Katakai Festival Fireworks 2026
The birthplace of the giant 'sanshakudama', this Niigata shrine festival fires the world's largest fireworks shell — a four-shaku, 800kg behemoth.
Cuándo · Dónde
- Cuándo
- 2026/09/11 10:30 – 2026/09/12
- Dónde
- Asahara Shrine, Katakai-machi（Katakai-machi, Ojiya City, Niigata）
- Ciudad
- Por todo Japón
- Cómo llegar
- By shuttle bus or car from JR Ojiya Station (Joetsu Line); heavy traffic on festival nights.
- Precio
- Gratis
- Organizador
- Katakai-machi Fireworks Association
Bueno saber antes de ir
- Cómo llegar
- By shuttle bus or car from JR Ojiya Station (Joetsu Line); heavy traffic on festival nights. Abrir ruta en Google Maps ↗
- Reserva y entrada
- Entrada gratuita: más detalles en la página oficial (botón de arriba).
- Idioma
- Principalmente en japonés: una app de traducción en el móvil ayuda.
- Ideal para
- amantes de la cultura
Destacados
- The world's largest four-shaku (about 90cm-diameter, 800kg) shell
- A rare daytime three-shaku shell — the only one in Japan
- Around 15,000 shells over two nights as shrine offerings
Origen e historia
Held as an offering at Asahara Shrine's autumn festival, Katakai is the birthplace of the sanshakudama and famed as the home of the world's biggest fireworks shell.
Bueno saber
The four-shaku shells are launched late at night — plan to stay through the finale, and dress warm as September nights cool fast.