Morioka Fireworks Festival (盛岡花火の祭典)
This fireworks display is the largest in the Morioka region, and is held on the banks of the Kitakami River. Including starmines, special effect fireworks and 12 inch shells by pyrotechnics masters, approximated 10,000 fireworks both big and small are launched one after another, awing the crowds. There are dances such as Sansa festival dancing, Soran Bushi dancing and lion dancing, as well as the traditional local performing art Tonan Taiko drumming, giving the display even more of a festival atmosphere.
Iwate Prefecture Morioka city Kuninami-Ohashi Bridge downstream Kitakami River (Morioka / TsunagiArea)
Details
- Address
- Iwate Prefecture Morioka city Kuninami-Ohashi Bridge downstream Kitakami River [map]
- Phone
- 0196383399
- Date
- 2019/8/11 (Sunday)
[open] 15:30 - Number of fireworks
- 10,000 shots
- Paid spectator seating
- Available
- Average attendance
- 70,000people
- In case of stormy weather
- Held if light rain/Postponed in bad weather
spare Sunday:2019/8/12 (Monday) - Parking Lot
- Available
Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN
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Iwate Areas

A northern Tohoku prefecture promising peace and quiet, Iwate is sparsely populated, replacing people with snow-capped mountains, history-rich sites, and fields of crops that are to thank for the region’s delicious local cuisine. Meander along the three-city Golden Route, where you’ll visit the grand Buddhist temples of Hiraizumi and the Tono folk villages before tasting the three famed noodle dishes of Morioka.