Mito Komon Festival Hanabi Taikai
水戸黄門まつり花火大会
Mito Komon Festival Hanabi Taikai is a fireworks festival held in Kanto. Date: 25 July (2026). Total shells: about 4500. Attendance: 35万人（花火大会）／100万人（3日間）. No. 66回 (2026)
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 4500
- Duration
- 80 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- 35万人（花火大会）／100万人（3日間）
- Largest Shell
- 10号玉
- Founding Year
- 1961年（昭和36年） - ファイルのマニフェスト値。花火単独の初開催年は未確認
Signature Sequences
- 01The fireworks were fired on the Friday evening, the eve of the main festival
- 02The reflections in the lake were a talking point
- 03The successor event of 2026 runs an eight-section programme from the opening to the finale
- 04Held as a Friday eve-of-festival display on the shore of Senba Lake until 2018
- 05Reflections of the shells in the water below
- 06About 4,500 shells - the summer fixture of Mito until 2018
- 07Music-synchronised star shells by Nomura Fireworks Industry
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- 19:30-20:30
- Venue
- Senba Lake; the firing point is on the lake and the main viewing area is Senba Park
- Address
- Senba Lake, Senba-cho, Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture
- Venue Size
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- Venue Floor Type
- An outdoor setup on the shore of Senba Lake and on the Sakuragawa embankment.
- Gates Open
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- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- 2026-07-25 19:00 / East Gate
- Spectator Capacity
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- Production Company
- Nomura Fireworks Industry Co., Ltd. (fourth-generation Yoichi Nomura)
- Sponsor
- Mito City and the Mito Tourism Convention Association; the fireworks run as the finale of the Mito Komon Festival
Access
From major cities
- From Tokyo
- About 2 hours by rail: Joban Line rapid service from Tokyo to Mito Station, then 15 minutes on foot to Senba Lake
- From Osaka
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- From Sendai
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- Nearest Station
- JR Mito Station (south exit), about 15 minutes on foot to Senba Lake
- Nearest Shinkansen
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- Local Transit
- A 15 min walk from JR Mito Station on the Joban Line to the Senba Lake venue; the 'Mito' highway bus from platform 4 at Tokyo Station Yaesu South Gate terminates nearby.
- Parking
- There is no general visitor parking near the venue; only the premium table seats come with four dedicated car spaces, for ordinary cars only.
- Parking Reservation
- Not required - the official site attaches four dedicated spaces only to the premium table seats.
- Lodging Strategy
- The Mito Tourism and Convention Association publishes an accommodation page listing places to stay in the city.
- English Access
- The organisers ask visitors to come by public transport because there is no parking at the venue; whether international cards are accepted is not stated in the sources checked.
- Cash Required
- Tickets can be bought on the site, at a convenience store or by telephone; the split between card and cash is not stated.
- Best Arrival
- Ticket holders should arrive at the opening time; free spectators should be at the venue before the display begins.
- Peak Crowd
- The venue fills up from an hour before firing, and the north side and the fireworks-front seating area are busiest while the shells are going up.
Tickets
- Seat Type
- Premium table seats, fireworks-front chair seats, fireworks-front sheet seats, fireworks-front table seats, Mito Station side table seats, Mito Station side pair seats and Mito Station side chair seats
- Price Range
- 3,000 to 60,000 yen for the paid viewing seats of the successor event, the 2026 Mito Kairakuen Fireworks
- Seat Count
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- Sellout History
- On the official 2026 site the premium table seats, the fireworks-front sheet seats, the fireworks-front table seats, the Mito Station side table seats and the Mito Station side pair seats are all marked sold out.
- Reservation
- Book online through the official site or CN Play Guide, buy in store without a reservation, or reserve by telephone; every category is sold first come, first served.
- Day-Of Ticket
- Tickets are not sold at the venue. Sales run from 10:00 on Saturday 6 June to 19:00 on Saturday 25 July, with the early-bird rate until 23:59 on Tuesday 30 June.
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Postponed to the next day (26 July 2026) in bad weather
- Decision Time
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- Postponement
- In stormy weather the display follows the Komon parade and the joint mikoshi procession (Wikipedia footnote); the successor event was postponed to Sunday 26 July 2026. There is no refund if only the postponed day is cancelled; if the postponed day is cancelled as well, the ticket price and the handling fee are refunded.
- Wind Threshold
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- Typical Risks
- Thunderstorms and typhoons from late July into August; the lakeside and riverbed venues are affected by spray and wind.
- Weather Cancellation History
- 1993 (Heisei 5) - the fireworks of the 33rd edition were postponed to 14 August because of bad weather,2022 (Reiwa 4) - postponed to the autumn because a normal summer staging was judged impossible
Sources and verification
Related festivals
Sister Festivals
- Mito Kairakuen Fireworksthe same Senba Lake fireworks under the Kairakuen name; the corpus holds both records