Shimizu Minato Festival
The Shimizu Minato Festival is Shimizu's true sign of summer. The event is filled with sights, as over two days, 20,000 people join in dancing the Minato Kappore So-Odori, or colorful yukata-clad dancers join the mass local Shimizu Yukata Odori, and there's a display of JSDF equipments, too. Crowds of people also come to the Shimizu port for the grand finale, a fireworks show with 10,000 shots.