Shi 13 Fireworks
花火大会
Shi 13 Fireworks is a fireworks festival held in Miyazaki. Date: 2026-07-19 (Sun), fireworks 20:00-21:00; the event programme runs 15:00-21:15. The Matsuri-nobeoka festival proper is held the day before, on 2026-07-18 (Sat). Total shells: about 約6,000発（出典：日本の花火大会一覧。2026年の記載は「未定」）. Attendance: 約5万人. No. 49回 (49th)
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 約6,000発（出典：日本の花火大会一覧。2026年の記載は「未定」）
- Duration
- 60 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- 約5万人
- Largest Shell
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Founding Year
- 1978年（Walker Plus が2026年を「第49回」とすることから逆算。公式サイトは「開催から50年」と記載しており1年ずれの表記がある）
Signature Sequences
- 01Ultra-close firing, with the shells going up a very short distance from the viewing seats
- 02A panoramic starmine with the widest span in the prefecture and a Non-Stop starmine burst
- 03A music fireworks collaboration with the Nobeoka taiko group Unkai Taiko
- 04Paid Hanabi Garden seats next to the food booths, drink booths and a purpose-built stage
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- Fireworks 20:00-21:00 (about 60 minutes); the event programme runs 15:00-21:15
- Venue
- Riverside downstream of the Ose Great Bridge, Osegawa, Nobeoka City
- Address
- Riverside downstream of the Ose Great Bridge on the Osegawa, Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture
- Venue Size
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue Floor Type
- Riverbank; the firing line and the viewing area sit side by side with no stands
- Gates Open
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- Not applicable (the Hanabi Garden seats are advance bookings; the official site lists no ticket gate or entry time)
- Spectator Capacity
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass); the fireworks database gives about 50,000 as the typical crowd but publishes no venue capacity
- Production Company
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Sponsor
- The Matsuri-nobeoka Promotion Council (secretariat in Nobeoka City, tel 0982-32-6141); the official site publishes a list of sponsor companies
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
- Nobeoka Station (JR) - about 10 min by Miyako bus toward Kyushu University of Medical Sciences, alight at Sakurakoji and walk 5 min
- Nearest Shinkansen
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Local Transit
- Miyako bus (about 10 min from JR Nobeoka Station); the minamikita/kitamachi machi-loop bus, whose stop nearest the fireworks is Hirano-mae at the Kawamachi exchange building (200 yen per ride); a shuttle from around Nobeoka City Hall runs until 22:30
- Parking
- No parking is advertised (the fireworks database lists the venue parking as 'x'); the official site asks visitors to come by public transport
- Parking Reservation
- No parking reservation or allocation is published; roads around the venue are under traffic control on the day
- Lodging Strategy
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- English Access
- The venue is reached by Miyako bus and the machi-loop bus (200 yen per ride); roads around the venue are under traffic control, so cars cannot get in. Neither the official site nor the fireworks database carries English guidance.
- Cash Required
- The garden seats are settled by bank transfer only; the payment methods for the food and drink booths are not published.
- Best Arrival
- Arrive between 16:00 and 19:00 for the 20:00 start. The paid Hanabi Garden seats are closest to the firing line but are bookable only in advance.
- Peak Crowd
- Heaviest right after the 15:00 opening and in the 15 minutes before the 20:00 start, derived from the published 15:00-21:15 programme and the 20:00-21:00 firing window
Tickets
- Seat Type
- Hanabi Garden seats (paid viewing): tier A, tier B and tier C
- Price Range
- Paid seats only, 10,000-30,000 yen (C: 4 seats 10,000 yen / B: 8 seats 20,000 yen / A: 10 seats 30,000 yen); free viewing is 0 yen
- Seat Count
- 3 tiers (A: 10 seats, B: 8 seats, C: 4 seats) seats
- Sellout History
- In 2026 the advance booking closed on 16 July (official site notice). Sell-out history for other years is not published.
- Reservation
- Booking only through the reservation form on the Matsuri-nobeoka official website; payment is by bank transfer only and the booking completes once the transfer is confirmed; a missing transfer by the deadline cancels the booking
- Day-Of Ticket
- The Hanabi Garden seats went on sale through the booking form on the official site from 9 June 2026 and were fully booked by 16 July 2026
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Postponed to the next day in stormy weather (for 2026 the stated postponement day was Monday 20 July); no rain-hold statement is published, and the 2026-07-19 report says it did not rain on the day
- Decision Time
- For the paid Hanabi Garden seats the decision window was the roughly five weeks from the 9 June 2026 opening of bookings to their close on 16 July; free viewing needs no advance decision
- Postponement
- In stormy weather the show moves to 2026-07-20 (Mon) (fireworks database); no new firing time is given for the postponed day
- Wind Threshold
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Typical Risks
- Nobeoka in late July; in stormy weather the show is moved to the next day (20 July was the stated postponement day in 2026).
- Weather Cancellation History
- On 2026-07-19 the festival was held without rain (official event report); the stated postponement day for stormy weather was 20 July 2026.