Inashiki Summer Festival Fireworks
いなしき夏まつり花火大会
Inashiki Summer Festival Fireworks is a fireworks festival held in Kanto. Date: 2026-08-22 (Sat); earlier editions on 2025-08-23 (Sat) and 2024-08-24 (Sat). Total shells: about 10000. Attendance: Not published. No. Not numbered - the fireworks are the finale of the Inashiki Summer Festival
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 10000
- Duration
- 90 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- Not published
- Largest Shell
- 10号玉 (10-inch shell) - the largest shell fired at the previous edition, per the official overview
- Founding Year
- 1996 (Heisei 8)
Signature Sequences
- 01Annual since 1996 (Heisei 8)
- 02Late August (Saturday) schedule
- 03Venue: Edosaki Comprehensive Sports Park (Ibaraki Prefecture Inashiki City Aranuma 3-1)
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- Gates open 15:00; fireworks 19:00-20:30 (scheduled, about 90 minutes)
- Venue
- Edosaki General Sports Park (江戸崎総合運動公園), 3-1 Aranuma, Inashiki City, Ibaraki Prefecture
- Address
- Edosaki General Sports Park, 3-1 Aranuma, Inashiki City, Ibaraki Prefecture (江戸崎総合運動公園, 茨城県稲敷市荒沼3-1) 35.972942°N, 140.303682°E
- Venue Size
- Not published
- Venue Floor Type
- Open grass and hard-standing inside a municipal sports park
- Gates Open
- Gates open at 15:00 with the stage events; paid stand holders enter with the general gates. The stand ticket is collected at the Inashiki City Hall on the day.
- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- Gates open at 15:00; paid stand holders enter with the general gates
- Spectator Capacity
- Not published; the fireworks are staged inside the Edosaki General Sports Park
- Launch Company
- Not publicly disclosed
- Production Company
- Not published - the official overview names the organiser (Inashiki City Tourism Association) but not the pyrotechnic house
- Sponsor
- Inashiki Summer Festival organising committee (いなしき夏まつり実行委員会); the secretariat sits in the Inashiki City Urban Development Division, TEL 029-892-2000
Access
Venue map
View on Google MapsFrom major cities
- From Tokyo
- JR Joban Line from Ueno to Tsuchiura (about 1 h 20 min), then about 50 min by bus to Edosaki Station and 15 min walk. By road, the Ken-O Expressway Inashiki IC or Inashiki-Higashi IC, about 10 min.
- From Osaka
- About 2 h 20 min by rail from Osaka to Tsuchiura on the Joban Line, then about 50 min by bus
- From Sendai
- About 2 h 40 min by rail from Sendai to Tsuchiura on the Joban Line, then about 50 min by bus
- Nearest Station
- JR Edosaki Station on the Joban Line - about 15 min walk; by bus from JR Tsuchiura Station, about 50 min
- Nearest Shinkansen
- No Shinkansen station in Inashiki; the nearest is Tsuchiura Station on the Joban Line, which is also the rail gateway
- Local Transit
- JR Joban Line to Tsuchiura Station, then the JR Bus Edosaki-bound service for about 50 minutes and about 15 minutes on foot from the terminus Edosaki stop. From Ryugasaki Station on the JR Joban Line, the Kanto Railway Bus Edosaki Depot-bound service takes about 60 minutes and about 5 minutes on foot from the terminus. No shuttle bus runs on the festival day.
- Parking
- No venue car park; the city uses a paid reservation frontage parking scheme (軒先パーキング) around the surrounding streets
- Parking Reservation
- Paid reservation system - the 軒先パーキング spaces are reserved in advance, and paid stand buyers get priority access
- Lodging Strategy
- Stay in Tsuchiura or Ryugasaki and travel in by car or bus on the day - the display is a single Saturday evening event and no shuttle bus runs on the festival day, so a base in central Tokyo is not practical for the same night.
- English Access
- Rakuten Ticket accepts foreign card payment and the advance sale was open to anyone, but the day-of application and the stand ticket exchange at the City Hall are cash only and in Japanese. There is no English page on the official site.
- Cash Required
- Yes for the food stalls on the festival grounds
- Best Arrival
- Before 18:30 - the stage events run from 15:00 and the park fills up before the 19:00 launch
- Peak Crowd
- Peak at the start of the fireworks (19:00) and during the final starmine
Tickets
- Seat Type
- Paid viewing stands (桟敷席) along the launch site, plus free viewing in the opened baseball field
- Price Range
- 3,000-21,000 yen for the advance sale; 17,000 yen for the day-of garden table seat
- Seat Count
- 943 stands in total - 300 soccer court mat seats, 300 soccer court garden table seats, 143 tennis court table seats, 150 pair seats and 50 single seats seats
- Sellout History
- Not published
- Reservation
- Advance sale of the paid stands through the official festival site
- Day-Of Ticket
- The official festival site publishes the stand sales page; the stands are sold ahead of the event
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Postponed in severe weather (荒天時延期); the 2026 reserve day was Sunday 2026-08-23
- Decision Time
- The go / no-go call is made on the day. The official overview states 雨天決行、荒天順延 (held in rain, postponed in severe weather), the reserve day is 2026-08-23 (Sun), and if the reserve day is also lost the festival is cancelled.
- Postponement
- The 2026 reserve day was Sunday 2026-08-23; the city page also notes the event is cancelled in severe weather
- Wind Threshold
- Not published
- Typical Risks
- Late August in Ibaraki - the peak of the summer heat and humidity, with typhoons the main risk for an outdoor show of this size
- Weather Cancellation History
- None recorded for the 2026 edition, which was held on schedule on 2026-08-22
Sources and verification
Related festivals
Sister Festivals
- Joso Kinugawa Fireworks Competitionsame prefecture, riverbed display
- Suigou Itako Fireworkssame prefecture, lake display
- Hitachinaka Seaside Festival Fireworkssame prefecture, summer festival fireworks
- Nakaminato Port Fireworkssame prefecture, harbour display
- Tsukuba Fireworkssame prefecture, city display
- Mito Kairakuen Fireworkssame prefecture, garden display