The Sayama City Irumagawa Tanabata Festival and Fireworks are officially one of the three great Star Festivals of the Kanto region. The festival is on in 2023, but in July rather than the usual August. Sayama City hosted the festival in 2022 also, but it was very much a festivalRead More →
Ranzan Cherry Blossoms, sans festival with ‘sakura hanabi’ cherry blossom fireworks and horseback archery. Unfortunately, Ranzan Town announced back in Autumn that, once again there will be no cherry blossom festival in 2023. It is such a shame that the Ranzan cherry blossom festival can’t go ahead in 2023 asRead More →
For the fourth year in a row, the Higashimatsuyama Fireworks have been cancelled on account of the pandemic. There will be no firework displays in Higashimatsuyama city in 2023. Official notification Higashimatsuyama Fireworks 2020 The 2020 Higashimatsuyama fireworks have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus Outbreak. The 2020 Higashimatsuyama summerRead More →
Information for the annual Heritage Resort Fireworks in Kumagaya City, on the border of Namegawa town. For the last three summers, due to the pandemic, there were very few firework displays in Japan. However, throughout that period Hotel Heritage was one of the few places that had fireworks. Moreover, inRead More →
Moomin Day fireworks and celebrations annually on August 9th. In 2019, Metsa Village had a popular fireworks called Forest and Lake and Fireworks. It may have become an annual event had it not been for the pandemic. They did actually have a variation of the event in 2020, but theyRead More →
Metsä Village – Metsa Village opened in Hanno City in Saitama Prefecture on November 9th 2018. Metsa Village is the free part of the larger “Metsa”, a Finnish leisure park around Miyazawa lake. The charged area is a Moomin theme park Moominvalley Park. The resort encompasses relaxation, activities, shopping andRead More →
Todabashi fireworks are one of the biggest in Saitama. What makes them particularly special is that they are run in conjunction with Tokyo’s Itabashi fireworks. The Itabashi fireworks launch the same night, on the far side of the Arakawa River, in Tokyo. Todabashi fireworks Both the Todabashi fireworks and ItabashiRead More →
Ageo City announced on June 7th 2021 that not only will they not be hosting the Ageo Fireworks display this year, they are indefinitely suspending the annual fireworks display. It comes as a huge surprise as they were one of the 10 largest firework displays in Saitama. Moreover, they hadRead More →