noboribetsu Onsen		Link
24-Aug	Miyajima Water Fireworks Festival	Miyajima off shore from the O-torii Gate, Hiroshima	19:30 - 20:30	Link
24-Aug	The 29th Doshin Tokachigawa Fireworks	Obihiro City, Tokachi River, Hokkaido	19:00-19:45	Link
24-Aug	Kanagawa Shimbun Fireworks Festival	Marine Park, Yokohama	19:00-20:00	Link
24-25 Aug	Tokyo Koenji Awa Odori	Koenji Station	17:00-20:00	Link
24-25 Aug	Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri Super Yosakoi Festiva	Omotesando Harajuku /Meiji Shrine / Yoyogi Park / NHK zelkova tree-lined street, Tokyo		Link
25-Aug	Yokkaichi Fireworks	Yokkaichi-shi Fuso, Mie		Link
31-Aug	Akitakata Fireworks Festival	Haji Dam Nodogoe Park, Hiroshima	Opening 17:00 ~ Fireworks 19:30 ~	Link
31-Aug	Omagari Fireworks Festival	Omagari Station, Akita	18:50-20:30	Link
31 Aug - 1 Sep	Tokyo Big Bon Odori Festival	Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo		Link
07-Sep	National New Year Fireworks Festival	Kamisuwa Onsen Lake Suwa, Nagano	19:00-20:30	Link