Katakai Festival

The Katakai Festival held in Ojiya City, Niigata Prefecture is a traditional festival with a 400-year-old history. Many crowds of people come to the two-day festival on September 9th and 10th every year. Katakai Town is known as the birthplace of the 36 inch firework shell, and traditional events such as Tsutsubiki (tube pulling) and Tamaokuri (firework shell sending) and the launching of the world's largest 48 inch firework shell during the festival color the entire town with fireworks.With most of the launched fireworks 12 inch shells or greater, you can enjoy the large flowers of fireworks that spread throughout the entire sky. Including other fireworks such as starmines and consecutive fireworks, approximately 15,000 fireworks are launched during the two-day festival.