Asaka-no Natsu Festival Hanabi Taikai
野夏まつり花火大会
Asaka-no Natsu Festival Hanabi Taikai is a fireworks festival held in Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass). Date: Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass). Total shells: about 10000. Attendance: 約3万5000人（例年の人出、花火大会データベース）。公式の御礼告知では第53回(2024) 約3万5千人、第54回(2025) 約4万5千人、第55回(2026) 約3万人超. No. 55 (2026-08-14)
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 10000
- Duration
- 60 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- 約3万5000人（例年の人出、花火大会データベース）。公式の御礼告知では第53回(2024) 約3万5千人、第54回(2025) 約4万5千人、第55回(2026) 約3万人超
- Largest Shell
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Founding Year
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Signature Sequences
- 01large shells including 10-sun shells, star mines and music fireworks
- 02fired in the middle of farmland so the display can be watched from any direction
- 03about 100 yatai stalls along the viewing area
- 04a 60-minute display starting at 19:30
- 05paid seats alongside a free general viewing area
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue
- AGC Electronics Koriyama Culture Park (61 Naritomaru-yama-higashi, Asaka-cho, Koriyama City, Fukushima)
- Address
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue Size
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-23 pass) - the Japanese Wikipedia article on 郡山カルチャーパーク leaves its area field empty, so the size of the firing ground is not published.
- Venue Floor Type
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-23 pass) - the venue is recorded as near the Koriyama Culture Park, on the grass and open ground of the park, but no source states the ground surface of the firing area.
- Gates Open
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Spectator Capacity
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Production Company
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Sponsor
- The Asaka-no Natsu Matsuri Fireworks Executive Committee (secretariat inside the Asaka Town Chamber of Commerce, 3-31 Asaka, Koriyama City, tel 024-946-2068, fax 024-946-2099, asakatwn@sweet.ocn.ne.jp)
Access
From major cities
- From Tokyo
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- From Osaka
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- From Sendai
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Nearest Station
- JR Koriyama Station (Tohoku Shinkansen and Tohoku line). The sources give only the car route, about three minutes from the Koriyama-Minami IC
- Nearest Shinkansen
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Local Transit
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Parking
- A temporary car park is set up at the Koriyama City wholesale market (about 1,000 cars, gate opens at 13:00, per the prefectural tourism site). The culture park car park is not for the fireworks
- Parking Reservation
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Lodging Strategy
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- English Access
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Cash Required
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Best Arrival
- The 12:00 hour; the temporary car park opens at 13:00 and capacity is limited, so arriving before 17:00 is safe
- Peak Crowd
- The 19:30-20:30 firing window
Tickets
- Seat Type
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Price Range
- On-the-day seats: pipe chair JPY 3,000 per chair and blue sheet JPY 5,000 per sheet (1.8 x 1.8 m, up to four people); booked paid seats are sold per block
- Seat Count
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass) seats
- Sellout History
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Reservation
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Day-Of Ticket
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Weather Policy
- Rain
- The shells are fired even in rain, but the event is cancelled if there is a risk of a typhoon with wind of 10 m/s or more or of heavy-rain damage; the final decision is made at 11:00 two days before and announced on the official page
- Decision Time
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-23 pass) - the fireworks database records the rule only as rain go-ahead with the bad-weather case left to the official site, and the official site URL carried in the file returned a 404 during this pass.
- Postponement
- There is no postponement rule - the event is cancelled instead. The fireworks database notes that the treatment in stormy weather is undecided and to check the official site
- Wind Threshold
- Wind of 10 m/s or more (the cancellation threshold when a typhoon is approaching, per the official site)
- Typical Risks
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Weather Cancellation History
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Sources and verification
Related festivals
Sister Festivals
- Fukushima Hanabi TaikaiFukushima City, Fukushima, REGIONAL
- Nihonmatsu Hanabi TaikaiNihonmatsu City, Fukushima, LOCAL
- Yarube Fukushima Ikamatsuri and Kaikyo Hanabi TaikaiFukushima Oku-machi, Fukushima, LOCAL