Nagano Ebisukō Fireworks Festival
長野えびす講煙火大会
Nagano Ebisukō Fireworks Festival is a fireworks festival held in Chubu. Date: 2026-11-23 (Mon, public holiday) - every 23 November (Labour Thanksgiving Day). Total shells: about 約13,000発（Wikipedia JA）／約15,000発（Wikipedia「日本の花火大会一覧」）／約1万発以上（2026年・花火大会データベース）. Attendance: About 100,000 (2026, fireworks database); 400,000 (2017, Wikipedia). No. 120回
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 約13,000発（Wikipedia JA）／約15,000発（Wikipedia「日本の花火大会一覧」）／約1万発以上（2026年・花火大会データベース）
- Duration
- 90 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- About 100,000 (2026, fireworks database); 400,000 (2017, Wikipedia)
- Largest Shell
- Size shells (jaku-dama), named in the official site description
- Founding Year
- First fired in 1899 (Meiji 32) as the Nagano City Fireworks Meeting, held alongside the Nishimiya Shrine Ebisuko festival (official site and Wikipedia). The manifest id_founding_year reads 1907.
Signature Sequences
- 01Held on 23 November (Labour Thanksgiving Day) - one of the few autumn fireworks festivals in Japan
- 02Size shells and music star mines
- 03Runs alongside three days of Nishimiya Shrine rites with Edo-style kagura and the yoi-ebisu and hon-ebisu festivals
- 04Uses the Sai River embankment as the venue
- 05Paid viewing seats (ground, embankment slope and embankment road areas) alongside a free viewing area
- 06Food stalls and a food park
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- 18:00-19:30 (about 90 minutes)
- Venue
- Sai River No. 2 green belt, west of the Nagano Ohashi bridge, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
- Address
- Sai River No. 2 green belt west of the Nagano Ohashi bridge, Tsuruga, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
- Venue Size
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue Floor Type
- The Sai River No. 2 green belt, a river terrace with embankment and embankment road.
- Gates Open
- The free viewing area opens at 10:00 on 23 November 2026.
- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Spectator Capacity
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Launch Company
- Shinshu Enka Kogyo and Koya Aoki Enka Ten
- Production Company
- Shinshu Enka Kogyo and Koya Aoki Enka Ten (Wikipedia)
- Sponsor
- Nagano Chamber of Commerce and Nagano Shotenkai federation (Wikipedia); the official site says organiser: Nagano Chamber of Commerce
Access
From major cities
- From Tokyo
- About 20 min by car from the Nagano IC of the Chuo Expressway; 30 min on foot or by shuttle bus from JR Nagano Station east exit.
- 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
- JR Nagano Station - about 30 min on foot from the east exit
- Nearest Shinkansen
- JR Nagano Station (Shinetsu and Chuo lines)
- Local Transit
- Free shuttle bus between Nagano Station east exit (Yumeria Bus Park) and the Big Hat, JPY 500 one way, outbound 15:00-17:45, return 19:00-20:30, about every 10 min; taxi drop-off in front of the Wakasato Civic Culture Hall.
- Parking
- No coin parking near the venue; the official car parks are advance-reservation spaces provided by nearby companies and shops through Akippa.
- Parking Reservation
- Required. From 2026 the official car parks are advance-reserved through Akippa (booking opens at 12:00 on 1 October); each space is provided by a nearby company or shop.
- Lodging Strategy
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- English Access
- The free viewing area is Japanese only; the official site carries an English "Important Notes for Paid Viewing Area" notice for paid-seat holders.
- Cash Required
- Paid seats are bought as tickets at Ticket Pia or 7-Eleven; food stalls are normally paid in cash.
- Best Arrival
- The free area opens at 10:00 but firing starts at 18:00; arriving in the early afternoon or taking the outbound shuttle bus between 15:00 and 17:45 is recommended.
- Peak Crowd
- The 18:00-19:30 firing window is the most congested; the free viewing area opens at 10:00 and entry can be capped.
Tickets
- Seat Type
- ground area (SA group, SA pair, SA)
- embankment slope area (group, pair, A, B, F, G, I)
- embankment road area (C, D, E, cameraman 1 and 2)
- Price Range
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Seat Count
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass) seats
- Sellout History
- Sold until sold out (fireworks database, as of August 2026).
- Reservation
- Through the Ticket Pia reservation site or a 7-Eleven multi-copy machine (P code 662-168).
- Day-Of Ticket
- Early-bird sales from 10:00 on 1 September 2026 and general sales from 10:00 on 1 November 2026. No additional releases: seats left over from the early-bird phase roll into general sales.
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Held in rain; cancelled if a natural disaster occurs.
- Decision Time
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Postponement
- Held in rain but cancelled in a natural disaster; no postponement date is set out in the sources checked.
- Wind Threshold
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Typical Risks
- Late November in Nagano is cold and wind-sensitive; held in rain but cancelled in a natural disaster.
- Weather Cancellation History
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)