Kawashi Fireworks
花火大会
Kawashi Fireworks is a fireworks festival held in Gifu. Date: 2026-08-02 (Sun), firing 20:00-20:30; held in early August. Total shells: about 約800. Attendance: 約3,000人. No. 回号表記なし (no edition number published)
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 約800
- Duration
- 30 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- 約3,000人
- Largest Shell
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Founding Year
- 1990年（corpus マニフェストの開始年。2026-10-20 の調査では初回開催年を裏付ける出典を確認できず）
Signature Sequences
- 01Fired from a raised terrace, so the whole shell can be watched from a distance
- 02Starmine leads a display built around 3-sun and 4-sun shells
- 03The report echoes off the ridges of the Roman Valley
- 04Run by the Fukuoka district community council as a locally led event
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- Firing 20:00-20:30 (about 30 minutes)
- Venue
- Riverside bank opposite the Roman Valley auto campground, Fukuoka, Nakatsugawa City (along the Tsugechi River)
- Address
- Riverside opposite the Roman Valley auto campground, Fukuoka, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture
- Venue Size
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue Floor Type
- Riverbank; the shells are fired from a raised terrace across the water and watched from the bank
- Gates Open
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- Not applicable (no paid viewing area is set up)
- 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
- Fukuoka Machizukuri Kyogikai, the district community council (listed as the contact, tel 0573-72-2144)
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
- Nakatsugawa Station (JR) - about 25 min by Kita-Ena bus toward Tsugegawa, alight at Fukuoka Sogo Jimusho-mae and walk 5 min
- Nearest Shinkansen
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Local Transit
- Kita-Ena bus, Nakatsugawa Station to Fukuoka Sogo Jimusho-mae (about 25 min)
- Parking
- 300 free spaces (the Fukuoka general office car park plus two other lots, about 300 cars in total)
- Parking Reservation
- No reservation system is published; spaces are taken on arrival
- Lodging Strategy
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- English Access
- The only published route is the Kita-Ena bus plus a short walk; no English signage or guidance was found in the sources
- Cash Required
- Entry is free so there is nothing to pay on entry; no food stalls are listed in the sources
- Best Arrival
- 19:00-19:30. The display lasts only 30 minutes from 20:00 and the terrace lets you see the whole shell, so an early position pays off
- Peak Crowd
- Heaviest after 19:30, derived from the published 20:00 start and the 30-minute firing window
Tickets
- Seat Type
- Not applicable - no paid viewing area is set up
- Price Range
- No paid seats; entry is free (0 yen)
- Seat Count
- Not applicable (no paid seats) seats
- Sellout History
- Not applicable - with no paid seats there is no sales history
- Reservation
- No reservation; come to the venue on the day
- Day-Of Ticket
- No ticket sales at all (no paid seats, free entry)
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Cancelled in stormy weather (the fireworks database lists storm cancellation); no separate rain-hold statement is published
- Decision Time
- Check the go/no-go on 2026-08-01: the sources publish storm cancellation only
- Postponement
- No postponement date is published; the show is cancelled in stormy weather (2026 entry)
- Wind Threshold
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Typical Risks
- A mountain valley in August; the sources state that the show is cancelled in stormy weather.
- Weather Cancellation History
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)