Japan Summer and Fireworks Festival 2025

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
29-Jun	Sapporo Takino Hanabi	National Takino Suzuran Hillside Park, Sapporo	19:45-20:15	Link
30 Jun - 2 Jul	Aizen Festival	Aizendo, Osaka	10:00-21:00	Link
1-15 Jul	Hakata Gion Yamakasa	Hakata District, Fukuoka		Link
1-31 Jul	Gion Festival	Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto		Link
4-6 Jul	Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival	JR Hiratsuka Station North Exit, Kanagawa		Link
4-6 Jul	Narita Gion Festival	Naritasan Shinshoji, Chiba		Link
5-Jul	Mount Fuji / Lake Kawaguchi Opening Festival Fireworks	Oike Park, Fujikawaguchiko Town - Yamanashi	20:00～	Link
5-Jul	Ocean Expo Park Fireworks Festival	Okinawa Memorial National Government Park (Ocean Expo Park) Emerald Beach	20:00-21:00	Link
11-13 Jul	Maebashi Tanabata Festival	Central Area of Maebashi City,   Gunma		Link
12 Jul	Makomanai Fireworks Festival	Makomanai Sekisui Heim Stadium - Hokkaido	Stadium Opening: 17:00~ Fireworks: 19:50-20:50	Link
12-Jul	Himakajima Gion Festival	Himakajima Nishihama Beach, Aichi		Link
Jul: 12,19-20, 26	Metsa Nordic Fireworks 2025	Metsa Village, Saitama	19:40-19:55	Link
12-Jul	Tamamura Fireworks	Tamamura-cho Kamiya district (west side of Kamiya Elementary School), Gunma	From 19:40	Link
12-Jul	Nakafurano Lavender Festival & Fireworks	Kitahoshiyama Lavender Garden/Nakafurano Flower Park, Hokkaido	Fireworks: 20:00-20:30	Link
12-Jul	Tottori Fireworks Corridor	Tottori Hanakairo Flower Park, Tottori	20:00-21:00	Link
12-13 Jul	Sanoyoi Fire Carnival 2025	Greenland (Midorigaoka), Kumamoto		Link
13-16 Jul	Mitama Matsuri	Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo		Link
18-20 Jul	Hachinohe Tanabata Festival	Hachinohe City, Aomori	18/7 17:00-21:00 19-20/7 18:00-21:00	Link
18-Jul	Kamakura Fireworks Festival	Kamakura coast (Yuigahama coast, Zaimokuza coast)	19:20-20:10	Link
18 Jul - 16 Aug	Sapporo Summer Festival	Odori Park 5-chome, Hokkaido		Link
18-Jul	Kamakura Fireworks Festival	Yuigahama Beach, Kamakura	19:20-20:10	Link
19-Jul	Echizen Minato Fireworks 2025	Echizen Fishing Port Square (Hamahirugao Park), Fukui		Link
Jul: 19-21, 26-27	Summer Night Fireworks	Harbor Town Marine - Huis Ten Bosch, Nagasaki	20:45	Link
19-Jul	Ise Shrine Dedication Fireworks Festival	Miyagawa Tsutsumi Park - Mie	19:20-21:00	Link
19-20 Jul	Kiyotake Kyodo Matsuri	Okanoshita Park, Miyazaki	17:00-21:00	Link
20-Jul	Ota Summer Festival	Minami Ichibangai Boulevard, Gunma	16:00-21:30	Link
20-Jul	Hakodate Port Fireworks	Hakodate Port, Hokkaido	19:45	Link
20-27 Jul	Yamaguchi Gion Matsuri	Yasaka Shrine, Odono Tatekoji Street, Yamaguchi City Center Shopping Street - Yamaguchi		Link
20, 27 Jul	Shirahama Fireworks Festival	Shirahama Beach, Wakayama	20:10-20:25	Link
20-21 Jul	Shiogama Minato Matsuri	Shiogama City (Shiwahiko Shrine, Shiogama Shrine, downtown area, Shiogama Port area) etc. - Miyagi	20th Jul Fireworks:	Link
20-22 Jul	Kumagaya Uchiwa Matsuri	Kumagaya, Saitama		Link
20-Jul	Yurihama Summer Festival (Suigo)	Togo Lakeshore Park, Tottori	Fireworks: 20:30	Link
20-Jul	Iga City Fireworks Festival	Ueno Sports Park, Mie	20:15-20:45	Link
21-Jul	Nagoya Port Festival	Nagoya Port Garden Pier area		Link
22-Jul	59th Katsushika Noryo Fireworks Festival	Shibamata Baseball Stadium ( Edogawa Riverbed), Tokyo	19:20-20:20	Link
26-Jul	Kurashiki Tenryo Summer Festival	Kurashiki Station, Okayama	9:30-21:30	Link
26-27 Jul	Hita Gion Festival	Yasan Shrine, Oita		Link
26-Jul	Innoshima Suigun Fireworks Festival	Around Habu Port (Innoshima Habucho) - Hiroshima	20:30-21:00	Link
23-26 Jul	Kagurazaka Festival	Kagurazaka Dori - Tokyo		Link
	Hozuki Market  (23-24 Jul)		[Food stall opening hours] 17:00-21:00
	Awa Odori Festival (25-26 Jul)		25 Jul: 19:00-21:00 26 Jul: 18:00-19:00
24-25 Jul	Tenjin Festival	Osaka Tenmangu		Link
24-25 Jul	Tenjin Shrine Summer Festival	Tenjin Shrine, Wakayama	24th From 18:00 25th From 11:00	Link
24-26 Jul	Abashiri Summer Festival	Roadside Station Abashiri River Right Bank, Hokkaido	Fireworks: 26/7 From 20:00	Link
24-26 Jul	Gion Kashiwazaki Festival	Kashiwazaki City Central Coast and Minatomachi Seaside Park Area, Niigata	Fireworks: 26 Jul	Link
25-Jul	Doshin UHB Fireworks Festival	Toyohiragawa river between Horohirobashi and Minami -ohashi, Hokkaido	19:40-20:30	Link
25 Jul - 24 Aug	NAKED Meets Nijo-Jo Castle 2025	Nijo Castle, Kyoto	18:30-22:00	Link
25-27 Jul	Monbetsu Port Festival	Monbetsu Port, Hokkaido	Okhotsk Fireworks Festival: 26 Jul 20:00-20:30	Link
25-27 Jul	Otaru Ushio Festival	Otaru Port No. 3, Hokkaido		Link
25-27 Jul	Muroran Port Festival	Muroran Ferry Wharf, Hokkaido		Link
26-Jul	Minato Festival Fireworks	Wakayama Port Naka Wharf 10,000-ton berth, Wakayama		Link
26-27 Jul	Ogose Festival	Near Ogose Station, Saitama	26 Jul: 15:00-21:00 27 Jul: 13:00-21:00	Link
26-Jul	Ashiya Fireworks Festival	Near Onga River, Ashiya Town - Fukuoka	20:00-21:00	Link
26-Jul	Serada Gion Festival	Yasaka Shrine, Gunma		Link
26-Jul	Tobata Gion Yamagasa Festival	Tobata, Kitakyushu	18:30-21:00	Link
26 Jul	Koshigaya Fireworks Festival	Koshigayashi Central City Hall East Side, Saitama	19:30-20:30	Link
26-Jul	Kihoku Lantern Festival	Nagashima Port, Kihoku Town - Mie	Fireworks: 19:30-20:30	Link
26-Jul	Chiran Neputa Festival	Chiran town shopping street, Kagoshima	19:00-21:00	Link
26-27 Jul	Mobara Tanabata Festival	Mobara Station, Chiba		Link
26-Jul	Sumida River Fireworks Festival	Sumida river near Asakusa Station	19:00	Link
26-Jul	Tachikawa Showa Kinen Park Fireworks	Showa Kinen Park, Tokyo	19:15-20:15	Link
26-Jul	Mito Komon Fireworks Festival	The Lake Senba, Uwaichi - Ibaraki	19:30-20:30	Link
26-Jul	Amakusa Hondo Fireworks Festival	Amakusa area - Kumamoto		Link
26-Jul	Hiroshima Dream Fireworks	Hiroshima Port	20:00-20:40	Link
26-Jul	Hokkoku Fireworks Festival	Mameda Ohashi bridge of Saigawa river - Kanazawa	19:50～	Link
26-Jul	The 79th Ochiai Noryo Fireworks Festival	In Front of  Maniwa City Ochiai Promotion Bureau (Ochiaitarumi), Okayama	19:50-21:00	Link
26-Jul	Izu Yugawara Onsen Fireworks Festival	Yugawara Town, Kanagawa	Taiko drum performance 19:40-20:10 Hand-held fireworks 20:20-20:40 Fireworks 20:40-21:00	Link
26-27 Jul	Nagasaki Port Festival	Nagasaki Waterfront Park, Nagasaki Port, Nagasaki		Link
26-Jul	Kawagoe Million Lights Summer Festival	Kawagoe, Saitama	16:00-21:00	Link
27-Jul	Beppu Fire Sea Festival	Beppu Spa Beach, Oita	18:00-19:40	Link
27-Jul	Fuji Festival	Central Park and Aoba Street in front of Central Park, Shizuoka	14:00-18:30	Link
27-Jul	Saitama City Fireworks Festival Owada Park	Owada Park, Saitama	19:30～	Link
28 Jul - 12 Aug	Sounkyo Onsen Gorge Fire Festival Summer Fireworks	Kamikawa Town Sounkyo Shopping Street Special Stage (Canyon Mall Square), Hokkaido	Fireworks: 20:30~	Link
30 Jul-22 Aug	Kinosaki Onsen Lantern Festival and Summer Fireworks	Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo	21:00-21:05 Fireworks near Willow Street *only on weekdays *no fireworks from August 12-15	Link

Date	Festival / Event	Venue	Time	Link
31 Jul - 2 Aug	Asahikawa Summer Festival	Asahibashi at Ishikari River, Asahikawa	19:45-20:30	Link
1-Aug	Ogoto Onsen Fireworks Festival	Ogoto Onsen Port, Shiga	17:00-21:00	Link
1-Aug	Suigo Omigawa Fireworks Festival	Downstream of Omigawa Bridge, along the Tone River, Chiba	19:15-20:45	Link
1-4 Aug	Sansa Odori Festival	Morioka Chuodori, Iwate	18:00-21:00	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-Aug	Nikko Waraku Odori	Furukawa Electric Nikko Office, Tochigi	19:00-21:00	Link
1-31 Aug	Summer Fantasy Garden	Okayama Korakuen Garden・Okayama Castle	18:00-21:30	Link
1-3 Aug	Hachioji Festival	Hachioji Station North Exit - Tokyo		Link
1-3 Aug	Hinokuni Festival	Kumamoto City Area		Link
1-3 Aug	Shimizu Minato Matsuri	Shimizu station		Link
1-3 Aug	Ichinoseki Summer Festival	Ichinoseki Omachi · Jishumachi mall, Iwate		Link
1-3 Aug	Tomakomai Port Festival	Main Venue: Central Park (Wakakusa) Fireworks: West Square of the Fishing Port District		Link
2 Aug	Nagahama Summer Festival	Omotesando - Otemon Street - Museum Street, Shiga	14:00-20:00	Link
2 Aug	Onomichi Sumiyoshi Fireworks Festival	Onomichi Suido Channel (near Sumiyoshi Shrine), Hiroshima	19:30-20:30	Link
Aug: 2, 10-12, 16	Metsa Nordic Fireworks 2025	Metsa Village, Saitama	19:40-19:55	Link
2-Aug	Kurihama Perry Festival	Near Kurihama Beach, Kanagawa		Link
2-Aug	72nd Todabashi Fireworks Festival Sky Fantasia	National Route 17 Toda Bridge upstream Arakawa River riverbed - Saitama		Link
2-Aug	Teganuma Fireworks Festival 2025	Abiko Venue: Teganuma Park, Chiba	19:00	Link
2-Aug	Itabashi Fireworks Festival	Itabashi Ward Arakawa riverbed, Tokyo	19:00-20:30	Link
2-Aug	Makuhari Beach Fireworks Festival	Makuhari Seaside Park, Chiba	19:30-20:30	Link
2-Aug	Matsudo Fireworks Festival	Kogasaki Sports Field, Chiba	19:15-20:20	Link
2-Aug	Itabashi Fireworks Festival	Itabashi, Tokyo	19:00-20:30	Link
2-Aug	Edogawa Fireworks Festival	Edogawa riverbed, Tokyo	19:15-20:20	Link
2-3 Aug	The Nagaoka Fireworks Festival	Shinano River, Niigata	19:20-21:10	Link
Aug: 2-3, 9-17, 23-24, 30-31	Summer Night Fireworks	Harbor Town Marine - Huis Ten Bosch, Nagasaki	20:45	Link
2-7 Aug	Aomori Nebuta Festival	Aomori City		Link
2-Aug	Choshi Minato Fireworks Festival	Around Kawagishi Park, Chiba	17:00-20:30 Fireworks: 19:30-20:20	Link
2-3 Aug	Matsue Suigo Fireworks Festival	Lake Shinji Matsue City, Shimane	20:00-20:45	Link
3-Aug	The 74th Goshogawara Fireworks Festival	Iwaki Riverbed (Hokuto Grand), Aomori	19：20-21:10	Link
3-6 Aug	Akita Kanto Festival	Kanto Odori, Akita	18:15-21:00	Link
3,17 Aug	Shirahama Fireworks Festival	Shirahama Beach, Wakayama	20:10-20:25	Link
4-Aug	Minato Mirai Smart Festival 2025	Minatomirai 21, Yokohama	17:30-20:00	Link
5 Aug	54th Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival	Around Sendai Nishi Park, Miyagi	19:15-20:30	Link
5-Aug	Kawaguchiko Lake Festival	Fujikawaguchiko	17:00-22:00	Link
5 Aug	Chikugo River Fireworks Festival	Chikugogawa riverside, Kurume City, Fukuoka	19:40-20:40	Link
5-7 Aug	Yamagata Hanagasa Festival	Downtown Yamagata (Tokamachi, Honmachi, Nanukamachi Street to Bunshokan)n Mae, Yamagata	18:00-21:45	Link
6-8 Aug	Sendai Tanabata Festival	Shimin Hiroba Square, Kotodai   Park and along Juzenji Dori street, Sendai		Link
8-Aug	Lake Biwa Great Fireworks Festival	Vicinity of Otsu Port, Shiga	19:30-20:30	Link
8-Aug	Tateyama Fireworks Festival	Tateyama Bay, Chiba	19:30-20:30	Link
8-10 Aug	Niigata Festival	Niigata City Along the Shinano River	Fireworks: 10 Aug (19:20-20:20)	Link
9-Aug	The 3rd Nikko Fireworks Festival	Nikko Daiyagawa Park, riverbed - Tochigi	19:00	Link
9-Aug	Utsunomiya Fireworks Festival	Dojyojyuku Green space， Utsunomiya-city， Tochigi		Link
9 Aug	The 69th Maebashi Fireworks Festival	The banks of the Tone River near Owatari Bridge in Maebashi		Link
9-10 Aug	Yonago Gaina Festival	Yonago Station, Tottori		Link
10-Aug	Nanki Shirahama Fireworks Festa	Shirahama Beach, Wakayama	20:10-20:40	Link
11-Aug	Kameoka Hozugawa Fireworks	Kameoka, Kyoto	19:30-20:30	Link
13-16, 23 Aug	Starlight Illusion	Wakayama Marina City, Wakayama	13-16 Aug: 19:30-19:45 23 Aug: 19:30-19:40	Link
11-Aug	Morioka Fireworks Festival	Downstream of the Tonan Ohashi Bridge Kitakami Riverbed, Morioka	19:25-20:30	Link
13-Aug	Kanmon Kaikyo Fireworks Festival	Moji area, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka	19:50-20:20	Link
13-Aug	Kachimai Fireworks	Tokachigawa riverbed, Obihiro - Hokkaido	19:30-21:00	Link
14-Aug	Yamagata Fireworks Festival	Kajo Park, Yamagata	19:00-20:30	Link
15 Aug	Lake Suwa Fireworks Festival	Kamisuwa Onsen Lake Suwa, Nagano		Link
15-Aug	Lake Suwa Fireworks Festival	Suwa City Kohan Park, Nagano		Link
16 Aug	Yamaga Lantern Festival	Yamaga Elementary School	20:00-21:00	Link
16-Aug	Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival	Meiji Jingu Gaien, Shinjuku, Tokyo	19:30-20:30	Link
16-Aug	Gounokawa Matsuri	Gotsu station, Shimane		Link
16-Aug	Akagawa Fireworks	Akagawa Riverside, Yamagata		Link
17-Aug	Kumano Fireworks Festival	Kumanoshi Station, Mie	19:00	Link
23-Aug	Yunokawa Onsen Fireworks Festival	Downstream of the Matsukura River, Hakodate - Hokkaido	19:40-20:40	Link
23-24 Aug	Tokyo Koenji Awa Odori	Koenji Station, Tokyo	17:00-20:00	Link
23-Aug	Osaka Senshu Summer Festival	SENNAN LONG PARK, Osaka	19:45-20:30	Link
23-24 Aug	Takasaki Festival	Central Area of Takasaki City, Gunma		Link
23-24 Aug	Harajuku Omotesando Genki Matsuri Super Yosakoi Festival	Omotesando Harajuku /Meiji Shrine / Yoyogi Park / NHK zelkova tree-lined street, Tokyo		Link
29-30 Aug	The 16th Minato Mirai Bon Odori Dance Festival	Rinko Park and Koryu Zone Plaza, Yokohama	29 Aug: 16:30 - 20:30 30 Aug: 16:00 - 20:30	Link
30-Aug	Kanazawa Fireworks Festival	Umino Park, Yokohama	19:00-20:00	Link
30-Aug	Omagari Fireworks Festival	Omagari Station, Akita	Fireworks: 18:50	Link
30-31 Aug	Noboribetsu Jigoku Matsuri	Noboribetsu Onsen Gokuraku Street, Sengen Park, Jigokudani, Special stage - Hokkaido	Sat: 18:00-22:00 Sun: 12:00-22:00	Link
31 Aug	Yokkaichi Fireworks	Yokkaichi-shi Fuso, Mie		Link
31 Aug	Hikone Lake Biwa Summer Fireworks Festival	Matsubara Swimming Beach, Shiga	19:30～	Link
6-7 Sep	Sasebo Seaside Festival	Shiikicho, Sasebo City, Nagasaki		Link
Sep: 13-14, 20-21	Metsa Nordic Fireworks 2025	Metsa Village, Saitama	19:00-19:15	Link
13-Sep	The 13th Numata Fireworks Festival	Numata City Sports Park, Gunma	19:00-19:45	Link