Tokura Kamiyamada Onsen Natsumatsuri To Enka Taikai Chikuma Hanabi Taikai
戸倉上山田温泉夏祭りと煙火大会
Tokura Kamiyamada Onsen Natsumatsuri To Enka Taikai Chikuma Hanabi Taikai is a fireworks festival held in Nagano. Date: 2026-07-19 (Sun) 20:30-21:00, within a festival held 18 and 19 July. Total shells: about 約3,000. Attendance: 約7万人 夏祭り2日目. No. Not published
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 約3,000
- Duration
- 30 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- 約7万人 夏祭り2日目
- Largest Shell
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Founding Year
- The manifest records 1940. The database carries no edition number, so the series cannot be counted back
Signature Sequences
- 01'July: natsumatsuri and the great fireworks display'
- 02'August: Chikuma River cool-evening fireworks display'
- 03A summer festival staged at the Tokura Kamiyamada Onsen resort
- 04About 3,000 shells fired across roughly 30 minutes
- 05About 70,000 typical visitors
- 06Goes ahead in light rain, cancelled in storms
- 07Volunteer stalls on site
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- Fireworks 20:30-21:00 (about 30 min)
- Venue
- Tokura Kamiyamada Onsen, Chikuma City, Nagano
- Address
- Tokura Kamiyamada Onsen, Chikuma City, Nagano
- Venue Size
- Venue area - the sources say the venue is the Chikuma River riverbed but give no area figure.
- Venue Floor Type
- Open ground on the Chikuma River riverbed; the encyclopaedia notes that fireworks are held on the Chikuma riverbed in summer.
- Gates Open
- Gate opening - not published; the firing starts at 20:30 (fireworks database).
- 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
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Production Company
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Sponsor
- Shinshu Chikuma Tourism Bureau, 026-261-0300 (open 09:15-18:00)
Access
From major cities
- 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
- Tokura Station (Shinano Railway), about 10 min by taxi
- Nearest Shinkansen
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Local Transit
- Reached by taxi from Tokura Station on the Shinano Railway
- Parking
- Arranged separately by each onsen facility, with no centralised car park
- Parking Reservation
- Parking reservation - parking differs by facility and no advance reservation system is described (fireworks database).
- Lodging Strategy
- About 50 hotels and ryokan line the Chikuma River at Tokura Kamiyamada Onsen, with seven day-bath-only bathing facilities, so the usual pattern is to stay in the onsen town on the night of the fireworks (Wikipedia).
- English Access
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Cash Required
- Payment - stalls are recorded as present but the accepted payment methods are not stated (fireworks database).
- Best Arrival
- The fireworks go up 20:30-21:00 on the second day of the festival. Stalls open the day before and the onsen streets are spread out on foot, so get into the riverbank area well before dusk.
- Peak Crowd
- Crowd peak - the 20:30-21:00 firing window (from the published firing time); no crowd curve is published.
Tickets
- Seat Type
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Price Range
- 0 JPY (free entry, no paid seats - fireworks database)
- Seat Count
- 0 (no paid seats - fireworks database) seats
- Sellout History
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Reservation
- Advance booking - no booking guidance; each onsen facility arranges its own parking (fireworks database).
- Day-Of Ticket
- No ticket sale day applies; entry is free (fireworks database).
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Goes ahead in light rain, cancelled in storms
- Decision Time
- Decision time - no assembly time or go/no-go announcement time is published; storms cancel the show (fireworks database).
- Postponement
- Cancelled in stormy weather; no postponement date is published in the sources checked
- Wind Threshold
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Typical Risks
- Weather risk - the sources give no weather thresholds; only light-rain-goes-ahead and storm-cancellation are stated (fireworks database).
- Weather Cancellation History
- Weather impact history - the show is cancelled, not postponed, in storms (fireworks database). The venue sits on the Chikuma River, but no past flood or river-related cancellation is recorded.