Events that are cancelled and those that are going ahead in summer

A round up of events in Saitama in summer 2021. Includes information on those events and fireworks that have been cancelled in 2021 and those that are going ahead. I’ve also added information for 2022.

Cancelled

Cancelled Events Summer 2021 with information for 2022 also

• Ageo Summer Festival – scheduled for 2022
• Chichibu Kawase Festival – scheduled for 2022
• Hasuda Sunflower Festival – scheduled for 2022
• Hanno Summer Festival
• Higashimatsuyama summer festival – also cancelled in 2022.
• Honjo Gion Fesetival – cancelled in 2022 too.
• Inohana Amazake Festival
• Inomata Hundred Light Festival
• Iwatsuki Festival – tentatively planned for September 2022 (Official Facebook page)
• Fukaya Tanabata Festival – scheduled for 2022
• Fukiage Summer Festival – also cancelled in 2022
• Kamifukuoka Tanabata Festival – also cancelled in 2022
• Kawagoe Million Lights Summer Festival – scheduled for 2022
• Kita Urawa Awa Odori Festival
• Kodama Summer Festival – scheduled for 2022
• Konosu Summer Festival – also cancelled in 2022
• Kumagaya Uchiwa Festival – scheduled for 2022
• Mud Festival – also cancelled in 2022
• Nakasendo Miyahara Festival
• Nisshin Tanabata – scheduled for 2022
• Ogawa Tanabata Festival – scheduled for 2022
• Okegawa Gion Festival
• Omiya West Gate summer festival – essentially cancelled, they’ll just have the mikoshi on display in 2022.
• Satte Summer Festival – scheduled in part for 2022.
• Sayama City Irumagawa Tanabata Festival – a “festival lite” is scheduled for 2022, sans fireworks
• Spark Carnival – just an exhibition in 2022
• Tatara Festival – scheduled for 2022
• Tokorozawa Lily Festival – also cancelled in 2022
• Urawa Yosakoi – scheduled for 2022
• Warabi Hata Festival – scheduled for 2022
• Yono Summer Festival – just the mikoshi will be on display, for one day, in 2022.
• Yorii Tamayodo Suitenguusai Festival – online in 2022.

See all the live ones in the events category of this blog.

Cancelled Fireworks

Summer firework displays that have been confirmed as cancelled in 2021.

• Ageo Fireworks – not only cancelled this year, but suspended indefinitely : (
• Chichibu Kawase Fireworks
• Furutone – but some of the festival is scheduled for 2022.
• Higashimatsuyama Fireworks – also cancelled in 2022.
• Iruma Nouryou – also cancelled in 2022.
• Kawagoe Koedo Fireworks – scheduled for 2022
• Koshigaya fireworks – also cancelled in 2022.
• Ogawa Tanabata Fireworks
• Inomata Hundred Light Fireworks
• Yono Summer Fireworks
• Yorii Tamayodo Suitenguusai Fireworks – online in 2022 (see link in festival list)
• Toda fireworks have already been cancelled in 2022. Official notification of 2022 cancellation.

These fireworks are also detailed on the events calendar.

Confirmed as going ahead

As of June 29th 2021. But please note the goal posts are continuously changing. Point in case, when I started drafting this article on June 1st, Ageo Fireworks was still set to go ahead. A week later, the city made they announcement that not only are the fireworks cancelled this year, but indefinitely. So even if a place on this list is marked as “confirmed as going ahead” today, that can change tomorrow. Please do always check with the official website for the most up-to-date information. I will try my best to continuously update this post as new information comes to light, but I can’t make any promises!

Events that are going ahead in Summer 2021

• Ancient Lotus festival at Kodai Hasu no Sato, also scheduled for 2022.
• Asaka City Festival ” Saikasai ” in 2021, but Autumn. Scheduled for summer in 2022.
• Chinowa Kuguri at Kawagoe Hachimangu , also scheduled for 2022.
• Dinosaur exhibition, Sayama
• Hot Air Balloon Ride
• Kuki Lantern Festival, also scheduled for 2022.
• Rice Field Art at Kodai Hasu no Sato
• Sunflower maze at Endo Farm
• Torch Relay in Saitama Prefecture
• Umbrella Sky at Moominvalley and at Metsa
• Water hyacinth in bloom at Kazo
• Wind chimes at Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine – be sure to read the article to see the big changes they made (last minute) to the event. 🙁
• Wind chimes at the peacock shrine!
• Washi Pinwheels and wind chimes at Ofuro Cafe Hakujyu | KAMIKAWA

Also, about half of the larger pools are actually open this summer. You can see which ones are open and which will remain closed here.

Fireworks that are going ahead in 2021

• Kumagaya Fireworks – also going ahead in 2022, but without spectators on site.
• Toda Fireworks – however, they are being held in Autumn instead of the summer. Update: ultimately they were cancelled.

These fireworks also have an individual event post on the events calendar.

Events in Saitama Prefecture in the Summer of 2021

Not yet known either way

Finally the events and fireworks that have not confirmed either way whether they will go ahead in summer 2021 or not. There are hundreds of festivals and fireworks on in summer in Saitama, so I haven’t listed all of them here. Just some of the larger ones.

• Higashi Urawa Fireworks
• Iwatsuki Fireworks
• Saitama City Fireworks

Surprisingly, but completely understandable, there are almost as many events cancelled this year as last. This is not an exhaustive list. There are many smaller events and indeed large events that I haven’t been able to check up on yet. It took a long time just to go through the ones on this list! So please, if you think you know someone who will find this useful, please do share. Also, please note I will continue to update this article over the next few weeks. And don’t forget to check out the events calendar for even more events and the latest event information.