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A gorgeous "Fireworks of Prayer" that envelops the audience in emotion.
It is one of the three major fireworks festivals in Japan and a colorful summer tradition in Niigata. The origin of the festival was the Nagaoka Reconstruction Festival, which was held the following year to commemorate the many people who died during the air raid on Nagaoka on August 1, 1945, and to wish for the reconstruction of Nagaoka. Furthermore, a fireworks display was also revived in 1947. Every year, at 10:30 p.m. on August 1, the day the air raid on Nagaoka began, the custom is to shoot three white, all-white, shakudama balls and to ring a memorial bell. Therefore, the fireworks display is fixed for August 2 and 3.
Large fireworks with a diameter of 650m bloom in the night sky, such as the famous "Shosanjakudama (No. 30) Fireworks", and the extravagant "Niagara Super Large Star Mine Fireworks". It hits and is full of power. Don't miss the "Phoenix" firework to pray for recovery from the Great Chuetsu Earthquake that occurred on October 23, 2004, and the "Tenchijin Fireworks" that was created to commemorate the 2009 Taiga drama "Tenchijin".
Since the fireworks display is expected to be very crowded on the day of the event, the rule of thumb is to leave plenty of time for your visit. Please refer to the official website for detailed information on crowds and how to avoid them.
Excitement is inevitable with a series of large fireworks
Nagaoka Fireworks Festival's famous "Shosanshaku-dama (No. 30)" fireworks and "Niagara Super-large Starmine", a huge waterfall of light extending 650 meters
Fireworks "Phoenix" to pray for reconstruction with wide starmines soaring
A large display of fireworks lights up the night sky of Nagaoka
