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.
Quand · Où
- Quand
- 2026/09/11 10:30 – 2026/09/12
- Où
- Asahara Shrine, Katakai-machi（Katakai-machi, Ojiya City, Niigata）
- Ville
- Partout au Japon
- Y aller
- By shuttle bus or car from JR Ojiya Station (Joetsu Line); heavy traffic on festival nights.
- Prix
- Gratuit
- Organisateur
- Katakai-machi Fireworks Association
Bon à savoir avant d’y aller
- Y aller
- By shuttle bus or car from JR Ojiya Station (Joetsu Line); heavy traffic on festival nights. Ouvrir l’itinéraire dans Google Maps ↗
- Réservation & entrée
- Gratuit : détails sur la page officielle (bouton ci-dessus).
- Langue
- Principalement en japonais : une appli de traduction sur le téléphone aide.
- Idéal pour
- amateurs de culture
À ne pas manquer
- 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
Origine & histoire
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.
Bon à savoir
The four-shaku shells are launched late at night — plan to stay through the finale, and dress warm as September nights cool fast.