Kitanippon Shimbun Summer Fireworks Festival
北日本新聞納涼花火
Kitanippon Shimbun Summer Fireworks Festival is a fireworks festival held in 富山県 富山市. Date: Saturday 1 August 2026, Toyama venue - normally 1 August. Total shells: about 非公開(2026年)。参考: 両会場を合わせた約5,000発(ja.wikipedia). Attendance: 非公開(2026年). No. 78回(富山会場)
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 非公開(2026年)。参考: 両会場を合わせた約5,000発(ja.wikipedia)
- Duration
- 45 min
- Nights
- 2 night(s)
- Attendance
- 非公開(2026年)
- Largest Shell
- Shakudama; the actual shell size in inches is not stated in the sources
- Founding Year
- 1947 (Showa 22) for the Toyama venue (ja.wikipedia); the Takaoka venue dates from 1952 (Showa 27, Toyama tourism site)
Signature Sequences
- 01'17:30: Toyama venue opens'
- 02'19:40: Toyama venue firing begins'
- 03'20:25: Toyama venue firing ends'
- 04'19:50: Takaoka venue firing begins'
- 05'20:25: Takaoka venue firing ends'
- 06a memorial purpose tied to the victims of the 1945 Toyama air raid
- 07two venues run as one Kita Nihon Shimbun project in Toyama and Takaoka
- 08repeated shakudama and starmine
- 09an urban Toyama venue with no parking around it
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- Toyama venue: gates open 17:30, fireworks 19:40-20:25 (about 45 minutes)
- Venue
- Toyama venue: the lower Jinzu River below Arakawa Bridge, Toyama City. Takaoka venue: the riverside park above Shogawa Takaoka-ohashi, Takaoka City
- Address
- Toyama venue: lower Jinzu River below Arakawa Bridge, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture. Takaoka venue: riverside park above Shogawa Takaoka-ohashi, Mego, Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture
- Venue Size
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue Floor Type
- Riverbed - both venues are riverbeds, on the Jinzu River and the Shogawa respectively
- Gates Open
- The Toyama venue opens its viewing area at 17:30
- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- 17:30 (the venue opens at 17:30; the sources give no separate entry time for paid-seat holders)
- Spectator Capacity
- Not published (2026)
- Production Company
- Not published - none of the sources checked names a fireworks contractor
- Sponsor
- Organiser: Kita Nihon Shimbun, which runs both venues as a company project. Contact for the Toyama venue is the paper's media business division on 076-445-3326 and for the Takaoka venue its Takaoka division on 0766-22-2226
Access
Venue map
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- From Tokyo
- Take the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Toyama Station, then walk twenty-five minutes. Travel time is not stated in the sources
- From Osaka
- Take the Tokaido and Hokuriku Shinkansen to Toyama Station, then walk twenty-five minutes. Travel time is not stated in the sources
- From Sendai
- Take the Tohoku and Hokuriku Shinkansen to Toyama Station, then walk twenty-five minutes. Travel time is not stated in the sources
- Nearest Station
- Toyama venue: Toyama Station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway - twenty-five minutes on foot (ten minutes from Yasuno-ya on the Toyama tram). Takaoka venue: fifteen minutes by bus from Takaoka Station
- Nearest Shinkansen
- Hokuriku Shinkansen Toyama Station and Shin-Takaoka Station. The Toyama venue is a twenty-five-minute walk from Toyama Station
- Local Transit
- Toyama venue: alight at Yasuno-ya on the Toyama tram or by bus and walk ten minutes, or walk twenty-five minutes from Toyama Station. Takaoka venue: fifteen minutes by bus from Takaoka Station, twenty minutes by car from the Takaoka IC
- Parking
- Toyama venue: no parking in the surrounding area. Takaoka venue: 1,000 cars
- Parking Reservation
- Not needed - used on the day; the Toyama venue has no parking at all
- Lodging Strategy
- For the Toyama venue, the area around Toyama Station is the most convenient base, twenty-five minutes on foot or one tram stop away. For the Takaoka venue, stay around Takaoka Station or along the Shogawa. The two venues are connected by rail, but travel times are not stated in the sources
- English Access
- The venue is an open riverbed with no access restriction. The Toyama venue has no parking and applies traffic control, so public transport is recommended. Multilingual signage is not recorded in the sources
- Cash Required
- 2026-10-20 の調査では確認できず
- Best Arrival
- The Toyama venue opens at 17:30 as stated, so arrive then if you want a good spot on the riverbank
- Peak Crowd
- The Toyama venue peaks between 19:40 and 20:25; the tourism page warns that the area is very crowded on the day
Tickets
- Seat Type
- special viewing seats (table)
- table-and-chair seats (chair)
- chair seats (chair)
- blue-sheet seats (sheet)
- Price Range
- Toyama venue: special viewing seats for four 16,000 yen, table-and-chair seats 5,000 yen, chair seats 3,000 yen, blue-sheet family sheets for four (3.6m x 1.8m) 10,000 yen, blue-sheet pair sheets for two (1.8m x 1.8m) 5,000 yen
- 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 confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Cancelled in stormy weather (no postponement)
- Decision Time
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Postponement
- Cancelled in stormy weather. Neither venue sets a postponement day; the Takaoka tourism page states explicitly 'cancelled in stormy weather, no postponement'
- Wind Threshold
- 2026-10-20 の調査では確認できず
- Typical Risks
- Early August brings very hot days and the Jinzu River riverbed is exposed to strong daytime sun. Stormy weather cancels the display rather than postponing it
- Weather Cancellation History
- '2020: both the Toyama and Takaoka venues cancelled because of COVID-19','2021: both the Toyama and Takaoka venues cancelled because of COVID-19','2022 onward: both venues resumed'
