Takehara Summer Fireworks Festival

About 20,000 people watch from the shore as 3200 fireworks go up over the sea for 30 minutes. Access: 10

Akitakata Fireworks Festival

Kagura performances, a flea market and an impressive fireworks display over the water of Haji Dam. Fireworks 19:30-20:30

13,000 fireworks explode over the Onomichi sea channel.

2000 blasts at a small (and thus we hear, relatively uncrowded) fireworks festival. Postponed in the event of rain. There

2300 fireworks, taiko drumming, dance performances, bon odori dancing and period reenactments. Fireworks 20:50~ Postponed until the following day in

Our guide to as many of the fireworks festivals in the region as we could find!

A selection of great Instagrams from this year’s Kintai Bridge Fireworks Festival.

[きのえ十七夜祭] A 5000 blast fireworks display 20:30, brings a day of traditional boat racing to a close.

Some of our favorite captures of the 2017 Miyajima Fireworks Festival.

A compilation of some of the Instagrams of the 2017 Miyoshi City Fireworks display held on August 19 that caught

Although not in Hiroshima, our near neighbours in Yamaguchi have the beautiful humped bridge of Kintaikyo that hosts a fantastic

Rather than battle the 430,000 people who reportedly showed up at the annual Hiroshima Port Dream Fireworks Festival in Ujina

The summer is long, hot and usually pretty sticky. Beat (or at least embrace) the heat in the way that

Summer is well and truly here, and summer means fireworks. The first of the big displays start this weekend and

Sat 19