Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks Festival
淀川花火大会
Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks Festival is a fireworks festival held in Osaka. Date: 2026-10-17 (Sat) 19:00-20:00 (38th edition); the long-standing slot is the second Saturday of August. Total shells: about 非公開. Attendance: 45万人. No. 38回
Event essentials
Headline stats
- Total Shells
- 非公開
- Duration
- 60 min
- Nights
- 1 night(s)
- Attendance
- 45万人
- Largest Shell
- The simultaneous round-shell firing, the largest effect named in the fireworks database highlights; no shell size is published
- Founding Year
- 1989, per the Japanese Wikipedia infobox (first edition)
Signature Sequences
- 01Firing begins at 19:00
- 02Simultaneous round-shell firing and shells synchronised to the music
- 03Large shells with starmine as the centrepiece
- 04The show ends at 20:00
- 05A handmade fireworks festival run by citizen volunteers
- 06Simultaneous firing of round shells
- 07Fireworks synchronised to music
- 08Starmine spreading in a half-circle over the water at two points
- 09A wide range of structured viewing options including pleasure boats and panorama seats
Venue & Access
- Time Window
- Fireworks 19:00-20:00 (about 60 minutes)
- Venue
- The Yodogawa riverbed from the Shin-Obouchi-bashi bridge to the Yodogawa bridge on Route 2, across the Kita, Yodogawa and Fukushima wards of Osaka City
- Address
- The Yodogawa riverbed in the Kita, Yodogawa and Fukushima wards of Osaka City, from the Shin-Obouchi-bashi bridge to the Yodogawa bridge on Route 2
- Venue Size
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Venue Floor Type
- Riverbed on the Yodogawa, purpose-built seating on the embankment and viewing from boats
- Gates Open
- 2026-10-17: central stairs from 14:00, panorama seats from 15:00, other entries from 16:00
- Paid-Seat Holder Entry
- 16:00 (2026 notice: other entries; central stairs 14:00, panorama seats 15:00)
- Spectator Capacity
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Production Company
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Sponsor
- The Naniwa Yodogawa fireworks operating committee; the 2026 contact is the Naniwa Yodogawa fireworks association on 06-6307-7765. Sponsored seating and local sponsorship donations are the funding
Access
From major cities
- From Tokyo
- About 2 h 20 min by Shinkansen to Shin-Osaka, then JR, Hankyu or subway to Jusan, Minamikata or Nakanoshima Minamikata
- From Osaka
- From JR Osaka Station take the Kyoto or Hanwa line to Tenjin-daten or Sakuranomiya and change for Hankyu Jusan or Minamikata, or take the Midosuji line to Nakanoshima Minamikata
- From Sendai
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Nearest Station
- Hankyu Jusan and Minamikata, Hanshin Himejima, JR Tsukamoto and Gobaisen, and Osaka Metro Nakanoshima Minamikata, all about 15 min on foot
- Nearest Shinkansen
- JR Shin-Osaka Station, from which Hankyu Jusan and Minamikata, Hanshin Himejima, JR Tsukamoto and Osaka Metro Nakanoshima Minamikata are reached
- Local Transit
- Hankyu Jusan and Minamikata, Hanshin Himejima, JR Tsukamoto and Gobaisen, and Osaka Metro Nakanoshima Minamikata; when gates are restricted, Gobaisen, Ebisu-ko, Himejima, Noda, Minamikata, Nakanoshima Minamikata and Noda-Hanshin are published as alternatives
- Parking
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Parking Reservation
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Lodging Strategy
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- English Access
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Cash Required
- The sources checked do not record how the paid seats are paid for
- Best Arrival
- The fireworks run 19:00-20:00; entry to the venue opens between 14:00 and 16:00 depending on the seat type, so arriving a few hours before is realistic
- Peak Crowd
- The 19:00-20:00 firing and the moments after the gates open; because entry is controlled, alternative stations are published for use when ticket gates are restricted
Tickets
- Seat Type
- Premier seats, exciting seats, stage seats, pleasure boats and panorama seats
- Price Range
- 2026: JPY 20,000 premier seat, JPY 14,000 exciting and stage seats at the Jusan site, JPY 28,000 on a pleasure boat and JPY 5,000 panorama seats; children aged 3 to primary school age pay half
- Seat Count
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass) seats
- Sellout History
- The sponsored seats for the 38th edition in 2026 sold out, per the notice on the official site
- Reservation
- Sponsored seats are sold through the official ticket site after advance registration; in 2026 registration ran 27-31 July and sales opened at 10:00 on 1 August
- Day-Of Ticket
- Sponsored seats required advance registration (27-31 July 2026) before the sale opened on 1 August at 10:00; the 38th edition sold out
Weather Policy
- Rain
- Held in rain and cancelled in stormy weather, per the 2026 fireworks database
- Decision Time
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Postponement
- No reserve day has been provided since 2015; in 2014 the show was cancelled including the reserve day because of a typhoon
- Wind Threshold
- Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
- Typical Risks
- Held in rain and cancelled in stormy weather; with no reserve day since 2015 a storm ends that year's edition outright, as happened in 2014 with typhoon 11
- Weather Cancellation History
- Cancelled in 2014 including the reserve day because of typhoon 11; cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of the spread of COVID-19