かかし村まつり花火大会
かかし村まつり花火大会 is a fireworks festival held in 宮崎県. Date: Mid-October Saturday (2026: Oct 17, Sat; fireworks 20:00-20:30, festival 15:00-21:00). Total shells: about 3000. Attendance: 約1万600人. No. Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 3000
- Duration
- 30 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- 約1万600人
- Largest Shell
- 8-shaku shell (2026 finale)
- Founding Year
- 1980 per the manifest; none of the sources checked states a founding year
Signature Sequences
- 01Held on a Saturday in mid-October (17 October in 2026)
- 023,000 shells over a firing window of about 30 minutes
- 03The finale carries a largest 8-shaku shell
- 04Typical attendance of about 16,000
- 05No paid seats; about 1,150 free parking spaces plus a free shuttle bus
- 06An autumn Yamada-district festival run together with the Kakashi Festival
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- 20:00-20:30
- Venue
- Ichidogaoka Park (一堂ヶ丘公園)
- Address
- Ichidogaoka Park, 8529-1 Yamada, Yamada-cho, Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture
- Venue Size
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue Floor Type
- An outdoor park venue. The lawn of Ichidogaoka Park is the event ground, and the scarecrow exhibition is held on the same lawn.
- Gates Open
- Opening at 15:00; the fireworks block starts at 20:00
- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Spectator Capacity
- About 1,150 spaces across the venue car park and the shuttle-only lots. No venue capacity limit is published.
- Launch Company
- 都城市花火大会実行委員会 (organizing committee)
- Production Company
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Sponsor
- Kakashi-mura Matsuri Executive Committee (secretariat: Regional Life Division, Miyakonojo City Yamada General Branch Office, 0986-64-1111; stall desk at the Yamada Town Chamber of Commerce, 0986-64-2057)
Access
Venue map
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- 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
- Mangatsuka Station (JR Kitto Line) - 25 min on foot, about 5 min by car
- Nearest Shinkansen
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Local Transit
- Walk 25 min from JR Mangatsuka Station, or about 5 min by car from the station; about 30 min from the Miyazaki Expressway Miyakonojo IC
- Parking
- About 1,150 free spaces in total (venue car park plus the shuttle-only lots). A free shuttle bus runs 16:00-21:30 from the Kininouchi Sports Centre, the Yamada General Branch Office and the JA Miyazaki Yamada branch car parks.
- Parking Reservation
- None of the sources checked describes a car-park reservation system
- Lodging Strategy
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- English Access
- The Miyakonojo City site carries a Foreign language link in the page header plus 'easy Japanese' and 'furigana' display, but this event page itself carries no foreign-language version.
- Cash Required
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Best Arrival
- The fireworks last only about 30 minutes from 20:00 and the area around the park is extremely congested, so use the shuttle bus that runs from 16:00 and reach the park between 16:00 and 18:00.
- Peak Crowd
- The 20:00-20:30 fireworks, then the lottery draw and closing finale from 20:30 to 20:50
Tickets
- Seat Type
- None - no paid seats
- Price Range
- Not applicable - the festival has no paid seats
- 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
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Day-Of Ticket
- Not applicable - there is no ticket at all. Entry and viewing are free.
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Go ahead in light rain; cancelled in stormy weather with no rescheduling
- Decision Time
- The city states that in stormy weather the decision is taken at 7:00 on the morning of the event
- Postponement
- Cancelled in stormy weather (the go / no-go decision is made at 7:00 on the day); there is no postponed date
- Wind Threshold
- Cancelled in stormy weather with no postponement; no numeric wind limit is published
- Typical Risks
- Inland Miyazaki in mid-October. Because a storm decision is taken at 7:00 on the day, whether the event runs is not settled the night before.
- Weather Cancellation History
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)