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Ojiya Festival Fireworks

おぢやまつり大花火大会

2026-10-20 pass

Ojiya Festival Fireworks is a fireworks festival held in Chubu. Date: 2026-08-22 (Sat) - the fireworks on the second day of the 2026-08-21 to 23 festival. Total shells: about About 7,000 shells in one night. Attendance: About 170,000 to 180,000 visitors over the three days of the festival. No. Not published; the festival is held over three days and the fireworks are on the second day

Event essentials

Headline stats

Total Shells
About 7,000 shells in one night
Duration
90 min
Nights
1 night(s)
Attendance
About 170,000 to 180,000 visitors over the three days of the festival
Largest Shell
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Founding Year
1953

Signature Sequences

  1. 01The finale is the super wide Bestias grand starmine, about 1,000 metres across, fired with money raised from the citizens
  2. 02Ojiya is one of the leading Japanese cities for fireworks production, so the display carries large shaku-dama and nishaku-dama
  3. 03The fireworks are the second day of a three day festival (21 to 23 August in 2026) and run from 19:30 to 21:00
  4. 04The festival also carries the karakuri mandant parade and the unified mandant parade with the Ojiya taiko groups

Venue & Access

Time Window
19:30-21:00
Venue
Park on the Shinano River below the Asahi Bridge, Ojiya City, Niigata Prefecture (新潟県小千谷市 信濃川旭橋下流の河川敷公園)
Address
Niigata Prefecture, Ojiya City, the park on the Shinano River below the Asahi Bridge
Venue Size
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Venue Floor Type
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Gates Open
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Paid-Seat Holder Entry
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Spectator Capacity
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Production Company
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Sponsor
Ojiya Festival executive committee (おぢやまつり実行委員会), enquiries through the Ojiya Tourism Association

Access

From major cities

From Tokyo
Train: the Joetsu Shinkansen is the line that serves Ojiya - Urasa Station is the nearest Shinkansen stop and is about 30 minutes by taxi from Ojiya, and Tokamachi Station is about 15 minutes away by the Hokuetsu Kanko bus. The sources checked give these two routes into Niigata but no Tokyo-specific itinerary
From Osaka
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From Sendai
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Nearest Station
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Nearest Shinkansen
Joetsu Shinkansen, Urasa Station - the nearest Shinkansen stop; a taxi ride of about 30 minutes from Urasa reaches Ojiya, and Tokamachi Station on the same line is about 15 minutes away by the Hokuetsu Kanko bus
Local Transit
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Parking
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Parking Reservation
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Lodging Strategy
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English Access
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Cash Required
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Best Arrival
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Peak Crowd
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Tickets

Weather Policy

Rain
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Decision Time
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Postponement
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Wind Threshold
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Typical Risks
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Weather Cancellation History
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Sources and verification

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