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Yoshinogawa City Summer Fireworks Display

吉野川市納涼花火大会

Yoshinogawa City Summer Fireworks Display is a fireworks festival held in 徳島県 吉野川市鴨島町. Date: Thursday 6 August 2026 - normally 6 August. Total shells: about 約1,000. Attendance: 1万人. No. 78回

Event essentials

Headline stats

Total Shells
約1,000
Duration
60 min
Nights
1 night(s)
Attendance
1万人
Largest Shell
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Founding Year
1990 per the manifest's id_founding_year. ja.wikipedia records the 2004 renaming but does not give a first year

Signature Sequences

  1. 01'around 17:00: stalls and fairground games open'
  2. 02'20:00: fireworks begin'
  3. 03'21:00: fireworks end'
  4. 04the firing site directly in front of the ground, for exceptional close-range impact
  5. 05an hour of about 1,000 shells mixing consecutive shells and set pieces
  6. 06stalls and games from around 17:00 making it an all-day event
  7. 07a riverbank venue on the Yoshinogawa

Venue & Access

Time Window
20:00-21:00 (about sixty minutes of firing)
Venue
Yoshinogawa City Kamashima Sports Ground (formerly Kamashima Prefectural Ground; the chamber's page calls it 'Yoshinogawa City Prefectural Sports Ground'), below the Awa Central Bridge in Chie Island, Kamashima Town, on the Yoshinogawa
Address
Yoshinogawa City Kamashima Sports Ground, Chie Island, Kamashima Town, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima Prefecture (below the Awa Central Bridge on the Yoshinogawa) 34.066452°N, 134.359087°E
Venue Size
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Venue Floor Type
Riverbank sports ground - a sports ground beside the Yoshinogawa, with the firing site directly in front of it
Gates Open
Stalls open from around 17:00; no gates-open time is given for the fireworks itself
Paid-Seat Holder Entry
Not applicable - the fireworks database records no paid seating
Spectator Capacity
10,000 (typical attendance)
Production Company
Not published - none of the five sources checked names a fireworks contractor
Sponsor
Organiser: the Yoshinogawa City Nouryou Fireworks Executive Committee inside the Yoshinogawa Chamber of Commerce, tel. 0883-24-2274. It is supported by businesses centred on the local community, with 288 sponsoring companies as of 3 August 2026

Access

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From major cities

From Tokyo
Take the Shinkansen to JR Okayama, then the Naruto Line to Kamashima Station and walk thirty minutes. Travel time is not stated in the sources
From Osaka
Take the Shinkansen to JR Okayama, then the Naruto Line to Kamashima Station and walk thirty minutes. Travel time is not stated in the sources
From Sendai
Take the Shinkansen and the Naruto Line to Kamashima Station and walk thirty minutes. Travel time is not stated in the sources
Nearest Station
JR Kamashima Station on the Naruto Line - about thirty minutes on foot, or about five minutes by taxi
Nearest Shinkansen
Not applicable - Tokushima has no Shinkansen; the nearest is JR Okayama Station
Local Transit
About thirty minutes on foot from JR Kamashima station on the Naruto Line, or five minutes by taxi; Tokushima buses are also an option according to the chamber's page
Parking
300 cars, free of charge
Parking Reservation
Not needed - free and used on the day
Lodging Strategy
The area around Kamashima Station is the main base, thirty minutes on foot or five minutes by taxi from the venue. Central Tokushima is reached via the Naruto Line
English Access
The venue is an open sports ground and riverbank with no access restriction recorded. Multilingual guidance and signage are not recorded in the sources
Cash Required
Not needed - entry is free and the database records no paid seating
Best Arrival
The station is a thirty-minute walk away, so take a five-minute taxi or drive; around 17:00 if you want the stalls
Peak Crowd
Stalls open from around 17:00 and the fireworks from 20:00 to 21:00 are the peak; the venue is a rough riverbank

Tickets

Weather Policy

Rain
Held in light rain; if it rains the show is postponed to Tuesday 11 August, a public holiday
Decision Time
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Postponement
In rain the show is postponed to Tuesday 11 August 2026
Wind Threshold
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Typical Risks
The lower Yoshinogawa valley in August is prone to sudden evening gusts. Light rain does not stop the show, but rain moves it to a public holiday five days later, on 11 August
Weather Cancellation History
'2020 and 2021: no information on whether the festival was held appears in the sources checked','2004: renamed from Kamashima Town Nouryou Fireworks Festival on the creation of Yoshinogawa City'

Sources and verification

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