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Akishima City Whale Festival Dream Fireworks

昭島市民くじら祭夢花火

Akishima City Whale Festival Dream Fireworks is a fireworks festival held in Kanto. Date: 2026-08-29 (Sat) - late August. Total shells: about 約4,000. Attendance: 約45,000人 (typical annual attendance). No. 54回 (2026)

Event essentials

Headline stats

Total Shells
約4,000
Duration
30 min
Nights
1 night(s)
Attendance
約45,000人 (typical annual attendance)
Largest Shell
Not published - no shell size is given in the sources checked
Founding Year
1974年 (推定)

Signature Sequences

Venue & Access

Time Window
Fireworks 20:00-20:30
Venue
Showa Park athletics stadium area, Akishima (昭和公園陸上競技場周辺), Tokyo
Address
昭和公園陸上競技場周辺 (the Showa Park athletics stadium area), 東京都昭島市
Venue Size
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Venue Floor Type
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Gates Open
Not published for the fireworks. The festival runs over the two days, with the parade, the stalls and the stage programme running through the afternoon.
Paid-Seat Holder Entry
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Spectator Capacity
推定40,000人
Launch Company
Unknown
Production Company
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Sponsor
昭島市民くじら祭実行委員会 (Akishima City Whale Festival organising committee, secretariat at the Akishima Chamber of Commerce)

Access

From major cities

From Tokyo
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
From Osaka
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
From Sendai
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Nearest Station
JR Ome Line Higashi-Nakagami Station (東中神駅) - about 5 min walk; Nishi-Tachikawa Station (西立川駅) - about 10 min walk
Nearest Shinkansen
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Local Transit
JR Ome Line Higashi-Nakagami Station, about 8 minutes on foot, or Nishi-Ritchu Station, about 10 minutes on foot. No event car park is provided, so the rail is the basic access.
Parking
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Parking Reservation
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Lodging Strategy
Stay near a station on the JR Ome Line. There is no event car park and the trains are the basic access, so a base at Higashi-Nakagami or Nishi-Ritchu lets you arrive on foot and leave on the last train.
English Access
Free entry with no ticket and no reservation, so there is no booking barrier. The organiser contact is the Akishima Chamber of Commerce, TEL 042-543-8186.
Cash Required
Yes at the stalls. The festival runs food stalls and game corners around the stadium, and the write-up warns that the queues get long when the crowd is busy.
Best Arrival
Arrive by 19:30. The crowd concentrates in the hour before the 20:00 start and again after the 20:30 finish, and the write-up warns that the flow of people peaks just before the firing and just after the end.
Peak Crowd
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)

Tickets

Weather Policy

Rain
Not published - no rain or postponement rule was found in the sources checked
Decision Time
Not published as a fixed hour. As of August 2026 the organiser had published no official postponement date, and the day-of status is posted on the official festival site.
Postponement
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Wind Threshold
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Typical Risks
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)
Weather Cancellation History
Not confirmed in the sources checked (2026-10-20 pass)

Sources and verification

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