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Hitachinaka Festival

ひたちなか祭り

Hitachinaka Festival is a fireworks festival held in 関東. Date: 7月中旬（3日間）. Total shells: about 未定（推定 約20,000発）. Attendance: 推定 800,000人（祭り全体）. No. 32回

Event essentials

Headline stats

Total Shells
未定（推定 約20,000発）
Duration
60 min
Nights
1 night(s)
Attendance
推定 800,000人（祭り全体）
Largest Shell
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Founding Year
1995年（平成7年） - 2026年8月の第32回からの逆算

Signature Sequences

  1. 01The fireworks are fired only on the evening of 22 August; the 23rd is the main festival day of mikoshi, owarai and the folk dances
  2. 02Firing runs 19:30-20:30 for about 60 minutes
  3. 03a paid-seating area inside the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force Katsuta garrison, with sponsor seats and sheet seats
  4. 04a 60-minute display of about 3,000 shells
  5. 05food stalls along the festival ground

Venue & Access

Time Window
19:30-20:30
Venue
ひたちなか市 市役所周辺会場（推定）
Address
Katsuta, Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture (inside the Katsuta garrison of the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force)
Venue Size
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Venue Floor Type
An open-air site on the plain inside the Katsuta garrison
Gates Open
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Paid-Seat Holder Entry
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Spectator Capacity
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Launch Company
㈱マルゴー（推定）
Production Company
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Sponsor
Hitachinaka Festival Executive Committee (secretariat 029-272-0540)

Access

From major cities

From Tokyo
Tokyo Station - about 1 h 15 min to JR Katsuta Station on the Joban Line via the Ueno-Tokyo Line - then a 20 min walk, or the Hitachinaka Seaside Railway to Kanesawa Station
From Osaka
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From Sendai
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Nearest Station
Kanesawa Station on the Hitachinaka Seaside Railway (about 5 min walk) or JR Katsuta Station on the Joban Line (about 20 min walk)
Nearest Shinkansen
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Local Transit
A 5 min walk from Kanesawa Station on the Hitachinaka Seaside Railway or 20 min from JR Katsuta Station.
Parking
No parking (the fireworks database records the venue's parking as 'x'); the venue is inside a military garrison and cannot take ordinary cars.
Parking Reservation
Not applicable - no parking is advertised at all, so visitors arriving by car must rely on private off-site parking
Lodging Strategy
With no parking at the venue, public transport is the norm and visitors walk from Katsuta or Kanesawa Station.
English Access
Because there is no parking and visitors must walk from the station, public-transport guidance exists, but no guidance in a foreign language was found in the sources checked.
Cash Required
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Best Arrival
Before the 19:30 start, allowing generous time for the walk from the station since there is no parking.
Peak Crowd
The busiest stretch is the 19:30-20:30 firing window.

Tickets

Weather Policy

Rain
Held in light rain; the organiser had not fixed a postponement day for the 2026 edition
Decision Time
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Postponement
Held in light rain; the postponement date in stormy weather was still to be confirmed (Walker Plus, 2026).
Wind Threshold
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Typical Risks
Thunderstorms and typhoons in August; the event goes ahead in light rain, but no postponement date is fixed in stormy weather.
Weather Cancellation History
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