Shi 12 Fireworks
花火大会
Shi 12 Fireworks is a fireworks festival held in Kyushu. Date: 25 and 26 July (2026); the Saturday and Sunday of the fourth weekend of July. Total shells: about 2日間延べ8,000発（ja.wikipedia「日本の花火大会一覧」の記載）. Attendance: 26万人（2日開催）. No. Not published
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 2日間延べ8,000発（ja.wikipedia「日本の花火大会一覧」の記載）
- Duration
- 35 min
- Nights
- 2 night(s)
- Attendance
- 26万人（2日開催）
- Largest Shell
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Founding Year
- 1963 (the manifest start year; the sources do not explain where this year comes from)
Signature Sequences
- 01Firing begins at 20:30 (the official site schedule and the fireworks database schedule).
- 02About 20 minutes on 25 July (20:30-20:50) and about 15 minutes on 26 July (20:30-20:45).
- 03There is only one firing session a day and nothing follows it.
- 04Fireworks seen at the same time as Nagasaki Port, one of the three officially recognised new world night views
- 05Firing on both days of the festival (in 2026 from 20:30 to 20:50 on 25 July and from 20:30 to 20:45 on 26 July)
- 06A summer festival with food stalls around the Suibinomori and Suwa-no-mori parks
- 07Firing combined with the daytime water mock battle and the kick and molec challenge
- 08A harbour festival with no paid viewing seats at all
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- Firing starts at 20:30; until 20:50 on 25 July and until 20:45 on 26 July
- Venue
- Nagasaki Suibinomori Park and Nagasaki Port, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture
- Address
- Nagasaki Suibinomori Park, Nagasaki City, with the firing from offshore in Nagasaki Port
- Venue Size
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue Floor Type
- A waterfront park on the harbour side, with no car park inside the venue.
- Gates Open
- In the 2026 schedule the first item starts at 11:30 (the water battle at Nagasaki Mizube no Mori Park); the display itself starts at 20:30
- 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)
- Launch Company
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Production Company
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Sponsor
- Nagasaki Port Opening Memorial Society and the Nagasaki Minato Matsuri Executive Committee (office inside the Nagasaki Chamber of Commerce, 095-822-0111)
Access
From major cities
- From Tokyo
- From Tokyo, take the Shinkansen and local trains to Nagasaki Station, about five and a half hours.
- 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
- Dejima tram stop, 3 min on foot (Nagasaki Electric Tram line 1); about 5 min from JR Nagasaki Station.
- Nearest Shinkansen
- Nagasaki is reached mainly by sea and air; on the rail network the closest major station is Nagasaki Station.
- Local Transit
- Nagasaki Electric Tram line 1 (Dejima tram stop), Nagasaki Bus, the prefecture bus services and the airport coach from Nagasaki Station.
- Parking
- There is no car park inside the venue (stated by the fireworks database); no figure for parking nearby is given.
- Parking Reservation
- No advance-reservation car park is advertised in the sources. The fireworks database states explicitly that there is no parking inside the venue
- Lodging Strategy
- The Nagasaki Prefecture Tourism Federation fireworks feature page carries a "lodging near the venue" link, so accommodation across Nagasaki City can be picked from the festival page itself
- 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
- Arrive by public transport and be inside the grounds between about 19:00 and 19:30.
- Peak Crowd
- Density rises in the thirty minutes before the 20:30 firing and during the early evening food-stall hours.
Tickets
- Seat Type
- None. No paid viewing seats were set up in 2026; all viewing is free
- Price Range
- There are no paid viewing seats in 2026 and no admission fee
- 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
- No reservation needed: with no paid seats there is no ticketing system to book in advance
- Day-Of Ticket
- Not applicable: with no paid seats there are no advance or same-day tickets
Weather Policy
- Rain
- The 2026 pages do not state that the show goes ahead in rain; the official notices cover heat stroke and tent rules.
- Decision Time
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Postponement
- The fireworks database records the rule as undecided in stormy weather; no postponement date appears in the sources.
- Wind Threshold
- No numeric threshold for cancelling or postponing in stormy weather (wind speed, rainfall) appears in the sources.
- Typical Risks
- Late July in Nagasaki is exposed to typhoons and heavy rain, and fireworks fired over the harbour are sensitive to wind.
- Weather Cancellation History
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)