Summer Fireworks Festival Guide
Summer in Japan means fireworks. Embrace the heat in the way that the locals have done for centuries. Our guide to as many fireworks festivals in Hiroshima and the surrounding region as we could find!
By heading down to the beach, seafront, or riverside after dark to enjoy a summer festival rounded off with a stunning fireworks display. You get extra points if you don a yukata and geta sandals, but if shirts and flip flops are more your thing, just go and drink in the sights and the atmosphere.
From late July to the end of August, there are fireworks festivals on just about every weekend and on some weeknights, too. Here’s our wrap-up of the displays and festivals that pack a bang around the region.
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2019 Fireworks Festivals
Saturday, July 13
- Kurahashi Sentosen Festival & Fireworks (Kurahashi Island, Hiroshima Prefecture)
Thursday, July 15
- Otake Waki River Fireworks Festival (Otake/Waki, Hiroshima/Yamaguchi Prefecture border)
Thursday & Friday, July 16 & 17
- Sumiyoshi-san Summer Festival (Sumiyoshi Shrine, Hiroshima City)
Saturday, July 20
- Innoshima Suigun Fireworks Festival (Innoshima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Numata Hongo Fireworks Festival (Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Iwakuni Port Fireworks Festival (Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
- Nagato Senzaki Fireworks Festival (Senzaki, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Saturday, July 27
- Hiroshima Port “Dream” Fireworks Festival (Ujina, Hiroshima City)
- Kure Fireworks Festival (Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Onomichi Sumiyoshi Fireworks Festival (Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Kinoe Jyushichi Fireworks Festival (Osakikamijima, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Hikari Fireworks Festival (Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
- Akiyoshidai Fireworks Festival (Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Monday, July 29
- Akitsu Sumiyoshi Matsuri Fireworks Festival
Thursday, August 1
- Hagi Summer Festival Fireworks (Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Saturday, August 3
- Nishiki-gawa (Kintai-kyo Bridge) Mizu no Saiten Fireworks Festival (Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
- Etajima Summer Festival & Fireworks (Etajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Lake Shinji-ko Fireworks (Matsue, Shimane Prefecture)
- Hamakko Summer Festival & Fireworks (Hamada, Shimane Prefecture)
- Masuda Suigousai Summer Festival (Masuda, Shimane Prefecture)
Sunday, August 4
- Lake Shinji-ko Fireworks (Matsue, Shimane Prefecture)
Saturday, August 1o
- Tojo Yukasai Fireworks Festival (Tojo, Hiroshima Prefecture)
Sunday, August 11
- Yassa Fireworks Festival (Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Yoshiwa Summer Festival & Fireworks (Yoshiwa, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
Monday, August 13
- Yanai Goldfish Lantern Festival (Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
- Higashino Sumiyoshi Festival (Osakikami-jima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Kanmon Kaikyo Fireworks Festival (Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Wednsday, August 14
- Osakikamijima Summer Festival (Osakikami-jima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture)
Thursday, August 15
- Fukuyama Ashida-gawa River Fireworks Festival (Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Kisa Fureai Festival (Kisa, Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Joge Fireworks Festival (Joge, Fuchu City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
Friday, August 16
- Suo Oshima Fireworks Festival (Oshima Island, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Saturday, August 17
- Setoda Summer Festival (Setoda, Ikuchijima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture)
Saturday, August 24
- Miyajima Fireworks Festival (Miyajima, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Innoshima Suigun Fire Festival (Innoshima Island, Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
Sunday, August 25
- Shobara Summer Fireworks Festival (Shobara City, Hiroshima Preecture)
Saturday, August 31
- Miyoshi City Fireworks Festival (Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Takehara Summer Festival Fireworks (Takehara City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
- Akitakata (Haji Dam) Fireworks Festival (Akitakata City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
