Japan in August 2026
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Last updated: July 13, 2026
August is the heart of Japan's fireworks season — more major displays than any other month, and the largest of the year among them. It also overlaps Obon (mid-August), when much of the country travels, so trains, hotels and the festivals themselves are at their most crowded. Book early and plan your exit from each venue.
Highlights this month
- Makuhari Beach Fireworks Festa 2026
Chiba (Mihama Ward), Chiba · August 1, 2026 (Sat) · about 24,000 fireworks - Matsue Suigosai Lake Fireworks Festival
Matsue, Shimane · August 1, 2026 (Sat) · about 21,000 fireworks - Ashikaga Fireworks Festival
Ashikaga, Tochigi · August 1, 2026 (Sat) · about 20,000 fireworks - Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks
Nagaoka, Niigata · August 2, 2026 (Sun) · about 20,000 fireworks
Visiting Japan in August: what to know
- Mid-August is Obon: domestic travel peaks, Shinkansen reserved seats and hotels near major festivals sell out weeks ahead. Reserve everything early.
- This is the hottest, most humid time of year — heatstroke is a real risk at packed riverbank venues. Carry water, salt tablets and a fan.
- For the biggest displays (Nagaoka, Omagari-region, lakeside shows), a hotel room near the venue is a scarce, high-value booking — see our Where to Stay guides.
All 62 fireworks in August 2026
Dates marked Confirmed come from official festival or city websites; Expected dates are estimates updated as organizers announce them.
August 1–2
- 01 Sat — Edogawa City Fireworks Festival (Edogawa City, Tokyo) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Itabashi Fireworks Festival (Itabashi City, Tokyo) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Hachioji Fireworks Festival (Hachioji City, Tokyo) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Odawara Sakawa River Fireworks Festival (Odawara, Kanagawa) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Southern Beach Chigasaki Fireworks Festival (Chigasaki, Kanagawa) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Todabashi Fireworks Festival 'Sky Fantasia' (Toda, Saitama) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Asaka Citizens' Festival 'Saikasai' Fireworks (Asaka, Saitama) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Yorii Tamayodo Suitengu Festival Fireworks (Yorii (Osato District), Saitama) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Makuhari Beach Fireworks Festa 2026 (Chiba (Mihama Ward), Chiba) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Ichikawa Citizens' Fireworks Festival (Ichikawa, Chiba) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Teganuma Fireworks Festival (Kashiwa / Abiko, Chiba) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Matsudo Fireworks Festival (Matsudo, Chiba) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Koga Fireworks Festival (Koga, Ibaraki) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Ashikaga Fireworks Festival (Ashikaga, Tochigi) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Kitanihon Shimbun Summer Fireworks (Toyama Venue) (Toyama, Toyama) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Okazaki Castle Town Ieyasu Summer Festival Fireworks Display (Okazaki, Aichi) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Kyososai PL Fireworks Art (PL Hanabi) (Tondabayashi, Osaka) Expected — not yet announced
- 01 Sat — 48th Ashiya Summer Carnival (Ashiya Dancing Fireworks Show) (Ashiya, Hyogo) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Kushimoto Festival Fireworks Display (Kushimoto, Wakayama) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — 25th Ikoma Dondoko Festival Summer Fireworks (Ikoma, Nara) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — 71st Doshin Fireworks Festival (Hakodate Port Festival Fireworks) (Hakodate, Hokkaido) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — The 103rd Ishinomaki Kawabiraki Festival Fireworks Display (Ishinomaki, Miyagi) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — Matsue Suigosai Lake Fireworks Festival (Matsue, Shimane) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — 74th Matsuyama Port Festival Mitsuhama Fireworks Display (Matsuyama, Ehime) Confirmed
- 01 Sat — 78th Miyazaki Summer Fireworks Festival (Miyazaki, Miyazaki) Confirmed
- 02 Sun — Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks (Nagaoka, Niigata) Confirmed
- 02 Sun — 48th Tsuyama Noryo Gongo Festival Fireworks (Yoshii River) (Tsuyama, Okayama) Confirmed
August 5–9
- 05 Wed — The 57th Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Festival (Sendai, Miyagi) Confirmed
- 05 Wed — 367th Chikugogawa Fireworks Festival (Kurume, Fukuoka) Confirmed
- 06 Thu — Lake Biwa Great Fireworks Festival (Otsu, Shiga) Confirmed
- 07 Fri — Shinmei Fireworks Festival (Ichikawamisato, Yamanashi) Confirmed
- 07 Fri — The 72nd Aomori Fireworks Festival (Aomori Nebuta Festival Finale, Day 7) (Aomori, Aomori) Confirmed
- 08 Sat — Jingu Gaien Fireworks Festival 2026 (Shinjuku City, Tokyo) Confirmed
- 08 Sat — Kumagaya Fireworks Festival (Kumagaya, Saitama) Confirmed
- 08 Sat — Tateyama Bay Fireworks Display (Tateyama, Chiba) Confirmed
- 08 Sat — Choshi Minato Festival Fireworks Display (Choshi, Chiba) Confirmed
- 08 Sat — Utsunomiya Fireworks Festival (Utsunomiya, Tochigi) Confirmed
- 08 Sat — Maebashi Fireworks Festival (Maebashi, Gunma) Confirmed
- 08 Sat — Gifu Nagaragawa Fireworks Festival (Gifu, Gifu) Confirmed
- 09 Sun — Niigata Festival Fireworks Show (Niigata, Niigata) Confirmed
- 09 Sun — Yonago Gaina Festival Fireworks Display (Yonago, Tottori) Confirmed
- 09 Sun — 29th Onmaku Fireworks (Imabari Citizens' Festival) (Imabari, Ehime) Confirmed
- 09 Sun — 76th Kochi City Noryo Summer Fireworks Festival (Kochi, Kochi) Confirmed
August 10–16
- 10 Mon — Nanki-Shirahama Fireworks Festa 2026 (Shirahama, Wakayama) Confirmed
- 11 Tue — Morioka Fireworks Festival (Morioka Hanabi no Saiten) (Morioka, Iwate) Confirmed
- 13 Thu — 74th Kachimai Fireworks Festival (Obihiro, Hokkaido) Confirmed
- 13 Thu — Kanmon Strait Fireworks Festival (Shimonoseki / Kitakyushu (Moji Ward), Yamaguchi) Confirmed
- 13 Thu — 59th Sanuki Takamatsu Festival Fireworks Display 'Dondon Takamatsu' (Takamatsu, Kagawa) Confirmed
- 14 Fri — Rindo Lake Fireworks Festival (Nasu (Nasu District), Tochigi) Confirmed
- 15 Sat — Kisarazu Port Festival Fireworks Display (Kisarazu, Chiba) Confirmed
- 15 Sat — Lake Suwa Festival Fireworks Display (Suwako-sai Kojo Hanabi Taikai) (Suwa, Nagano) Confirmed
- 15 Sat — Kariya Wansaka Festival Fireworks Display (Kariya, Aichi) Confirmed
- 15 Sat — Yoshinogawa Festival Summer Fireworks Display (Gojo, Nara) Confirmed
- 15 Sat — The 33rd Akagawa Fireworks Festival (Tsuruoka, Yamagata) Confirmed
- 15 Sat — Fukuyama Summer Festival 2026 Ashida River Fireworks Display (Fukuyama, Hiroshima) Confirmed
- 16 Sun — Miyazu Toro Nagashi (Lantern Floating) Fireworks Festival (Miyazu, Kyoto) Confirmed
August 22
- 22 Sat — Takasaki Festival Grand Fireworks Display (Takasaki, Gunma) Confirmed
- 22 Sat — SBI Mai Hanabi in Osaka Sennan (formerly Senshu Yume Hanabi) (Sennan, Osaka) Confirmed
August 24–30
- 24 Mon — Minatomirai Festival 2026 (Minato Mirai Smart Festival) (Yokohama, Kanagawa) Confirmed
- 29 Sat — The 98th Omagari National Fireworks Competition (Omagari no Hanabi) (Daisen, Akita) Confirmed
- 29 Sat — 24th Kagoshima Kinko Bay Summer Night Grand Fireworks Festival (Kagoshima, Kagoshima) Confirmed
- 30 Sun — Hikone Kita-Biwako Summer Fireworks Festival (Hikone, Shiga) Expected — not yet announced
By prefecture
Aichi · Akita · Aomori · Chiba · Ehime · Fukuoka · Gifu · Gunma · Hiroshima · Hokkaido · Hyogo · Ibaraki · Iwate · Kagawa · Kagoshima · Kanagawa · Kochi · Kyoto · Miyagi · Miyazaki · Nagano · Nara · Niigata · Okayama · Osaka · Saitama · Shiga · Shimane · Tochigi · Tokyo · Tottori · Toyama · Wakayama · Yamagata · Yamaguchi · Yamanashi
Looking beyond August? See every festival on the Japan Fireworks Calendar 2026.